KJ Choi Invitational

Last updated
Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational
Tournament information
Location Yeoju, South Korea
Established2011
Course(s)Ferrum Club
Par72
Length7,216 yards (6,598 m)
Tour(s) Korean Tour
Asian Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund 1,250,000,000
Month playedOctober
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Park Sang-hyun (2014)
To par−21 as above
Current champion
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Soo-min
Location map
South Korea physical map2.svg
Icona golf.svg
Ferrum Club
Location in South Korea

The KJ Choi Invitational is a golf tournament on the Korean Tour. It was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour from 2011 to 2013. It was played for the first time in October 2011 at the Haesley Nine Bridges Golf Club in Yeoju, South Korea. The tournament is hosted by South Korean golfer K. J. Choi, who also won the first two events. The purse in 2018 was 1,000,000,000.

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Winners

YearTour(s) [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upVenue
Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational
2024 KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Soo-min (2)279−91 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Yu-bin Ferrum
2023 KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Ham Jeong-woo 282−61 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Jin-ho Ferrum
2022 KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Hyung-joon 278−10Playoff Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Dong-min Ferrum
2021 KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Ham Jeong-woo 273−152 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Joo Heung-chol Ferrum
2020 KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Chang-woo 285−3Playoff Flag of South Korea.svg Chun Jae-han
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Tae-hoon
Ferrum
2019 KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Soo-min 273−152 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Dong-min Jeongsan
2018 KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sung-kug 284−4Playoff Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Hyung-joon
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jun Seok Lee
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Soo-min
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Hyo-won
Jeongsan
2017 KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Hwang Inn-choon 277−11Playoff Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Min-chel
Flag of South Korea.svg Kang Sung-hoon
Jeongsan
2016 KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Joo Heung-chol 271−131 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Si-woo
Flag of South Korea.svg Mun Do-yeob
88 CC
KJ Choi Invitational
2015: No tournament
2014 KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sang-hyun 267−212 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Tae-hoon Lake Hills Suncheon
CJ Invitational
2013 ASA, KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Kang Sung-hoon 276−125 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Tae-hoon
Flag of India.svg Jyoti Randhawa
Haesley Nine Bridges
2012 ASA, KOR Flag of South Korea.svg K. J. Choi (2)269−152 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Dong-kyu
Flag of South Korea.svg Bae Sang-moon
Haesley Nine Bridges
2011 ASA, KOR Flag of South Korea.svg K. J. Choi 271−172 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Noh Seung-yul Haesley Nine Bridges

Notes

  1. ASA − Asian Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.

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