KPGA Championship


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. Since 2016 the total purse has been KRW1,000,000,000 with KRW200,000,000 to the winner.
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.

Winners

YearWinnerCountryScore
1995Park Nam-sin278
1994Choi Sang-ho 270
1993Lee Kang-sun272
1992Choi Sang-ho 270
1991Cho Chul-sang290
1990Choi Youn-soo 283
1989Cho Sang-ho 281
1988Choi Youn-soo 275
1987Choi Youn-soo283
1986Choi Sang-ho 280
1985Choi Sang-ho 278
1984Lim Jin-han 282
1983Lim Jin-han288
1982Choi Sang-ho281
1981Park Jung-woong283
1980Kim Seung-hack 272
1979Lee Kang-chun282
1978Cho Ho-sang278
1977Cho Tae-ho290
1976Kim Seung-hack283
1975Cho Am-gil288
1974Kim Suk-bong280
1973Lee Il-ahn 274
1972Son Hung-soo273
1971Han Chang-sang 285
1970Han Chang-sang 280
1969Han Chang-sang 284
1968Han Chang-sang 282
1967Lee Il-ahn285
1966Orville Moody 289
1965Hong Duck-san302
1964Han Chang-sang 282
1963Kim Hak-young299
1962Han Chang-sang 293
1961Kim Bok-man301
1960Han Chang-sang295
1959Orville Moody296
1958Yun Duk-choon306