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Sei Young Kim Run Toward Your Fears

November 9, 2021

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Sei Young Kim is a major champion and six-year veteran of the LPGA Tour.

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I started golf at age nine. My father loved the game and took me to a local driving range in Korea where I spent many hours hitting balls. Even at home, I swung a club all the time in the house. But golf wasn’t my only sport. It wasn’t even my first one.

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Sei Young Kim of Korea celebrates after winning the Pelican Women's Championship at Pelican Golf Club on November 22, 2020 in Belleair, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
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Sei Young Kim of South Korea poses with the Lotte trophy after winning in the final round of the LPGA LOTTE Championship Presented By Hershey at Ko Olina Golf Club on April 18, 2015 in Kapolei, Hawaii. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
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Sei Young Kim of South Korea poses with the 2015 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year trophy during the LPGA Rolex Players Awards at the Ritz-Carlton, Naples on November 19, 2015 in Naples, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)

Run toward your fear, knowing that you will never catch it. Because fear always vanishes in the face of the bold.