KPGA Tour Championship

KPGA Tour Championship
Tournament information
Location	Seogwipo, South Korea
Established	2005
Course(s)	Cypress Golf & Resort
Par	71
Length	7,078 yards (6,472 m)
Tour(s)	Korean Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	₩1,100,000,000
Month played	November
Tournament record score
Aggregate	262 Lee Hyung-joon (2016)
To par	−26 as above
Current champion
	Lee Jung-hwan
Location map
	Cypress Golf & Resort Location in South Korea

Last updated November 01, 2024

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.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue
KPGA Tour Championship
2024						Cypress
2019–2023: No tournament
Golfzon-DYB Education KPGA Tour Championship
2018	Lee Jung-hwan	274	−6	1 stroke	Lee Sung-ho Jung Ji-ho	Lake Hills
Caido Tour Championship
2017	Choi Go-woong	269	−11	2 strokes	Choi Min-chel Lee Seung-taek	Solmoro
Caido Korea Tour Championship
2016	Lee Hyung-joon	262	−26	5 strokes	Lee Chang-woo	Bosung
Caido Golf LIS Tour Championship
2015	Kim Tae-hoon	203^{[lower-alpha 1]}	−13	1 stroke	Park Jun-won	The Links
Herald KYJ Tour Championship
2014	Lee Hyung-joon	210^{[lower-alpha 1]}	−6	3 strokes	Hong Soon-sang	Skyhill
2013	Hur In-hoi	276	−12	4 strokes	Choi Joon-woo Kim Gi-whan Kim Hyung-tae	Skyhill
2011–12: No tournament
Hana Tour Championship
2010	Kim Wi-joong	280	−8	Playoff	Son Joon-eob	Birch Hill
2009: No tournament
SBS Hana Tour Championship
2008	Choi Ho-sung	282	−6	Playoff	Kim Dae-hyun	Welli Hilli
2007	Kang Kyung-nam	270	−18	1 stroke	Kim Hyung-tae Shin Yong-jin	Yongwon
2006	Kim Hyung-tae	279	−9	5 strokes	Kim Chang-yoon	Montvert
Bando Bora CC Tour Championship
2005	Yoo Jong-koo	279	−14	2 strokes	Kang Ji-man	Bora

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Notes

1 2 Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

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References

↑ http://www.kpga.co.kr/tour/history.kpga?gm_code=2018110059010&gm_scode=0059 List of winners (In Korean)

External links

Coverage on the KPGA's official site

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[54h-1] 1 2 Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

[2] ttp://www.kpga.co.kr/tour/history.kpga?gm_code=2018110059010&gm_scode=0059 List of winners (In Korean)

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