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 (golf)|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 South [Korean won|KRW]1,000,000,000 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.