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 reach. "After that, my second goal is to make the FedExCup playoffs and I would like to at least make it to the third stage of that," he added. "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. "We have good teamwork and there has been a lot of good advice for me." "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." "Every time I play, I am aiming to go higher and higher, but not too high." "Before every tournament, I practice with KJ or YE (Yang Yong-eun)," he explained. 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. "Korean players work hard and practice hard and everybody is teaching and supporting everyone else to become better and better." "Even after I won the Malaysian Open, I’ve felt no extra pressure since, perhaps because I am still so young," says Noh, who is currently coached by swing guru Butch Harmon, adding that Yang’s stunning 3-shot victory over Tiger Woods in the 2009 PGA Championship at Hazeltine National had been massively motivating to him. 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. Noh first made headlines when, as a 16-year-old in 2008, he won his first professional title in China and went on from there to win the Asian Tour’s 'Rookie of the Year' award.
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