INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA | From a distance, she looks like any other tour player who isn’t having a great week.
Through the first two rounds of the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship, Yealimi Noh hit it just as far as any of her fellow competitors. She found more fairways and greens on Friday than three-time LPGA winner Katherine Kirk, who struggled with her ballstriking. And Noh’s carriage and demeanor fit well in a professional setting. She didn’t put up good numbers, 76-74 in the first two rounds, but she didn’t embarrass herself either. It’s not until you see her up close that you realize this 17-year-old Californian is still a young girl.
Noh, who won the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship in July and was on the winning U.S. Junior Ryder Cup team in France last month, earned a spot in the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship by virtue of winning Se Ri Pak’s American Junior Golf Association event.
