The KPGA Championship is a men's professional

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tournament that has been held annually in

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since 1958. Together with the Korea Open it is the longest running event on the

Korean Tour The Korean Tour is a men's professional golf tour run by the Korea Professional Golfers' Association (KPGA) of South Korea. In 2011, it had total prize money of about United States dollar, US$14 million. Professional golf in Korea dates back to ...

. It is organised by the Korea Professional Golfers' Association (KPGA). Since 2016 the total purse has been KRW1,000,000,000 with KRW200,000,000 to the winner. The 2017 Championship was won by

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. This win gave him an invitation to play in the

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in October 2017, the first

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event played in Korea.

Winners

Notes

References

External links

Coverage on the Korean Tour's official site

Past champions
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