KYJ 김홍득(왼쪽부터) 회장, ㈜헤럴드 이영만 대표, 한국프로골프협회(KPGA) 황성하 회장이 23일 오전 서울 정동 헤럴드 본사에서 조인식을 가졌다. (안훈 기자/코리아헤럴드)
2013년도 한국프로골프협회(KPGA) 코리안 투어의 대미를 장식할 대회가 결정됐다.
KPGA는 23일 서울 정동 헤럴드 본사에서 언론기업 ㈜헤럴드, 골프업체 카타나와 함께 새로 탄생한 '헤럴드 KYJ 투어챔피언십 J골프 시리즈' 개최 조인식을 열었다.
29일부터 내달 1일까지 제주 서귀포시 롯데스카이힐에서 열릴 이번 대회는 총상금이 3억원(우승상금 6천만원)으로 KPGA 시즌을 마감하는 대회가 될 예정이다.
이로써 KPGA는 '제1회 해피니스 광주은행 오픈', '군산CC오픈', '솔라시도 파인 비치오픈', '보성CC클래식'에 이어 다섯 번째 신설 대회를 확정했다.
20일 끝난 코오롱 제56회 한국오픈까지 13개 대회를 치른 KPGA는 이제 헤럴드 K YJ 투어챔피언십 하나만을 남겨뒀다.
J골프에서 전 라운드를 생중계한다.
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Herald to host professional golf tournament in Jeju
By Chun Sung-woo
Herald Corp. will stage a professional golf tournament next week in a bid to boost the development of men’s golf in Korea.
The Herald-KYJ Tour Championship will be held on the Hill and Ocean Courses in Lotte Skyhill Jeju Country Club in Seogwipo, Jeju Province, from Oct. 29-Nov. 1
Herald Corp. CEO and publisher Lee Young-man, Korea Professional Golfers’ Association chairman Hwang Sung-ha and KATANA chairman Kim Hong-deug signed an agreement to hold the closing event of this season on the KPGA Korean Tour in a ceremony at Herald Corp. on Wednesday.
The championship, which also commemorates the 60th anniversary of Herald Corp., will be organized by the KPGA, co-sponsored by KYJ, a golf wear maker, and broadcast by J Golf, a golf cable TV channel.
The tournament will feature 102 players from four countries competing for the championship title, which will likely affect the Korean Tour’s money rankings, lowest score record of this season and golfers’ seeds for next season.
Current money leader, Kang Sung-hoon of Korea, seeks his third straight win, a feat unseen on the Korean Tour for 22 years since 1991. He won the CJ Invitational Hosted by KJ Choi and the 56th Kolon Korea Open. His compatriot in second in prize rankings, Ryu Hyun-woo, will attempt to catch up with Kang.
Andrew Tschudin of Australia is one of strong favorites. He won the 2011 T’Way Air Open and the 2012 Queensland Championship on the PGA Tour of Australasia. An Jae-hyun of New Zealand attracts attention as a golf prodigy who qualified for the New Zealand Open as the youngest entrant aged 14. He placed a joint sixth in the SK Telecom Open in Korea in May. Hong Chang-kyu of the United States is expected to mount tough competition. He took the SBS Lake Hills Open in 2009 and ranked second in the Vermont Open of the Canada Tour in the same year.
Herald Corp. has encouraged and nurtured talent in the Korean golf community. It has so far hosted an international golf tournament for middle and high school students from 1990-1992, a mid-amateur championship from 1993-2002, Farmax Open in 1990 and Lyle & Scott Ladies’ Open from 1989-1995.
In Korea, about five million people play golf, which will be staged as an official event in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
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swchun@heraldcorp.com)
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