Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2018 11:03:17 GMT -5
LIFE IN GOLF: JEEHAE LEE FROM LPGA TO TOPGOLF
LPGA News March 8, 2018
You want to know real pressure?
Try standing over a 3-foot putt knowing that it’s the difference between making the cut and being able to afford rent or, well, not being able to pay your rent.
Jeehae Lee remembers having these moments when she played the FUTURES Tour in 2007 and 2008 and then the LPGA from 2009 through 2011.
The experiences are far different these days as the Director of Business Strategy at Topgolf, but she traces combating pressure back to her competitive playing days. One of Lee’s initiatives is organizing and executing the Topgolf Tour, which culminates in Las Vegas where a two-person team has a chance to win $50,000.
TOPGOLF
“There are moments where you have to react very quickly and think on your feet if you need to resolve a situation and you can’t crumble,” explained Lee. “Someone has a chance to win $50,000 and therefore there is pressure to run a great event and one of my strengths is I tend to stay very calm under pressure and I think that comes from golf.”
Golf has a funny way of coming back into people’s lives and Lee is a prime example. She gave up the sport on multiple occasions, dismissing it as just a hobby at best.
She was born in Seoul, South Korea in the early 1980s – before the Si Re Pak craze began – so golf wasn’t the sport young girls gravitated to like today. But, her parents loved golf and so they brought her to the course. They weren’t overbearing and certainly weren’t attempting to raise the next great LPGA player.
Link to rest of the article:
www.lpga.com/news/2018-jeehae-lee-story-on-topgolf
LPGA News March 8, 2018
You want to know real pressure?
Try standing over a 3-foot putt knowing that it’s the difference between making the cut and being able to afford rent or, well, not being able to pay your rent.
Jeehae Lee remembers having these moments when she played the FUTURES Tour in 2007 and 2008 and then the LPGA from 2009 through 2011.
The experiences are far different these days as the Director of Business Strategy at Topgolf, but she traces combating pressure back to her competitive playing days. One of Lee’s initiatives is organizing and executing the Topgolf Tour, which culminates in Las Vegas where a two-person team has a chance to win $50,000.
TOPGOLF
“There are moments where you have to react very quickly and think on your feet if you need to resolve a situation and you can’t crumble,” explained Lee. “Someone has a chance to win $50,000 and therefore there is pressure to run a great event and one of my strengths is I tend to stay very calm under pressure and I think that comes from golf.”
Golf has a funny way of coming back into people’s lives and Lee is a prime example. She gave up the sport on multiple occasions, dismissing it as just a hobby at best.
She was born in Seoul, South Korea in the early 1980s – before the Si Re Pak craze began – so golf wasn’t the sport young girls gravitated to like today. But, her parents loved golf and so they brought her to the course. They weren’t overbearing and certainly weren’t attempting to raise the next great LPGA player.
Link to rest of the article:
www.lpga.com/news/2018-jeehae-lee-story-on-topgolf