WEBVTT 00:01.802 --> 00:05.662 THEIR SHOT AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS. HERE’S KATHY PARK. 00:05.673 --> 00:06.373 PARIS OLYMPICS. HERE’S KATHY PARK. >> Reporter: ASIAN 00:06.407 --> 00:07.507 HERE’S KATHY PARK. >> Reporter: ASIAN AMERICAN ATHLETES ARE 00:07.508 --> 00:08.298 >> Reporter: ASIAN AMERICAN ATHLETES ARE DOMINATING IN WOMEN’S 00:08.309 --> 00:11.711 AMERICAN ATHLETES ARE DOMINATING IN WOMEN’S GOLF. 00:11.712 --> 00:12.969 DOMINATING IN WOMEN’S GOLF. MEGAN KANG IS AMONG 00:12.980 --> 00:13.780 GOLF. MEGAN KANG IS AMONG THOSE LEADING THE 00:13.814 --> 00:14.304 MEGAN KANG IS AMONG THOSE LEADING THE PACK. 00:14.315 --> 00:15.172 THOSE LEADING THE PACK. >> IT’S COOL TO BE THE 00:15.183 --> 00:15.982 PACK. >> IT’S COOL TO BE THE FIRST AMERICAN PLAYER 00:16.017 --> 00:17.708 >> IT’S COOL TO BE THE FIRST AMERICAN PLAYER OUT ON THE LPGA TOUR. 00:17.719 --> 00:18.408 FIRST AMERICAN PLAYER OUT ON THE LPGA TOUR. >> Reporter: IT 00:18.419 --> 00:19.376 OUT ON THE LPGA TOUR. >> Reporter: IT STARTED AT JUST 5 00:19.387 --> 00:20.243 >> Reporter: IT STARTED AT JUST 5 YEARS OLD THANKS TO 00:20.254 --> 00:23.123 STARTED AT JUST 5 YEARS OLD THANKS TO HER DAD, A SELF-TAUGHT 00:23.157 --> 00:23.980 YEARS OLD THANKS TO HER DAD, A SELF-TAUGHT GOLFER AND COACH. 00:23.991 --> 00:25.192 HER DAD, A SELF-TAUGHT GOLFER AND COACH. KANG’S MOM, A 00:25.226 --> 00:26.016 GOLFER AND COACH. KANG’S MOM, A SCHOOLTEACHER BECAME 00:26.027 --> 00:26.783 KANG’S MOM, A SCHOOLTEACHER BECAME THE PRIMARY 00:26.794 --> 00:27.551 SCHOOLTEACHER BECAME THE PRIMARY BREADWINNER AFTER THE 00:27.562 --> 00:28.629 THE PRIMARY BREADWINNER AFTER THE FAMILY DECIDED TO GO 00:28.663 --> 00:29.553 BREADWINNER AFTER THE FAMILY DECIDED TO GO ALL IN TO DEVELOP 00:29.564 --> 00:35.592 FAMILY DECIDED TO GO ALL IN TO DEVELOP THEIR YOUNG ATE LET.HLETE. 00:35.603 --> 00:36.336 ALL IN TO DEVELOP THEIR YOUNG ATE LET.HLETE. >> BEING IMMIGRANTS 00:36.371 --> 00:37.895 THEIR YOUNG ATE LET.HLETE. >> BEING IMMIGRANTS FROM LAOS THEY 00:37.906 --> 00:38.662 >> BEING IMMIGRANTS FROM LAOS THEY SACRIFICED EVERYTHING 00:38.673 --> 00:39.773 FROM LAOS THEY SACRIFICED EVERYTHING TO GIVE US THE BEST 00:39.774 --> 00:41.174 SACRIFICED EVERYTHING TO GIVE US THE BEST LIFE POSSIBLE. 00:41.175 --> 00:41.941 TO GIVE US THE BEST LIFE POSSIBLE. >> Reporter: ALISON 00:41.976 --> 00:43.376 LIFE POSSIBLE. >> Reporter: ALISON LEE, THE DAUGHTER OF 00:43.378 --> 00:44.702 >> Reporter: ALISON LEE, THE DAUGHTER OF KOREAN IMMIGRANTS. 00:44.713 --> 00:45.746 LEE, THE DAUGHTER OF KOREAN IMMIGRANTS. >> I NEVER SAW THEM 00:45.780 --> 00:47.104 KOREAN IMMIGRANTS. >> I NEVER SAW THEM USE A PENNY TO 00:47.115 --> 00:48.315 >> I NEVER SAW THEM USE A PENNY TO PURCHASE SOMETHING FOR 00:48.349 --> 00:48.939 USE A PENNY TO PURCHASE SOMETHING FOR THEMSELVES. 00:48.950 --> 00:49.706 PURCHASE SOMETHING FOR THEMSELVES. IT WAS ALWAYS SAVE 00:49.717 --> 00:51.685 THEMSELVES. IT WAS ALWAYS SAVE MONEY SO WE CAN AFFORD 00:51.686 --> 00:52.786 IT WAS ALWAYS SAVE MONEY SO WE CAN AFFORD PLAYING IN EVENTS AND 00:52.787 --> 00:53.577 MONEY SO WE CAN AFFORD PLAYING IN EVENTS AND CONTINUING WHAT I LOVE 00:53.588 --> 00:54.121 PLAYING IN EVENTS AND CONTINUING WHAT I LOVE TO DO. 00:54.155 --> 00:54.888 CONTINUING WHAT I LOVE TO DO. >> Reporter: FOR A 00:54.889 --> 00:55.746 TO DO. >> Reporter: FOR A GAME BUILT ON 00:55.757 --> 00:56.757 >> Reporter: FOR A GAME BUILT ON TRADITION, 00:56.758 --> 00:57.491 GAME BUILT ON TRADITION, HISTORICALLY MALE 00:57.492 --> 00:58.792 TRADITION, HISTORICALLY MALE DOMINATED WITH LITTLE 00:58.793 --> 00:59.559 HISTORICALLY MALE DOMINATED WITH LITTLE DIVERSITY, THE 00:59.561 --> 01:02.920 DOMINATED WITH LITTLE DIVERSITY, THE LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED. 01:02.931 --> 01:04.588 DIVERSITY, THE LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED. SIX OF THE TOP 25 01:04.599 --> 01:05.666 LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED. SIX OF THE TOP 25 FEMALE PLAYERS IN THE 01:05.700 --> 01:06.466 SIX OF THE TOP 25 FEMALE PLAYERS IN THE WORLD ARE ASIAN 01:06.468 --> 01:09.870 FEMALE PLAYERS IN THE WORLD ARE ASIAN AMERICAN. 01:09.871 --> 01:10.661 WORLD ARE ASIAN AMERICAN. >> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY 01:10.672 --> 01:11.629 AMERICAN. >> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS BEHIND THIS TREND? 01:11.640 --> 01:13.297 >> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS BEHIND THIS TREND? >> YEAH, I MEAN, WE 01:13.308 --> 01:15.199 IS BEHIND THIS TREND? >> YEAH, I MEAN, WE HAVE SOME PHENOMENAL 01:15.210 --> 01:16.143 >> YEAH, I MEAN, WE HAVE SOME PHENOMENAL ASIAN AMERICAN 01:16.177 --> 01:17.134 HAVE SOME PHENOMENAL ASIAN AMERICAN PLAYERS. 01:17.145 --> 01:18.603 ASIAN AMERICAN PLAYERS. 1998. 01:18.614 --> 01:19.913 PLAYERS. 1998. SE RI PAK TOOK THE 01:19.914 --> 01:21.148 1998. SE RI PAK TOOK THE WORLD BY STORM WINNING 01:21.182 --> 01:23.040 SE RI PAK TOOK THE WORLD BY STORM WINNING THE U.S. OPEN IN 01:23.051 --> 01:23.985 WORLD BY STORM WINNING THE U.S. OPEN IN DRAMATIC FASHION AND 01:24.019 --> 01:24.742 THE U.S. OPEN IN DRAMATIC FASHION AND MICHELLE WIE WAS A 01:24.753 --> 01:25.485 DRAMATIC FASHION AND MICHELLE WIE WAS A SUPERSTAR FROM THE 01:25.520 --> 01:27.921 MICHELLE WIE WAS A SUPERSTAR FROM THE TIME SHE WAS 13. 01:27.923 --> 01:28.646 SUPERSTAR FROM THE TIME SHE WAS 13. >> Reporter: TRAIL 01:28.657 --> 01:29.490 TIME SHE WAS 13. >> Reporter: TRAIL BLAZERS WHO TEED UP 01:29.524 --> 01:30.748 >> Reporter: TRAIL BLAZERS WHO TEED UP THE NEXT GENERATION 01:30.759 --> 01:32.492 BLAZERS WHO TEED UP THE NEXT GENERATION AND THESE PLAYERS NOW 01:32.527 --> 01:34.628 THE NEXT GENERATION AND THESE PLAYERS NOW HOPING TO EARN A SPOT 01:34.629 --> 01:35.729 AND THESE PLAYERS NOW HOPING TO EARN A SPOT ON TEAM USA FOR THE 01:35.730 --> 01:36.396 HOPING TO EARN A SPOT ON TEAM USA FOR THE PARIS OLYMPICS. 01:36.398 --> 01:37.331 ON TEAM USA FOR THE PARIS OLYMPICS. >> DO YOU EVER STEP 01:37.332 --> 01:39.056 PARIS OLYMPICS. >> DO YOU EVER STEP BACK AND REFLECT ON 01:39.067 --> 01:40.568 >> DO YOU EVER STEP BACK AND REFLECT ON HOW FAR YOUR FAMILY 01:40.602 --> 01:41.192 BACK AND REFLECT ON HOW FAR YOUR FAMILY HAS COME? 01:41.203 --> 01:41.859 HOW FAR YOUR FAMILY HAS COME? >> DEFINITELY. 01:41.870 --> 01:43.428 HAS COME? >> DEFINITELY. IT PUTS THINGS IN 01:43.439 --> 01:44.271 >> DEFINITELY. IT PUTS THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE, WOW, 01:44.306 --> 01:44.572 IT PUTS THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE, WOW, WE’VE COME SUCH A LONG