Actor Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin’s golf coach, pro Im Jin Han, revealed the couple’s dating story.
On the afternoon of the 19th, TV CHOSUN’s Heo Young Man’s Food Travel aired footage of Heo Young Man and Im Jin Han heading to Jeju Island.
That day, Im Jin Han mentioned having many celebrity students and named several stars. As the golf coach for the couple Son Ye Jin and Hyun Bin, he spoke about his connection with Son Ye Jin: “She had been playing golf for three years but never managed to get the ball airborne on the course. Her agency’s representative asked me to coach her.”
He continued, “The representative asked if I had time to meet her, and I said I had an hour the next day. Son Ye Jin came over wearing jeans and slippers between shoots. I gave her a quick lesson for about an hour. Later, she called and said half her shots were flying and the other half rolling. I told her she was doing great and should keep playing like that. That’s how I started coaching her continuously, and we’ve kept in touch since then.”
Later, he said Son Ye Jin asked him to coach Hyun Bin as well: “One day, she came and said, ‘Please teach Bin too.’ Hyun Bin also learned golf from me, and we often went to the golf course together.”
Heo Young Man asked, “Did you know they were dating before getting married?” Im Jin Han replied with a laugh, “One day, my wife asked me if the rumors about Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin dating and getting married were true. I denied it, saying it wasn’t true because I wanted to protect them. But 20 days later, they announced their marriage. My wife called me a traitor.”
Im Jin Han described the couple: “When I see them, I think they fit perfectly. Ye Jin has a bit of a masculine, straightforward personality, while Hyun Bin is more quiet. When they were dating, they called each other ‘Bin-ah, Ye Jin-ah,’ but after marriage, it’s ‘honey’ and ‘darling.’ They look really good together.“