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Ranked 4th in prize money and 1st in green accuracy “I changed everything after last year’s hardships.”

Song Young-han interviewed with reporters after the first round of the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament on the 16th.

Song Young-han (32), who has one win and is playing very well in the Japan Professional Golf Tour (JGTO) this season, has set a goal of adding more wins for the remainder of the season.

On the 16th, when the first day of JGTO's 'special tournament', the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament (total prize money of 200 million yen), was held at the Phoenix Country Club in Miyazaki, Japan, Song Young-han said, "I had a hard time last year, and I thought that if something didn't change, I would lose my competitiveness. Coach. “I started off with a lot of changes and things have improved a lot in many ways,” he said.

Song Young-han, winner of the 2013 Korea Professional Golf (KPGA) Korean Tour and 2015 JGTO Rookie of the Year Award, won his second JGTO title at Sansan KBC Augusta in August this year.

It was a Japan Tour tournament trophy added about 7 years and 7 months after the SMBC Singapore Open, co-hosted by JGTO and the Asian Tour in January 2016.

Song Young-han’s 1st round match

In addition, Song Young-han participated in 21 competitions this season and finished in the top 10 eight times, ranking 4th in prize money (85 million yen), 4th in average strokes (70.069 strokes), and 8th in Mercedes-Benz points.

In particular, the green hit rate ranks first (74.797%).

This is a dramatic improvement compared to last season, when he only finished in the top 10 once and ranked 51st in prize money and 73rd in Mercedes-Benz points.

Song Young-han said, "After last season, I changed my swing with a new coach. Previously, during the backswing, the force tended to go downward, but I completely reversed it so that it used upward," adding, "It was an adventure for me, and through the change, my shot distance increased." “My sense of stability has increased, which has helped me a lot in my play,” he explained.

He explained, "Last year was so difficult that I thought it was a major crisis in my golf career, but this season my shots improved overall and my putts improved in the second half of the year, leading to the win."

Song Young-han interviews reporters after the first round of the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament on the 16th.

As the 2023 season draws to a close, he is determined to complete the best year with additional wins.

Song Young-han emphasized, "We won the championship this year, but in fact, we were runners-up four times. So, if the opportunity comes, I definitely want to finish the season with one more win."

In this tournament, in which experienced winners of major tournaments on the PGA Tour, including Brooks Koepka, Wyndham Clark (USA), and Hideki Matsuyama (Japan), participated, Young-Han Song ranked high with 5 under par on the first day, earning his second win of the season. I started heading towards it.

Song Young-han said with a smile, "For now, I think all I can do is focus on one stroke every day. The priority is to create good opportunities until the third round," and added, "Rather than thinking about the number of strokes, I will play confidently and wait for my opportunity." 슬롯