The Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) reduced the disciplinary period of professional golfer Yoon Na (21), who was suspended for three years in 2022 for causing controversy by playing wrong balls, to one year and six months. As the disciplinary period ends in March, Yoon Na will be able to participate in the domestic opening match of the 2024 season KLPGA Tour, which is scheduled to be held in April.
Yoon Ina/KLPGA
KLPGA announced that at the first board of directors meeting of 2024 held on the 8th, it was decided to reduce the disciplinary period of business trip suspension from 3 years to 1 year and 6 months as a result of discussing the ‘KLPGA Reward and Punishment Subcommittee’s recommendation for disciplinary reduction of Yoon Ina.’ The KLPGA said, “The positions of sponsors, golf officials, golf fans, and all members, as well as the reduction of disciplinary action by the Korea Golf Association, were considered, and the final decision was made through voting.” It is said that during the long discussion, various opinions were expressed, such as donating the prize money or granting time for community service activities.
Prior to this, on October 30 last year, the 2023 KLPGA’s 4th Reward and Punishment Subcommittee deliberated on Yoon Ea’s request for disciplinary reduction. I complied with the disciplinary decision, and after the disciplinary action, I spent a period of serious reflection and self-reflection, including about 50 hours of community service, donating all of the prize money from the U.S. minor league golf tour, and giving free golf lessons to youth players. In the future, I will contribute to the development of the association and provide support to other players. He pledged to do his best to set an example to the general public, and in consideration of 3,500 petitions requesting relief, he recommended to the KLPGA Board of Directors that the 3-year suspension from participating in KLPGA hosted and organized competitions be reduced to 1 year and 6 months.
As a result of discussion at the 10th Board of Directors meeting of the KLPGA in 2023 on the 14th of last month, it was decided to discuss it again at the next Board of Directors meeting, and the final decision was made on this day. KLPGA Reward and Punishment Subcommittee Regulations, Chapter 3, Article 21 (Amnesty) states, ‘If the member subject to disciplinary action complies with the committee’s decision, complies with the disciplinary regulations, and has a clear intention to engage in combat, the committee recommends and the board of directors decides to reduce or reduce the disciplinary action. It says, ‘You can be exempted.’ The three-year suspension period that Yoon Ina received was from September 20, 2022 to September 19 of next year, but this period was cut in half and the disciplinary action ended on March 19.
In June 2022, Yoon Ina played with a different ball she found in the rough during the first round of the Korea Women’s Open hosted by the Korea Golf Association, and did not immediately report it even though she knew during the game that it was not her ball. He voluntarily reported this to the Korea Golf Association in July 2022, and the Korea Golf Association imposed a three-year suspension from participation in competitions hosted and organized by the Korea Golf Association in August 2022. The KLPGA also imposed a three-year ban on participation in competitions hosted and managed by the KLPGA in September 2022.
Yoon Ina appears at the KLPGA Reward and Punishment Subcommittee in September 2022./News 1
However, in September of last year, the Korea Golf Association reduced the suspension to 1 year and 6 months, saying, “There is serious reflection and determination to open the game, and consideration has been given to petitions and public opinion evaluation.” Accordingly, the Korean Golf Association’s disciplinary action will end next month, and Yoon Ea-na will be able to participate in the Korea Women’s Open in June. However, her participation in other KLPGA tour events depended on whether or not the KLPGA disciplinary action would be reduced. In her debut on the KLPGA Tour in 2022, Ina Yoon garnered great attention for her long hitter, and she earned her first win in July 2022.
On this day, Yoon Ina expressed her position on the KLPGA’s decision to reduce disciplinary action through her management company Crowning. “I am grateful to the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association and the Korea Golf Association for giving me the opportunity to participate in competitions again as a golf player,” he said. “I will continue to take time for service and self-reflection, while sincerely asking for understanding and opening my heart to my senior and junior fellow players.” “We will make every effort to do so,” he said.
Yoon Ina said, “I promise to never repeat the same mistake again and to play honestly and sincerely according to the spirit and rules of golf.” She added, “I will devote myself to training until I can stand on the field again for the fans who hope and support my return.” did. She said, “I would like to apologize once again to everyone who has caused concern due to my wrong behavior,” and “There is no specific time for my return, and I will focus on training until my performance returns to a certain level.”
2024-01-08 06:04:00
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