8. Six’s speech

Jeongeun Lee6 poses with the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year trophy during the LPGA Rolex Players Awards. (Photo: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)

When Jeongeun Lee6 won the U.S. Women’s Open earlier this year, she pledged to address the media in English the next time she found herself on such a stage. Six months later, Lee6 brought down the house in Naples, Florida, with a flawless acceptance speech for the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year award. She’d practiced it for months, and quite frankly outshined every native English speaker on stage that night.