KPGA Championship

KPGA Championship
Tournament information
Location	Yangsan, South Korea
Established	1958
Course(s)	A-One Country Club
Par	71
Length	7,048 yards (6,445 m)
Tour(s)	Korean Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	₩1,500,000,000
Month played	June
Tournament record score
Aggregate	262 Seo Yo-seop (2021)
To par	−24 Jang Dong-kyu (2015)
Current champion
	Choi Seung-bin
Location map
	A-One CC Location in South Korea

The KPGA Championship is a men's professional golf tournament that has been held annually in South Korea since 1958. Together with the Korea Open it is the longest running event on the Korean Tour. It is organised by the Korea Professional Golfers' Association (KPGA). Since 2016 the total purse has been KRW1,000,000,000 with KRW200,000,000 to the winner.

The 2017 Championship was won by Hwang Jung-gon. This win gave him an invitation to play in the CJ Cup in October 2017, the first PGA Tour event played in Korea.^[1]

Winners[edit]

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue
KPGA Championship
2023	Choi Seung-bin	270	−14	1 stroke	Park Jun-hong	A-One
2022	Shin Sang-hun	267	−17	2 strokes	Hwang Jung-gon	A-One
2021	Seo Yo-seop	262	−18	4 strokes	Sunil Jung	A-One
2020	Kim Seong-hyeon	275	−5	1 stroke	Ham Jeong-woo Lee Jae-kyeong	A-One
2019	Won Joon Lee	265	−15	Playoff	Seo Hyung-seok	A-One
2018	Mun Do-yeob	268	−12	Playoff	Han Chang-won	A-One
2017	Hwang Jung-gon	268	−20	1 stroke	Kim Gi-whan Lee Hyung-joon	A-One
2016	Kim Jun-sung	270	−18	1 stroke	Park Jun-sub	A-One
2015	Jang Dong-kyu	264	−24	2 strokes	Kim Gi-whan Park Hyo-won	Sky 72
Yamaha Hankyung KPGA Championship
2014	Matthew Griffin	268	−20	3 strokes	Moon Kyong-jun	Sky 72
Dongchon KPGA Championship
2013	Kim Hyung-tae	271	−17	Playoff	Lee Sang-hee	Dongchon
SBS Tour Happiness KJB KPGA Championship
2012	Lee Sang-hee	203^[a]	−13	2 strokes	Kim Jae-ho Kim Seng-yong Park Jun-won	Happiness
Daishin Securities KPGA Championship
2011	Kim Byung-jun	273	−15	3 strokes	Yoon Jung-ho	Asiana
J-Golf KPGA Championship
2010	Son Joon-eob	274	−14	2 strokes	Hwang Inn-choon	Asiana
SBS Kumho Asiana KPGA Championship
2009	Hong Soon-sang	284	−4	Playoff	Park Sang-hyun	Asiana
NH NongHyup KPGA Championship
2008	Andrew McKenzie	280	−8	Playoff	Park Sang-hyun Suk Jong-yul	Bear Creek
SBS Korea Golf and Art Village KPGA Championship
2007	Kim Chang-yoon	280	−8	1 stroke	Kim Kyung-tae	Korea CC
SBS LIG KPGA Championship
2006	Kim Hyung-sung	274	−14	2 strokes	Mo Joong-kyung	Haeundae
Dongbu Insurance Promy KPGA Championship
2005	Kim Dae-sub (2)	270	−18	2 strokes	Chung Joon	BA Vista
Phoenix Park Boat KPGA Championship
2004	Park Do-kyu	273	−15	4 strokes	Park No-seok	Phoenix
Samsung Securities KPGA Championship
2003	Park No-seok (2)	209	−7	1 stroke	Kim Jong-duck	Phoenix
2002	Kim Dae-sub	275	−13	2 strokes	Park Nam-sin	Phoenix
Lance Field KPGA Championship
2001	Shin Yong-jin (2)	266	−22	6 strokes	Kang Wook-soon	Phoenix
2000	Park No-seok	272	−16	1 stroke	Kang Wook-soon	88 CC
1999	Kang Wook-soon	280	−8	Playoff	Shin Yong-jin	Chun Ryong
Astra Cup KPGA Championship
1998	Kim Jong-duck	208^[b]	−8	2 strokes	Park Nam-sin	88 CC
1997	K. J. Choi	271	−17	5 strokes	Park Nam-sin	New Seoul
1996	Shin Yong-jin	279		1 stroke	Choi Gwang-soo
KPGA Championship
1995	Park Nam-sin	278
1994	Choi Sang-ho (6)	270
1993	Lee Kang-sun	272
1992	Choi Sang-ho (5)	270
1991	Cho Chul-sang	290
1990	Choi Youn-soo (3)	283
1989	Cho Sang-ho (4)	281
1988	Choi Youn-soo (2)	275
1987	Choi Youn-soo	283
1986	Choi Sang-ho (3)	280
1985	Choi Sang-ho (2)	278
1984	Lim Jin-han (2)	282
1983	Lim Jin-han	288
1982	Choi Sang-ho	281
1981	Park Jung-woong	283
1980	Kim Seung-hack (2)	272
1979	Lee Kang-chun	282
1978	Cho Ho-sang	278
1977	Cho Tae-ho	290
1976	Kim Seung-hack	283
1975	Cho Am-gil	288
1974	Kim Suk-bong	280
1973	Lee Il-ahn (2)	274
1972	Son Hung-soo	273
1971	Han Chang-sang (7)	285
1970	Han Chang-sang (6)	280
1969	Han Chang-sang (5)	284
1968	Han Chang-sang (4)	282
1967	Lee Il-ahn	285
1966	Orville Moody (2)	289
1965	Hong Duck-san	302
1964	Han Chang-sang (3)	282
1963	Kim Hak-young	299
1962	Han Chang-sang (2)	293
1961	Kim Bok-man	301
1960	Han Chang-sang	295
1959	Orville Moody	296
1958	Yun Duk-choon	306

Notes[edit]

^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
^ Shortened to 54 holes due to a committee error.^[2]

References[edit]

^ Livsey, Laury (26 June 2017). "Hwang wins KPGA Championship". PGA Tour. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
^ "[골프] 김종덕, 8언더 208타 '우승' .. 아스트라컵" [Kim Jong-duk shot 8-under 208 to win .. Astra Cup]. The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). Seoul, South Korea. 18 May 1998. Retrieved 6 January 2024.

External links[edit]

Coverage on the Korean Tour's official site (in Korean)
Past champions (in Korean)

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[2] Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

[4] Shortened to 54 holes due to a committee error.^[2]

[1] Livsey, Laury (26 June 2017). "Hwang wins KPGA Championship". PGA Tour. Retrieved 1 July 2017.

[3] "[골프] 김종덕, 8언더 208타 '우승' .. 아스트라컵" [Kim Jong-duk shot 8-under 208 to win .. Astra Cup]. The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). Seoul, South Korea. 18 May 1998. Retrieved 6 January 2024.

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