Sung Hyun Park

[Sean2]

Remarkable in this day and age.

 

"I don't have any swing coach, so I practice by myself," Park said. "I tape my own swing and study and analyze it as many times as I can. That is something I try to perfect myself. Maybe that's a little different, but that's the way I do it."

[MtlJeff]

Well that's what the translator said.....she probably was like "I cannot be defeated, I defeat all women....if they die, they die"

 

And then the translator was like "yeahh....ummmm, she says she's never had a coach but has always worked really hard on her swing!"

[Conrad1953]

I think it's great that some of these players can do it on their own without some

huge entourage of coaches for every little thing.

[Petunia Sprinkle]

She's pretty mesmerizing. Love the way she came back after last year to win it this year.

[BrianWalnuts]

Amazing swing. Hope her success continues

[Sean2]

Well that's what the translator said.....she probably was like "I cannot be defeated, I defeat all women....if they die, they die"

 

And then the translator was like "yeahh....ummmm, she says she's never had a coach but has always worked really hard on her swing!"

 

Well you have a point. I read that her nickname in Korean means, "quiet assassin".

 

I think it's great that some of these players can do it on their own without some

huge entourage of coaches for every little thing.

 

I agree. The only other play I know like this is Bubba Watson.

[Warrick]

I was already a big fan, love to hear this.

[MeikoKaji]

Remarkable in this day and age.

 

"I don't have any swing coach, so I practice by myself," Park said. "I tape my own swing and study and analyze it as many times as I can. That is something I try to perfect myself. Maybe that's a little different, but that's the way I do it."

i think the very most successful are those people who actually understand the cause and effect of a swing. so, my guess is she will be very successful for a long time.

 

when you look at people who were over coached a method or the other side of the specturm is natural talents that only took them so far like Elkington when he tried to do something more than he was capable of he realized he didn't know jack and fell of the map. the whole secret in the dirt made that so obvious (imo) you can name quite a few golfers who never make it back. stricker is one who found his way back and truly owns his swing.

 

i hope she goes on to win bunches more, fun to watch. she also has tremendous respect for her caddie, which was nice to see.

[andrieddle]

although I get the feeling she doesn't socialize much with the other girls on tour...maybe that's the secret....

[Santiago Golf]

Well that's what the translator said.....she probably was like "I cannot be defeated, I defeat all women....if they die, they die"

 

And then the translator was like "yeahh....ummmm, she says she's never had a coach but has always worked really hard on her swing!"

 

Well you have a point. I read that her nickname in Korean means, "quiet assassin".

I think it's great that some of these players can do it on their own without some

huge entourage of coaches for every little thing.

 

I agree. The only other play I know like this is Bubba Watson.

Hideki, James Hahn, Sang Moon Bae, Michael Kim, I know Adam Scott will only see his coach once a year.

 

Her swing is text book. Honestly as soneone who teaches, if i taught a world class player i wouldnt have them work on anything during a tournament week. You are here to win. You cant do that thinking swing.

 

As for her and her caddie. She speaks very little english and he doesnt speak korean. They had special segment on it during 2016 us open, i watched her play a couple practice that year was amazed to find that out

[Santiago Golf]

Remarkable in this day and age.

 

"I don't have any swing coach, so I practice by myself," Park said. "I tape my own swing and study and analyze it as many times as I can. That is something I try to perfect myself. Maybe that's a little different, but that's the way I do it."

i think the very most successful are those people who actually understand the cause and effect of a swing. so, my guess is she will be very successful for a long time.

 

when you look at people who were over coached a method or the other side of the specturm is natural talents that only took them so far like Elkington when he tried to do something more than he was capable of he realized he didn't know jack and fell of the map. the whole secret in the dirt made that so obvious (imo) you can name quite a few golfers who never make it back. stricker is one who found his way back and truly owns his swing.

 

i hope she goes on to win bunches more, fun to watch. she also has tremendous respect for her caddie, which was nice to see.

I think this why so many homemade swings are great players. They know and own theor swing, they what to do when it goes wrong and fix it quick.

[Warrick]

Well that's what the translator said.....she probably was like "I cannot be defeated, I defeat all women....if they die, they die"

 

And then the translator was like "yeahh....ummmm, she says she's never had a coach but has always worked really hard on her swing!"

 

Well you have a point. I read that her nickname in Korean means, "quiet assassin".

I think it's great that some of these players can do it on their own without some

huge entourage of coaches for every little thing.

 

I agree. The only other play I know like this is Bubba Watson.

Hideki, James Hahn, Sang Moon Bae, Michael Kim, I know Adam Scott will only see his coach once a year.

 

Her swing is text book. Honestly as soneone who teaches, if i taught a world class player i wouldnt have them work on anything during a tournament week. You are here to win. You cant do that thinking swing.

 

As for her and her caddie. She speaks very little english and he doesnt speak korean. They had special segment on it during 2016 us open, i watched her play a couple practice that year was amazed to find that out

 

 

I don;t think she has the same caddie now, thought Suzanne Petterson's caddie left her bag for Park.

[Santiago Golf]

Well that's what the translator said.....she probably was like "I cannot be defeated, I defeat all women....if they die, they die"

 

And then the translator was like "yeahh....ummmm, she says she's never had a coach but has always worked really hard on her swing!"

 

Well you have a point. I read that her nickname in Korean means, "quiet assassin".

I think it's great that some of these players can do it on their own without some

huge entourage of coaches for every little thing.

 

I agree. The only other play I know like this is Bubba Watson.

Hideki, James Hahn, Sang Moon Bae, Michael Kim, I know Adam Scott will only see his coach once a year.

 

Her swing is text book. Honestly as soneone who teaches, if i taught a world class player i wouldnt have them work on anything during a tournament week. You are here to win. You cant do that thinking swing.

 

As for her and her caddie. She speaks very little english and he doesnt speak korean. They had special segment on it during 2016 us open, i watched her play a couple practice that year was amazed to find that out

 

 

I don;t think she has the same caddie now, thought Suzanne Petterson's caddie left her bag for Park.

Still probably the same situation

[lchang]

How can that possibly be effective? The language barrier, I mean? That's astounding to me.

[Burglar]

Her English must be improving. I followed her group a few days at the PGA championship and her caddie was speaking pretty quickly in English to her the entire time and she was speaking back to him. She was so quiet that it was inaudible, so I don't know how fluent she has gotten since 2016.

[North Texas]

How can that possibly be effective? The language barrier, I mean? That's astounding to me.

 

Here's my theory.

 

I think the importance of the caddie/player relationship is great exaggerated.

[lchang]

How can that possibly be effective? The language barrier, I mean? That's astounding to me.

 

Here's my theory.

 

I think the importance of the caddie/player relationship is great exaggerated.

 

Sure, but it can't possibly be HELPFUL to understand only half of what the other person is saying?! Or worse misunderstand 10% of what the other is saying? Can you imagine thinking "flyer lie" meant the opposite or something Iike that? Misunderstand "tail wind" or "that putt is gonna gain steam near the hole"?

[North Texas]

How can that possibly be effective? The language barrier, I mean? That's astounding to me.

 

Here's my theory.

 

I think the importance of the caddie/player relationship is great exaggerated.

 

Sure, but it can't possibly be HELPFUL to understand only half of what the other person is saying?! Or worse misunderstand 10% of what the other is saying? Can you imagine thinking "flyer lie" meant the opposite or something Iike that? Misunderstand "tail wind" or "that putt is gonna gain steam near the hole"?

 

I guess I'm thinking a player should be able to see that they have a flyer lie and should be able to judge the wind and should be able to read their putts. It just shouldn't require that much input from the caddie to see and analyze those things and I actually think it gets into an over-analysis situation quite frequently.

[Shilgy]

I'd bet she has learned golf talk English language just fine. Day to day communications and interviews are a different thing.

[OutBackHack]

How can that possibly be effective? The language barrier, I mean? That's astounding to me.

 

Here's my theory.

 

I think the importance of the caddie/player relationship is great exaggerated.

 

Sure, but it can't possibly be HELPFUL to understand only half of what the other person is saying?! Or worse misunderstand 10% of what the other is saying? Can you imagine thinking "flyer lie" meant the opposite or something Iike that? Misunderstand "tail wind" or "that putt is gonna gain steam near the hole"?

 

I guess I'm thinking a player should be able to see that they have a flyer lie and should be able to judge the wind and should be able to read their putts. It just shouldn't require that much input from the caddie to see and analyze those things and I actually think it gets into an over-analysis situation quite frequently.

 

A pro can shoot 63 any day of the week, come tournament time things get stressful and they don't think as clearly as they normally would. That's when a good caddie is worth every cent he's paid.

[ElMacho]

A pro can shoot 63 any day of the week, come tournament time things get stressful and they don't think as clearly as they normally would. That's when a good caddie is worth every cent he's paid.

 

That makes perfect sense.

[legitimategolf]

Her English must be improving. I followed her group a few days at the PGA championship and her caddie was speaking pretty quickly in English to her the entire time and she was speaking back to him. She was so quiet that it was inaudible, so I don't know how fluent she has gotten since 2016.

 

I got a few feet away from her last Saturday but still couldn't hear a word she said to her caddie. Facing a tough situation, bad lie in the rough with no play to the green and awkward layup, yet she hardly spoke much if at all. Also like many international players, they were talking about metres not yards.

[KBong]

Remarkable in this day and age.

 

"I don't have any swing coach, so I practice by myself," Park said. "I tape my own swing and study and analyze it as many times as I can. That is something I try to perfect myself. Maybe that's a little different, but that's the way I do it."

Sung Hyun Park's Korean nickname is...."Namdalla"...which means...."I'm Different"

 

Her coach in Orlando is Brian Moag....she doesn't see him often and I wouldn't be surprised that when they have a session...she doesn't listen to much of what he has to say.

 

SHP certainly is different.

While most LPGA pros have male fans (except for the lesbian pros).....Namdalla's fans are called the "Attack Girls".

It's hard to see....but "Namdalla" is on the visor/caps of the Attack Girls in this picture.

 

 

Oh ya....I can't remember name ....but I believe SHP has another Korean nickname....which means something like...."Shut up and Attack".

[KBong]

I don;t think she has the same caddie now, thought Suzanne Petterson's caddie left her bag for Park.

David Jones was on In Gee "DUMBO" Chun's bag in 2016 and at the start of the 2017...got fired and then looped for Suzann for a short time...until Sung Hyun fired Colin Cann (he left Paula Creamer) and recruited David Jone's as her current caddie.

 

Colin Cann is now on In Gee's bag after he was fired by Namdalla.

[KBong]

Her English must be improving. I followed her group a few days at the PGA championship and her caddie was speaking pretty quickly in English to her the entire time and she was speaking back to him. She was so quiet that it was inaudible, so I don't know how fluent she has gotten since 2016.

I think Sung Hyun understands and speaks English....I love how she snubbed the media during her USWO trophy presentation....didn't speak English and only had very short replies to questions asked.

 

Namdalla hardly looked and acknowledged Diana Murphy when she butchered her name and handed SHP the trophy.

In Korean culture, one bows to an elder, especially one who holds power......and the higher the power...the deeper the bow....SHP basically showed NO respect to Diana Murphy......lol.

 

Namdalla is great how she doesn't care what others think...while the rest of the Koreans pros are readily available to be nice to all they encounter.

[4waymiss]

 

 

Namdalla is great how she doesn't care what others think...while the rest of the Koreans pros are readily available to be nice to all they encounter.

 

Not entirely, you can tell she still takes time to put makeup on, before and during a round.

[Sean2]

Remarkable in this day and age.

 

"I don't have any swing coach, so I practice by myself," Park said. "I tape my own swing and study and analyze it as many times as I can. That is something I try to perfect myself. Maybe that's a little different, but that's the way I do it."

i think the very most successful are those people who actually understand the cause and effect of a swing. so, my guess is she will be very successful for a long time.

 

when you look at people who were over coached a method or the other side of the specturm is natural talents that only took them so far like Elkington when he tried to do something more than he was capable of he realized he didn't know jack and fell of the map. the whole secret in the dirt made that so obvious (imo) you can name quite a few golfers who never make it back. stricker is one who found his way back and truly owns his swing.

 

i hope she goes on to win bunches more, fun to watch. she also has tremendous respect for her caddie, which was nice to see.

 

That's a very interesting point. You can really say about her that she truly owns her swing.

[Sean2]

Her English must be improving. I followed her group a few days at the PGA championship and her caddie was speaking pretty quickly in English to her the entire time and she was speaking back to him. She was so quiet that it was inaudible, so I don't know how fluent she has gotten since 2016.

 

She may not speak it very well, but her understanding of the language may be much better.

[Sean2]

Her English must be improving. I followed her group a few days at the PGA championship and her caddie was speaking pretty quickly in English to her the entire time and she was speaking back to him. She was so quiet that it was inaudible, so I don't know how fluent she has gotten since 2016.

I think Sung Hyun understands and speaks English....I love how she snubbed the media during her USWO trophy presentation....didn't speak English and only had very short replies to questions asked.

 

Namdalla hardly looked and acknowledged Diana Murphy when she butchered her name and handed SHP the trophy.

In Korean culture, one bows to an elder, especially one who holds power......and the higher the power...the deeper the bow....SHP basically showed NO respect to Diana Murphy......lol.

 

Namdalla is great how she doesn't care what others think...while the rest of the Koreans pros are readily available to be nice to all they encounter.

 

What is with Murphy and her inability to pronounce people's names?

[ingeeisgod]

Namdalla is great how she doesn't care what others think...while the rest of the Koreans pros are readily available to be nice to all they encounter.

 

Not entirely, you can tell she still takes time to put makeup on, before and during a round.

 

I've never seen her put make-up on during the round. If she did it was for the attack girls only.