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KPGA Championship

KPGA Championship

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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.

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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]

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Notes

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

References

  1. [1]
    Livsey, Laury (26 June 2017). "Hwang wins KPGA Championship". PGA Tour. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. [2]
    "[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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