Noh Seung-yul makes a point of not setting unrealistic goals, but he fully believes that the US PGA Tour\'s \'Rookie of the Year\' award is well within his compass.
Ranked as one of the finest ball-strikers of the exciting new generation of 21st Century golfers, the 20-year-old South Korean has also set himself the goal of qualifying for the four-leg FedExCup playoff series in the latter part of the year.
\"Every rookie is trying for rookie of the year and that is a big dream of mine for this year,\" Noh is reported to have told Reuters after he had posted a solid 3-under-par 69 in the opening round of the Farmers Insurance Open at San Diego\'s famed Torrey Pines on Thursday.
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\"After that, my second goal is to make the FedExCup playoffs and I would like to at least make the third stage of that,\" he added.
Noh, who, at 18, became the youngest professional to capture a title on the European Tour when he beat Korean No 1, KJ Choi, by a stroke in the 2010 Malaysian Open, says it is important to always be learning from his fellow professionals.
\"Before every tournament, I play
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with KJ or YE (Yang Yong-eun),\" he explained.
\"Korean players work hard and practise hard and everybody is teaching and supporting everyone else to become better and better.
\"We have good team work and there has been a lot of good advice for me.\"
Noh first crashed his way into the headlines when, as a 16-year-old in 2008, he won his first professional title in China and went on from there to win Asian Tour\'s \'Rookie of the Year\' award.
\"Even after I won the Malaysian Open, I\'ve felt no extra pressure since, perhaps because I am still so young,\" he says
\"Every time I play
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, I am aiming to go higher and higher and higher, but not too high.
\"My place is low at the moment compared to KJ, with his eight victories on the PGA Tour, and YE., with his major win. So I feel no pressure.\"
Noh, who is currently coached by swing guru Butch Harmon, said Yang\'s stunning 3-shot victory after overhauling Tiger Woods in the 2009 PGA Championship at Hazeltine National had been massively motivating to him.
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