Yealimi Noh, the 17-year-old Concord, California native, is set to make her Symetra Tour debut March 29-31 at the IOA Insurance Service Championship at Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon. The tournament is contested on the 6,527-yard, par-72 Champion Course, a Lee Schmidt-Brian Curley design which opened in 2000, and the event is presented by Morongo Casino Resort and Spa.
Always a consistent player on the junior circuit, Noh burst onto the national scene last year when she claimed victories at the Junior PGA Championship, U.S. Girls’ Junior at Poppy Hills and the Candian Women’s Amatuer in a three-week span. Although it was already know, in February she officially announced that she was rescinding her commitment to UCLA and turning pro. Since then she has already competed in an event on the Korean LPGA Tour.
“She’s ready,” her coach Erik Stone told the San Francisco Chronicle. “She’s on her way. It was the right decision for her.”
It certainly seems to be the right decision as she again finds herself competing against the pros, this time on the Symetra Tour – a gateway to the LPGA Tour. Noh is hopeful that she’ll receive further sponsors exemptions like the one she’s received for the IOA Insurance Service Championship, but also intends to enter Monday qualifying events.
“Who knows if I win one (in 2019) after Monday qualifying? Brooke Henderson did that. It’s possible. I’m just excited to see what comes next,” Noh told The Chronicle.
Make your way to the IOA Insurance Service Championship to check out exactly what’s next for Noh as she competes alongside some of the most talented up-and-comers in the women’s game.
