Last week, Park Sang-hyun, who tied for 3rd among the best domestic players in the new tournament ‘Korea Championship’ co-sponsored by the Korea Professional Golf (KPGA) Korean Tour and DP World Tour (formerly European Tour), held in Incheon, continued the upward trend and first ‘tournament’. We challenge the meaningful record of ‘3 wins’.
The ‘GS Caltex Maekyung Open’ (total prize money of 1.3 billion won) co-hosted by the Korea Golf Association (KGA) and the Asian Tour will be held at Namseoul CC in Seongnam City, Gyeonggi Province for four days from the 4th. A total of 144 players from home and abroad participate, and the prize money for winning the tournament reaches 300 million won.
Park Sang-hyun, who became the champion of this competition in 2016 and 2018, is aiming for the first 3 wins in the history of the competition along with recapture of supremacy after 5 years. Park Sang-hyun, who won a total of 11 wins on the Korean Tour, participated in the tournament a total of 15 times and was named in the top 10 a total of 6 times, including 2 wins. Missing a cut can only happen once.
Park Sang-hyun said, “I have played so many times at Namseoul CC that I can confidently say that it is a home course. He knows how to hit to get to the top,” he said.
There is another one who challenges to become a ‘three-win champion’. Lee Tae-hee, who won the tournament for the first time in 2019 and 2020 and won two consecutive championships, and Kim Bio, the “defending champion” who lifted the championship trophy last year following 2012. At the Korea Championship, Lee Tae-hee failed to pass the cut, and Kim Bio was tied for 21st, and the two’s joys and sorrows were slightly mixed.안전놀이터
In addition to three veterans, Park Sang-hyun, Lee Tae-hee, and Kim Bio, who are challenging for three wins, this tournament is more colorful than ever. Go Gun-taek, who was thrilled with his first victory at the DB Insurance Promy Open, the opening game of the Korean Tour, amateur Cho Woo-young, who reached the top by defeating formidable seniors at the subsequent Golfzon Open, and Seo Yo-seop, who won two victories last year. A large number of people also cast their ballots.