{"id":620936,"date":"2026-04-21T07:43:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/620936\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T07:43:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:43:23","slug":"golf-coach-reveals-hyun-bin-son-ye-jins-secret-dating-story-before-couples-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/620936\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf coach reveals Hyun Bin, Son Ye-jin’s secret dating story before couple’s marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Son Ye-jin and Hyun Bin \/ Xportsnews<\/p>\n

A longtime mentor to top Korean celebrities revealed he knew about Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin\u2019s relationship long before it became public \u2014 and even lied to his own wife to keep it a secret.<\/p>\n

The story emerged on the Sunday episode of TV Chosun\u2019s \u201cHuh Young Man\u2019s Food Travel,\u201d where renowned golf instructor Lim Jin-han appeared as a guest.<\/p>\n

Lim, often dubbed a \u201cgolf master\u201d in Korea, said he first built a connection with Son through a recommendation from an agency executive and began giving her lessons that continued for years.<\/p>\n

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Son Ye-jin \/ Captured from TV Chosun<\/p>\n

\u201cShe once came straight from filming in jeans and slippers, and we practiced for about an hour,\u201d he said. \u201cAfter that, I kept teaching her, and we\u2019ve stayed connected ever since.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through Son, Hyun Bin also became his student. Lim said the two actors would often take lessons together and even play rounds of golf with him, which is how he realized early on that they were dating.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne day, she said, \u2018Please teach Bin as well,\u2019 so they both started learning together, and we went out to the field often,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\"Lim<\/p>\n

Lim Jin-han \/ Captured from TV Chosun<\/p>\n

Despite knowing about their relationship, Lim said he kept it strictly confidential \u2014 even at home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen my wife asked me, \u2018Are Son Ye-jin and Hyun Bin getting married?\u2019 I told her, \u2018What are you talking about?\u2019\u201d he said with a laugh. \u201cTwenty days later, they announced their marriage, and my wife called me a traitor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lim also shared his impressions of the couple\u2019s relationship, describing them as highly compatible.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey match very well. Son Ye-jin has a more easygoing, almost boyish personality, while Hyun Bin is more quiet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added that their way of addressing each other also changed after marriage.<\/p>\n

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Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin \/ Xportsnews<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they were dating, they called each other \u2018Bin\u2019 and \u2018Ye-jin,\u2019 but after getting married, it seems like they say \u2018honey\u2019 or \u2018dear,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin first met while filming the 2018 movie \u201cThe Negotiation\u201d and later reunited in the hit tvN drama \u201cCrash Landing on You\u201d in 2019, which fueled multiple dating rumors.<\/p>\n

They confirmed their relationship in 2021 and married in March 2022. The couple welcomed their first child, a son, in December that year.<\/p>\n

This article from Xportsnews is adapted by a generative AI system and edited by The Korea Times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Son Ye-jin and Hyun Bin \/ Xportsnews A longtime mentor to top Korean celebrities revealed he knew about…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-620936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}