The power to support Park Sung-hyun... Fan Club 'Different'
The power to support Park Sung-hyun... Fan Club 'Different'
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Park Sung-hyun, who has the strongest fandom among Korean professional golfers, will play in Korea this week. Park will participate in the Ladies European Tour (LET) Aramco Korea Championship, which will be held at New Korea Country Club in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province for three days from July 9.
Park Sung-hyun's fan club, Naver's fan club "Different" reminds me of Arnie's Army, a fan club that enthusiastically supported Arnold Palmer in the 1960s and 1970s. Palmer, who won 62 wins including seven major wins on the PGA Tour, said of his fan club during his lifetime, "The cheering of fans was the biggest memory for me. Thanks to their support, so many wins were possible."
Park Sung-hyun's fan club, which currently has more than 10,000 people, consists of women in their 40s and 50s, and the number of male members in their 20s has increased recently, and the gender ratio is about 8 to 2. Most of the members are blindly loyal to the nation, divided into five regions.
Members of Namdala's fan club will also join the Aramco Korea Championship this week in a group T-shirt and carry a towel with the words "We will always be behind you" on it. More than 500 members have already bought tickets. They are expected to attract attention as "unnie units" that will bring the tournament to life, which is mostly unfamiliar to domestic golf fans.
Park Sung-hyun said at an official press conference held at the New Korea Country Club on the 8th, a day before the opening of the tournament, "I play with the love of many fans every time I come to Korea, and I really don't forget that feeling and I want to say thank you."
Daniel Kang, a Korean-American who attended the press conference together, said, "I believe Sung-hyun will come back stronger and stronger if he overcome difficult times," and encouraged, "Korean fans will clap even if they watch Pana, so we can trust these fans and continue to persist."
Park has never made the cut in the five LPGA Tour events she participated in this season. Nevertheless, nearly 20,000 comments are posted on Park's fan cafe on the day of the event. Most of them are emoticons wishing Park a good fight, which is a great fandom. 안전놀이터
Fan club members who met at the Samdasoo Masters in Jeju, where Park Sung-hyun recovered from her injury and returned in August last year, said, "As there are twists and turns in life, Park Sung-hyun's golf is the same, so we are not happy." Park Sung-hyun can overcome loneliness and fear and just look ahead because of the love of these fan club members like "mothers."