Soyeon Ryu (34, Medihill), the former world number one in women's golf and 18 wins in her professional career, marks the end of her 16-year career as a professional golfer.

Wow Management Group, So-yeon Yoo's management company, announced on the 21st, “So-yeon Yoo will retire from her active career after the Chevron Championship, a major tournament on the American Women's Professional Golf (LPGA) Tour held in Texas, USA next month.”

Yoo So-yeon played an active role as a key player in the ‘Taegeuk Nangja Corps’, which boasted of being the strongest in the world.

So-yeon Yoo, who was first selected as a member of the national team in 2005 when she was in her third year of middle school, completed the elite course as an amateur, winning gold medals in both individual and team events at the 2006 Doha Asian Games, and then turned professional in 2007.

Entering the Korean Ladies Professional Golf (KLPGA) Tour in 2008, she earned her first win in her debut that year at the Sports Seoul-Kim Young-joo Golf Women's Open.

So-yeon Yoo, who won a surprise victory at the US Women's Open in 2011 as an invited player, took this opportunity to move to the United States in 2012 and continue her performance.

Soyeon Ryu won the Rookie of the Year Award in 2012, her first year on the LPGA Tour, and reached the peak of her career by winning the LPGA Player of the Year Award in 2017. In 2020, she achieved her 10th win on the KLPGA Tour at the Korea Women's Open, becoming the first Korean player to win national titles in five countries (Korea, the United States, Japan, China, and Canada). She has a total of 6 wins, including 2 major wins, on the LPGA Tour, 10 wins on the KLPGA Tour (1 major win), 1 win on the Japan Ladies Professional Golf (JLPGA) Tour, and 1 win on the Ladies European Golf Tour (LET), making her a total of 18. won. In 2017, she became the third Korean female player to be ranked No. 1 in the women's golf world rankings, following Shin Ji-ae and Park In-bee, and held the top spot for a total of 19 weeks. Soyeon Ryu, who has always been thorough in self-management, is known for her outstanding skills and character, including receiving the 'Most Elegant Player Award' selected by the LPGA press in 2015 and the 'Williams & Mausey Powell Award' given to the most exemplary player based on votes from fellow players in 2018. He was evaluated as a player. The Chevron Championship, which was chosen as the stage for her retirement, is one of the five major tournaments on the LPGA Tour, and So-Yeon Ryu lifted the trophy at this tournament in 2017. Soyeon Yoo, who recently signed a three-year brand ambassador contract with Titleist, is beginning her second life as a Titleist brand ambassador. So-yeon Yoo said, “She has mixed emotions thinking that her retirement game is approaching. “I thought a retirement game would be the best way to let people know how grateful I am to have been able to do what I love as a career, and how grateful I am for the love and support I have received from so many people,” she said. She continued, “Through the Chevron Championship, I would like to express my gratitude to my colleagues and fans who have been on the tour so far,” and added, “As I have learned a lot through golf, I want to contribute in various aspects of the golf world in the future.”  19가이드03