In the 15 starts since Sean Foley became his swing coach

In the 15 starts since Sean Foley became his swing coach, 21-year-old PGA TOUR rookie Seung-Yul Noh has made every cut. Posted three top 10 finishes. Had the lowest final round of any player at the PGA Championship. Moved up 44 spots in the FedExCup standings.

And then on Friday, in the opening round of the Deutsche Bank Championship, Noh went out and shot a bogey-free 9-under 62, the lowest round of his burgeoning TOUR career and just one off the course record at TPC Boston. It was also two shots better than one of Foley's other guys, Tiger Woods.
Obviously, the teacher is having an impact.
"I don't take credit when a guy plays well," Foley said while walking from the 18th green to the driving range late Friday afternoon. "I'm just a bit of a navigator. If you're driving a Ferrari and you type in the wrong address, then it goes to the wrong place.
"I just want to get him to the right address. He's a special player."
Nobody was more special than Noh on Friday. His 62 gives him a one-shot lead, the first time he's ever led after any of his 126 career rounds on TOUR. It's not the lowest round of his professional career, though -- Noh remembers shooting a 10-under 62 three years ago at the Malaysian Open.
By the way, the next year at that same event, he ended up winning. He was 18 years and 282 days old at the time, becoming the youngest professional winner on the European Tour. Italy's Matteo Manassero has since acquired that record, but Noh's win was no fluke. He obviously has plenty of game, and it was on full display at TPC Boston.
"Swing, putting -- everything great today," Noh said in his broken English.
Indeed. Noh hit 16 of 18 greens in regulation. He hit 10 of 14 fairways. His average proximity to the hole was inside 24 feet, best in the field. On the greens, he picked up 3.5 strokes on the field, third best average of any player.
He even caught the attention of playing competitor Ryan Moore, who was focusing on his own game en route to a 7-under 64.
"I knew he had a pretty good round there going," Moore said. "It's always nice to be playing next to another guy making putts. ... You're seeing them go in, kind of makes that hole a little bigger sometimes."

The kid is talented, no doubt. There's a reason why Foley added him to a stable that consists of Woods, Justin Rose and Hunter Mahan. Three of his guys are proven TOUR winners, and Noh is 54 holes away from joining them.
"He has a great demeanor for golf," Foley said. "Very calm. Very optimistic. Physically, he's very skilled. Lot of speed."
Foley hasn't been focused on the 15 consecutive cuts or the other tangible results. "I just see a ton of good ball-striking," he said.
Noh said Foley will send photos of Woods, Rose and Mahan in action. "Then he says, look at the three guys' swing, and then think about myself and then try myself," Noh said. "So that's a good thing."
Foley said Noh more closely resembles Mahan than the other two, especially in the way both players favor a draw. "He's physically very comparable to Hunter," Foley said.
So how did Noh get to this point?
Despite his success on the European Tour, Noh tired of the long travel, different countries and continental cuisine. So he went through q-school last year, earned his TOUR card byfinishing tied for third, and moved into his uncle's house in San Diego.
To help with his transition to America, Noh said he's leaned on fellow Korean Y.E. Yang; they have dinner together most nights. His older sister joins him on TOUR; on Thursday, she could be seen on the putting green, helping as needed.
Noh asked his parents to fly over from Korea last week for his Playoffs debut at The Barclays, but they declined. "Too tired," Noh said with a smile.
As for the galleries? Well, they're still getting familiar with the youngster from Korea. As he walks past them, Noh said he sometimes hears encouraging words such as, "Go Kevin!"
As in Kevin Na, the Korean-born player who grew up in the U.S.
Don't expect golf fans to be confused much longer. Seeing a 62 atop the leaderboard has a tendency to speed up the learning curve.