Grow the game
JIYAI SHIN DONATES PRIZEMONEY
TO ALPG’S NEXT GENERATION
S
outh Korean superstar Jiyai Shin claimed
victory at the ActewAGL Canberra Classic at
Royal Canberra Golf Club back in February
this year and recently announced that she will
donate her prize money of $22,500 to the ALPG
to put towards its ALPG Next Generation Rookie
Camp and other Development initiatives.
During the ActewAGL Canberra Classic, Shin, who
is a great sports fan herself spent time chatting
with ALPG patron Dawn Fraser and learned about
the ALPG’s Next Generation Rookie Camp and
what ALPG was doing to assist its rookies and
younger members.
Shin commented “ I love coming to Australia
at the beginning of the year. I feel so welcome
and everyone I meet is so caring and passionate
about women’s golf and growing the game.
I know what it is like to be a young player with a
goal to play golf professionally. When I was just
starting out and playing in South Korea, I was very
lucky to have the support and guidance of some
wonderful people.
I know that support has helped me have such a
wonderful career and I am always thankful for
that.
Every day, I am grateful for what I have been able
to do and when I saw and heard what the ALPG is
doing for young women players here, I wanted to
give my support and give something back. “
ALPG CEO Karen Lunn said she was humbled by
Shin’s gesture,
“I really can’t thank Jiyai enough not only for this
incredible gesture but for the support she gives
to ALPG on an annual basis.
This exceptional young woman who is a former
world number 1, two-time major winner
and winner of 50 International professional
tournaments on the world’s major tours all
before her
30 th birthday,
is truly a
credit to our
sport and all
those who
play it. Jiyai
really is an
incredible
champion
on and off the course and a very humble and
generous young woman.”
“In January this year, we held our first Next
Generation Rookie Camp at Ballarat Golf Club.
We had 16 of our members attend the camp
including four of our international members,
and they all enjoyed the experience immensely,
learning from ALPG stars Shani Waugh, Jennifer
Sevil, Julia Boland, Stacey Peters, Cathryn Bristow
and Mardi Lunn, Osteopath Adam Olarenshaw,
PGA representative Nick Bielawski and Karrie
Webb who skyped in from her home in Florida.”
“The feedback following on from the camp
and during our 2018 ALPG Tour has all been
incredibly positive about the lessons our
members learned and the knowledge they gained
at the camp, and to have Jiyai’s support of this
initiative is obviously a huge boost.”
Lunn said when she spoke to Shin to thank her
she replied “Its no problem, I got what I wanted
which was the trophy” being the 50th of her
impressive professional career.
It is no secret that the Korean loves competing in
Australia, having won the Australian Open back
in 2013, the Ladies Masters in 2016 and now the