Hana Bank Invitational

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Hana Bank Invitational
Tournament information
LocationOtaki, Chiba, Japan
Established2008
Course(s)Chiba Isumi Golf Club
Par73
Length7,625 yards (6,972 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Korean Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100,000,000
Month playedJune
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Park Sang-hyun (2018)
267 Richard T. Lee (2021)
267 Jun Seok Lee (2022)
To par−21 Park Sang-hyun (2018)
−21 Jun Seok Lee (2022)
Current champion
South Korea Yang Ji-ho
Location map
Chiba Isumi GC is located in Japan
Chiba Isumi GC
Chiba Isumi GC
Location in Japan
Chiba Isumi GC is located in Chiba Prefecture
Chiba Isumi GC
Chiba Isumi GC
Location in the Chiba Prefecture

The Hana Bank Invitational is a men's professional golf tournament currently played in Japan and formerly in South Korea and China. The 2018 event was held in June on the west course at the Lakeside Country Club near Yongin. Prize money was 1,000,000,000. In 2019 the event moved to the nearby 88 Country Club with increased prize money of 1,200,000,000.

The field includes a number of invited Japanese and Chinese golfers. A similar event, the "Korea-China Tour KEB Invitational", which included Korean and Chinese golfers, was held six times from 2008 to 2010. The event was held twice a year, once in China and once in South Korea.[1]

In 2023, the event moved location to Japan, being played at the Chiba Isumi Golf Club in Otaki, Chiba. The event also gained Japan Golf Tour co-sanctioning.[2]

Winners[edit]

Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue
Hana Bank Invitational
2023 JPN, KOR South Korea Yang Ji-ho 272 −20 1 stroke Japan Keita Nakajima Chiba Isumi
2022 KOR Australia Jun Seok Lee 267 −21 1 stroke South Korea Lee Gyu-min Nam Chun Cheon
2021 KOR Canada Richard T. Lee 267 −17 4 strokes South Korea Kim Min-kyu Bear's Best Cheongna
2020: No tournament
KEB Hana Bank Invitational
2019 KOR South Korea Seo Yo-seop 271 −13 2 strokes Japan Daijiro Izumida
South Korea Joo Heung-chol
South Korea Jung Han-mil
88 CC
2018 KOR South Korea Park Sang-hyun 267 −21 1 stroke South Korea Lee Sung-ho Lakeside
2011–2017: No tournament
Korea-China Tour KEB Invitational
2010
(Sep)
KOR South Korea Hwang Inn-choon 274 −14 3 strokes South Korea Kim Bi-o Welli Hilli
2010
(Mar)
KOR South Korea Kim Hyung-tae 277 −11 4 strokes South Korea Kang Sung-hoon Shanghai Links
KEB Invitational
2009
(Sep)
KOR South Korea Kim Dae-hyun 283 −5 1 stroke South Korea Lee Seong-ho Welli Hilli
2009
(Apr)
KOR South Korea Lee Tae-gyu 276 −12 1 stroke South Korea Choi In-sik
South Korea Hur In-hoi
Australia Richard Moir
Dongguan Hillview
2008
(Sep)
KOR South Korea Kim Dae-sub 280 −8 Playoff South Korea Kim Dae-hyun Welli Hilli
2008
(Mar)
KOR South Korea Bae Sang-moon 287 −1 1 stroke South Korea Suk Jong-yul Shanghai Silport

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hana Bank Invitational Competition History" (in Korean). Korea Professional Golf Association. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  2. ^ "The Japan Golf Tour Organization (JGTO) unveiled its expanded schedule with at least 26 tournaments slated for its 50th season in 2023- two more than this year". Golf Matters. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2023.

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