Yoo Hae-ran said, "I'll cheer up with my mom's rice balls and win a major."

Yoo Hae-ran said, "I'll cheer up with my mom's rice balls and win a major."

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Yoo has established herself as an ace among Korean golfers who played on the LPGA tour last year. Yoo has been listed in the top 10 for 13 times among 26 competitions including the FM Championship in September last year, and is ranked fifth in the world, the highest among Korean golfers.안전놀이터

Although his performance was not good at the beginning of this season due to pneumonia and other reasons, he regained his sense by competing for the championship at the Chevron Championship, the first major tournament of the season, last month. He was the leader in the third round, and finished the competition tied for sixth place, but finding a swing problem was a big achievement.

Yoo Hae-ran said at a press conference held at the CCMM Building in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul on the 21st, "If you continue the competition, you tend to swing with a comfortable feeling. I have to use my body, but because I use my arms a lot, the accuracy is poor," adding, "I knew this problem during Chevron and corrected my swing by feeling like I tightened my arm at the address. I fixed my swing and won the Black Desert Championship."

It is also believed to have been largely influenced by the change of putter to TaylorMade's "Spider ZT." The green play was so perfect that the average number of putts per hole was only 1.5 at the Black Desert Championship.

The Spider ZT is a "zero torque" putter that provides stable strokes by zeroing out the torque acting on the club when putting. It features a shaft at the center of gravity of the head.

Yoo said, "I had a lot of regrets about the putt. I improved my putting ability because my head face didn't open after using the Spider ZT and my address became more comfortable than before," adding, "I trusted my putting ability because the exterior is not much different from the previous putter and the design feels good. I'm glad I changed it."

The secret of her fast adaptation is her mother's Korean food, as she has won the title every year for the third year since her debut in the LPGA tour in 2023. Kim Geum-im, Yoo's mother, is a strong supporter of her late daughter's life in the U.S. Kim Geum-im personally shops for Korean food at a Korean mart near the venue and makes Korean food for her daughter. "She eats more Korean food than she does in Korea," Yoo said. "My mother's Korean food gives me the biggest boost."

Yoo Hae-ran said, "During the Chevron competition, I ate my mom's cheonggukjang for four days and cheered up," adding, "In general competitions, not major competitions, breakfast from club houses is often poor because it is only bread and eggs." Whenever I do that, my mom makes me a rice ball and it's the best in the world. "Mom's pollack roe rice ball is the best," she said with a big smile.

She will depart for the U.S. with her mother on Sunday to prepare for the U.S. Women's Open, the second major of the season. The 80th U.S. Women's Open will be held in Erin Hills, Wisconsin, for four days from May 29. "The U.S. major championships are physically and mentally stressful due to the difficulty of courses," Yoo said. "As I came to Korea and reorganized, my shots got better, and I think my short game and course management skills got better than before."

Yoo has won eight major championships, including three LPGA Tour wins and five KLPGA tours, but has yet to win a major championship. "I have four major championships left this year. I really want to win a major championship this time," Yoo said. "As I missed the championship title at the Chevron Championship, I will take it when I get a chance."