Seung-yul Noh signs for Nike Golf

Korean Seung-yul Noh has joined Nick Watney, Kyle Stanley and Thorbjorn Olesen as a Nike Golf athlete

Seung-yul Noh

Korean youngster Seung-yul Noh has joined Nick Watney, Kyle Stanley and Thorbjorn Olesen as a Nike Golf athlete after signing a multi-year deal with the brand.

The 22-year-old will use the world's first high speed cavity back driver, the Nike VR_S Covert, along with Nike VR Pro Limited Edition fairway woods, Nike VR_S Forged irons, Nike VR Pro wedges and the Nike Method Midnight 006 putter.

He will also represent Nike Golf in golf balls (20XI), footwear (Lunar Control), gloves, apparel (Tour Performance Collection), headwear and accessories.

"Nike is the number one sports brand in the world," said Noh. "The best players the world trust the swoosh and I am proud to be a part of that group."

Noh became the youngest winner of the Asian Tour Order of Merit in 2010 aged 19, thanks, in part, to victory at the European Tour co-sanctioned Maybank Malaysian Open.

He earned his 2012 PGA Tour card through Q-School and enjoyed a successful debut season, finishing 48th on the Money List and amassing $1,629,751.

"Seung-yul is an impressive athlete who is powerful and long off the tee," said Mark Thaxton, Global Director of Sports Marketing Operations for Nike.

"He has a tremendous future with Nike Golf and we are thrilled to have him among our strong stable or athletes."

Click here for some images of the Nike VR_S Covert driver.

Nick Bonfield
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Nick Bonfield joined Golf Monthly in 2012 after graduating from Exeter University and earning an NCTJ-accredited journalism diploma from News Associates in Wimbledon. He is responsible for managing production of the magazine, sub-editing, writing, commissioning and coordinating all features across print and online. Most of his online work is opinion-based and typically centres around the Majors and significant events in the global golfing calendar. Nick has been an avid golf fan since the age of ten and became obsessed with the professional game after watching Mike Weir and Shaun Micheel win The Masters and PGA Championship respectively in 2003. In his time with Golf Monthly, he's interviewed the likes of Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Jose Maria Olazabal, Henrik Stenson, Padraig Harrington, Lee Westwood and Billy Horschel and has ghost-written columns for Westwood, Wayne Riley, Matthew Southgate, Chris Wood and Eddie Pepperell. Nick is a 12-handicap golfer and his favourite courses include Old Head, Sunningdale New, Penha Longha, Valderrama and Bearwood Lakes. If you have a feature pitch for Nick, please email nick.bonfield@futurenet.com with 'Pitch' in the subject line. Nick is currently playing: Driver: TaylorMade M1 Fairway wood: TaylorMade RBZ Stage 2 Hybrid: Ping Crossover Irons (4-9): Nike Vapor Speed Wedges: Cleveland CBX Full Face, 56˚, Titleist Vokey SM4, 60˚ Putter: testing in progress! Ball: TaylorMade TP5x