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The weeping, bloody, brilliant world of the perfectionist
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Ko Jin-young of South Korea, who is competing in the HSBC Women's World Championship, is a self-confessed perfectionist.
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In a verandah at Sentosa Golf Club, a champion’s hands are being briefly examined. Hands which are tiny. Hands which are great and unflinching. Hands of an artist but also of a labourer.
A long time ago, the legendary golfer Sam Snead spoke about practising by his car’s headlights at night. Rehearsal was his religion. “My hands bled,” he had said. So, I ask Ko Jin-young, what about your hands, have they ever bled?
