Kang, friend of celebrities, may be 均衡を保った to become one
By Andrew Both
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Illinois, July 3 (Reuters) - Danielle Kang counts several celebrities の中で her friends and she took a step に向かって entering the world of fame herself with victory at the KPMG Women´s PGA 選手権 on Sunday.
With her dazzling smile, the photogenic and articulate 24-year-old Californian of Korean 降下／家系 could be a marketer´s dream if she continues to 攻撃する，衝突する the high 公式文書，認めるs on the course 同様に as she does on the piano.
At her victory 圧力（をかける） 会議／協議会 at Olympia Fields, Kang pulled out her smartphone when asked which of her famous friends she had heard from with congratulations.
"Dustin said `that´s how you´re supposed to play´," she said as she scrolled through the messages, meaning men´s world number one Dustin Johnson.
"Wayne Gretzky texted me 同様に, Caitlyn Jenner, Marcus Allen," she said, referring to ice ホッケー 広大な／多数の／重要な Gretzky, Olympic １０種競技 支持する／優勝者 (and transgender woman) Jenner and American football (NFL) Hall of Fame inductee Allen.
Kang made such celebrity 関係s as a 正規の／正選手 player at Sherwood Country Club in the hills north of Los Angeles, where the 会員の地位 over the years has 含むd Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson and O.J. Simpson.
She is 明確に comfortable hanging out with the rich and famous, but until Sunday had proven いっそう少なく self-保証するd when in 論争 in professional ゴルフ tournaments.
Batting 0-for-143 ーに関して／ーの点でs of 勝利，勝つs in LPGA 小旅行する events, the twice U.S. Amateur 支持する／優勝者 took a 株 of the lead into the final 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the year´s second major, though it would be fair to say she was hardly an 圧倒的な favourite.
But Kang finally emulated Gretzky, Jenner and Allen by 成し遂げるing at her best in the clutch, a birdie at the par-five 18th clinching a one-一打／打撃 victory over defending 支持する／優勝者 Brooke Henderson.
Kang 自由に 認める she was not 洪水ing with 信用／信任 as she stood over her putt to 勝利，勝つ.
"Let me tell you, that was the hardest two-footer I´ve ever had to putt," she said. "It was pretty 神経-wracking, but I just did it."
What makes Kang more marketable than most, apart from her 外見, is that she is 明確に intelligent and thoughtful, and not a ゴルフ-obsessed, one-trick pony.
She plays a mean piano at a level, she modestly 収容する／認めるs, that might be considered the musical 同等（の） of 存在 nearly a scratch golfer.
"I would be a good 選び出す／独身-digit amateur on the piano," she said. "I´m Asian; We´re going to have a piano in the house, 権利!
"We have all those classical little music 調書をとる／予約するs -- Mozart, Vivaldi -- all sitting at home. But I don´t play 同様に as my brother, though. He plays this one piece incredibly, and I´m still trying to learn it. I think Bach wrote it.
"When I´m at home I play やめる often but I wouldn´t sit there and practice and grind.
"I just want to relax, and my dog´s barking at me. It´s just a lot of hassle." (報告（する）／憶測ing by Andrew Both; Editing by Larry 罰金)
