Why did the new US Women’s Open champion wear a mask during the tournament?

“I always wear a mask even when I practice so I get used to it. It doesn’t matter if I am positive for Covid-19. I don’t want to infect everyone so I wear it all the time on the field. colleagues, caddies and tournament organizers, “Kim explained in a private press conference for the champion on December 14

At the end of the closing round, the Korean golfer was born in 1995 to sign the transcript and then sat alone in the competitor’s tent with a mask. She just pulled it down while drinking water and ate a hunger-fighting banana.

Yesterday, Kim lost five strokes after 54 holes but won the US Women’s Open with a score of -3. On the finish line, she hit 67 strokes, reaching a ceiling of 18 holes in the 75th women’s major held by the American Golf Association (USGA) at the Champions Golf Club in Houston.

Over the past 25 years, the US Women’s Open has recorded seven players, including this year’s Kim, having been five strokes behind three rounds but won the game. Annika Sorenstam was the first to set this milestone at The Broadmoor Stadium in 1995. Last match recorded six golfers with negative points while the whole tournament only four people reached “under par” final.

The tournament took place in the epidemic barrier, forbidden to the audience. Kim is not the only one wearing a mask. Lee6 Jeongeun – Kim’s countryman is also a permanent “personal health shield”. The most healthy group in the tournament is mostly the fighters in the Korean professional women’s arena – KLPGA Tour.

Kim is unable to communicate in English yet, so she has to answer to the media through an interpreter. “I miss Korean food. Maybe I’ll have a party with all Korean dishes,” Kim replied when asked by the media about celebrating the breakthrough. Immediately after that, the interpreter added, “We will have to quarantine ourselves for 14 days when we return to Korea, so it will also be two weeks of family reunions.”

Kim entered golf with his father’s guidance with childhood idol Sorenstam. Since becoming a professional, she mainly competed on LPGA Tour and has owned two titles. Before the US Women’s Open, Kim ranked 94th on the world rankings – Rolex Rankings. She is the ninth Korean golfer to win the US Women’s Open in 13 years and has been the lowest ranked world champion since the introduction of the Rolex Rankings in 2006.

Quoc Huy (according to Golf Digest)