Miracle 2022 winner turns into player caddie? Behind the scenes of the surprise combination of Shin Sang Hoon Park Eun Shin.
Jun 19, 2025
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The 68th KPGA Championship with A-ONE CC (hereinafter referred to as the KPGA Championship), which opened at A-ONE CC in Yangsan, Gyeongnam on the 19th.
There was a standout scene of the first round start. Shin Sang-hoon wore Park Eun-shin's caddie bag.
Shin Sang-hoon was the winner of the 65th event in 2022. In this competition, I will participate as a caddie, not as a player. After chanting `I was discharged from the military last Tuesday,' Shin said `I was close to Park Eun-shin and caddied because of Park's request.'
Park Eun-shin then said, `I think I won this competition course and have a course record"I think I know this course better than anyone else," he said with a smile why he asked for his caddie.
Shin Sang-hoon achieved his first tour victory in the 2022 main tournament. At that time, they tied for 38th in the first round and 52nd in the second round, and managed to pass the cut based on the cutoff.
The turnaround was from the third round. In the third round alone, Shin Sang-hoon, who cut 10 strokes by tying two eagles and six birdies, jumped to a tie for second place and then reduced six strokes on the final day to win. The 61 pars (10 under par) recorded in the third round of the tournament is also a course record tie for the tournament course.
Shin joined the military on Dec. 11 that year after the end of the 2023 season and was discharged on Dec. 10 this month after serving as a military police assistant.
Shin said, `First of all, I will stick to Park's caddie role this week. I'm confident"I'm going to return to the KPGA Tour next season. I will prepare well by improving my sense of play and training my physical strength at the same time."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
