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In 1998, when the country was struggling under the IMF, Park's determination to wade barefoot into a pond and win the U.S. Women's Open gave us all hope.

With 25 career wins on the LPGA Tour, Park is a Hall of Famer.

Now, as a businesswoman and broadcaster, she's living the dream, and our Sports Director Jae-Won Heo finds out what she's up to.

[Park Se Ri / 25 career LPGA wins - Hall of Fame inductee - former national coach: (Can you disclose how many strokes you've hit lately?) I think I'm in the 80s (strokes). .... I don't like (playing golf), I don't like it at all, I knew it was hard, but when I retired, it was really hard, like, how did I do something so hard].

I don't even have time to pick up a golf club.

Although she is now only an amateur weekend golfer, Korean golf legend and pioneer Park Se-ri prides herself on being the head coach of the "world's best" Korean women's golf team.

[Park Se-ri / 25 career LPGA wins - Hall of Fame inductee - former national team coach: I'm more comfortable being called a coach because I'm in charge of the national team, rather than a company representative or a broadcaster].

Park, who still considers herself a newcomer to the workforce, has been a businesswoman and a broadcaster for four years, and every day is a learning experience.

[Park Se-ri / LPGA career 25 wins - Hall of Fame inductee - former national coach: I started seeing things I didn't know, people I didn't know, people I hadn't met, and it just kind of broadened my horizons a little bit, and I was learning as I went along....]

Park, who has been hosting golf tournaments with her name on them since her retirement, will host her first LPGA Tour event at the end of March.

[Park Se-ri / 25 career LPGA wins - Hall of Fame inductee - former national coach: I hope it will be a tournament that can inspire the juniors to dream bigger].

The 'Park Se-ri Golf Research Center' under construction in Yongin City, Gyeonggi-do, is expected to be a forward base for realizing Park's big dream of developing junior players and popularizing golf.

[Park Se-ri / 25 career LPGA wins - Hall of Fame inductee - former national coach : After seeing my dream become someone else's dream, a lot of things 토토 changed, my mindset changed. I hope the juniors will have a better environment and more great players to lead the country].

Past her days as a player who gave hope to the entire nation, and past her current moment of delivering big smiles to her fans, Park Se-ri, the 'legend of golf', is looking forward to a future where she can fulfill her dreams even more.