KPGA Tour Championship

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KPGA Tour Championship
Tournament information
Location Anseong, South Korea
Established2005
Course(s)Lake Hills Golf Club
Par72
Length6,876 yards (6,287 m)
Tour(s) Korean Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund 500,000,000
Month playedNovember
Final year2018
Tournament record score
Aggregate262 Lee Hyung-joon (2016)
To par−26 as above
Final champion
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Jung-hwan
Location Map
South Korea physical map2.svg
Icona golf.svg
Lake Hills GC
Location in South Korea

The KPGA Tour Championship is a professional golf tournament on the Korean Tour. It has generally been played in November, one of the last events of the season. The 2018 event was played at Lake Hills Golf Club in Anseong, South Korea.

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Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upVenue
Golfzon-DYB Education KPGA Tour Championship
2018 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Jung-hwan 274−61 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sung-ho
Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Ji-ho
Lake Hills
Caido Tour Championship
2017 Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Go-woong 269−112 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Min-chel
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Seung-taek
Solmoro
Caido Korea Tour Championship
2016 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Hyung-joon 262−265 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Chang-woo Bosung
Caido Golf LIS Tour Championship
2015 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Tae-hoon 203 [lower-alpha 1] −131 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg Park Jun-won The Links
Herald KYJ Tour Championship
2014 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Hyung-joon 210 [lower-alpha 1] −63 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Hong Soon-sang Skyhill
2013 Flag of South Korea.svg Hur In-hoi 276−124 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Joon-woo
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Gi-whan
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Hyung-tae
Skyhill
2011–12: No tournament
Hana Tour Championship
2010 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Wi-joong 280−8Playoff Flag of South Korea.svg Son Joon-eob Birch Hill
2009: No tournament
SBS Hana Tour Championship
2008 Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Ho-sung 282−6Playoff Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Dae-hyun Welli Hilli
2007 Flag of South Korea.svg Kang Kyung-nam 270−181 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Hyung-tae
Flag of South Korea.svg Shin Yong-jin
Yongwon
2006 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Hyung-tae 279−95 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Chang-yoon Montvert
Bando Bora CC Tour Championship
2005 Flag of South Korea.svg Yoo Jong-koo 279−142 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Kang Ji-man Bora

Source: [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

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