'Woo Young-woo of Golf' Seungmin Lee: "Park Inbee Is My Role Model"

Encouraging Juniors at the SK Telecom Adaptive Open
Achieving a Career Grand Slam by Winning All Three Major Tournaments
"My Dream Is to Achieve a Super Grand Slam at the Paralympics"

Seungmin Lee, known as the “Woo Young-woo of the golf world,” has named Park Inbee, the “golf empress,” as his role model.

On August 24, developmentally disabled golfer Seungmin Lee attended the SK Telecom Adaptive Open 2026 with SK hynix as a supporter at 88 Country Club in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, where he watched his juniors compete.

Seungmin Lee (right) is encouraging juniors while participating in SK Telecom Adaptive Open. Photo by Yonhap News

He said, “There are still dreams I haven’t achieved yet,” and added, “If golf is officially included as a Paralympic event, I want to represent Korea and win a gold medal.” Golf has not yet been adopted as an official event in the Paralympics, and it will not be an official event at the 2028 Los Angeles Paralympics either.

Seungmin Lee aspired to follow in the footsteps of Park Inbee, who achieved a career Grand Slam on the LPGA Tour and won a gold medal at the Rio Olympics. He has won every major tournament available to players with developmental disabilities: the US Adaptive Open in 2022, the Australian All Abilities Championship in 2025, and the G4D Open this past May, achieving a career Grand Slam by conquering the three major tournaments.

Before the start of the tournament that day, Seungmin Lee met and encouraged his juniors. He stated, “I want my juniors to say, ‘I want to be like Seungmin,’” and pledged to work even harder to become a great athlete.

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