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
Year | Winner | Country | Score |
1995 | Park Nam-sin | | 278 |
1994 | Choi Sang-ho | | 270 |
1993 | Lee Kang-sun | | 272 |
1992 | Choi Sang-ho | | 270 |
1991 | Cho Chul-sang | | 290 |
1990 | Choi Youn-soo | | 283 |
1989 | Cho Sang-ho | | 281 |
1988 | Choi Youn-soo | | 275 |
1987 | Choi Youn-soo | | 283 |
1986 | Choi Sang-ho | | 280 |
1985 | Choi Sang-ho | | 278 |
1984 | Lim Jin-han | | 282 |
1983 | Lim Jin-han | | 288 |
1982 | Choi Sang-ho | | 281 |
1981 | Park Jung-woong | | 283 |
1980 | Kim Seung-hack | | 272 |
1979 | Lee Kang-chun | | 282 |
1978 | Cho Ho-sang | | 278 |
1977 | Cho Tae-ho | | 290 |
1976 | Kim Seung-hack | | 283 |
1975 | Cho Am-gil | | 288 |
1974 | Kim Suk-bong | | 280 |
1973 | Lee Il-ahn | | 274 |
1972 | Son Hung-soo | | 273 |
1971 | Han Chang-sang | | 285 |
1970 | Han Chang-sang | | 280 |
1969 | Han Chang-sang | | 284 |
1968 | Han Chang-sang | | 282 |
1967 | Lee Il-ahn | | 285 |
1966 | Orville Moody | | 289 |
1965 | Hong Duck-san | | 302 |
1964 | Han Chang-sang | | 282 |
1963 | Kim Hak-young | | 299 |
1962 | Han Chang-sang | | 293 |
1961 | Kim Bok-man | | 301 |
1960 | Han Chang-sang | | 295 |
1959 | Orville Moody | | 296 |
1958 | Yun Duk-choon | | 306 |