미 LPGA 한국선수들의 진출동기 및 성공에 대한 사회문화적 분석

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In 2009, there were 47 Korean players participating on the LPGA Tour. Since Se Ri Pak began playing on the Tour, Korean players have been on the top of the world women`s golf with the record of six times Rookie of the Year Award given to Korean players, as well as 92 tournaments ended with Korean winners by the 2009 season. Their influx and success on the LPGA Tour raised continuous curiosity among world golf fans, and the amount of mass media and scholarly articles have dealt with the motives and reasons of the issues. However, most of the discussions seemed they were based not on the scientific investigations, but on writers` groundless guessing. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to socio-culturally and scientifically analyze motives of the influx and success of Korean players on the LPGA Tour, by conducting individual and group interviews with 11 Korean players enrolled in the LPGA in 2007 season, using semi-structured, open-ended interview questions. The findings of the study were as follow: 1) Lack of number of the tournaments and prize money of KLPGA Tour, such as annual average income of 9,000,000 won per one Korean professional women golfer, the dream of the LPGA Tour that Korean players have had since they were young kid, and longing for Se Ri Pak`s success played a significant role in the influx of Korean golfers to the Tour; 2) the great amount of practice that they arrive earliest and leave latest the driving ranges, intensive effort, obvious goal, many-sided and self-sacrificing assistance from Korean players` parents, Koreans` unique strong mentality, and comparative spirit among Korean players turned out to be the reasons with which they were able to be on the top of the world women`s golf.

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