The prize is all...Jang Yubin's "Dream of a solo stage."
The prize is all...Jang Yubin's "Dream of a solo stage."
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Jang Yoo-bin, who has confirmed the Genesis Grand Prize of the 2024 Korea Professional Golf Association (KPGA) Tour, will make a spectacular finale.
Jang Yoo-bin will try to win three games this year at the KPGA Tour Championship (total prize money of 1.1 billion won) in this season's final match at Cypress Golf & Resort (par 71, 7078 yards) in Seogwipo, Jeju Island, for four days from the 7th.
Jang, who finished the grand prize competition at the Dong-A Membership Group Open last week, finished the final round in major categories including No. 1 in prize money (1.04 billion won), No. 1 in average at-bats (69.53 hits), and No. 1 in long shots (312.17 yards on average).
Jang will face Kim Min-kyu, who has been fiercely competing for the grand prize and the prize money leader throughout the season, for this week's No. 1 prize money and multiple wins. In the prize money category, Jang is ahead by 57.09 million won, but if Kim Min-kyu (983.94 million won) ranks within the third place (66 million won in prize money) at the event, which costs 220 million won in prize money, there is a possibility of a reversal. If Kim wins, he will become the top prize winner on his own, and if he ranks second (prize money of 110 million won), he will have to consider Jang's performance. However, the KPGA Tour has decided not to include the season prize money in the official award category starting this season.
Attention is also focusing on who will win three games in this season. Last year, Go Won-taek had three wins in this season, but this year, Jang Yoo-bin and Kim Min-gyu had the most wins with two wins, while the rest of the players won evenly. Attention is also focusing on whether only 68 of the players within the 70th place in Genesis will participate, and thus the third multiple winner will be born among 11 players who will participate in the KPGA Tour Championship, which is held without a cut.
In average at-bats, Jang Yoo-bin is the only one in his 60s ahead of second-place Lee Jung-hwan (70.00), and in long balls, he is spaced apart from second-place Choi Seung-bin (310.23 yards), so the two awards seem unwavering.
Jang already has his heart set for the final round of the PGA Tour Q School, which will take place early next month. "Even after the KPGA Tour Championship, my season is not over yet," Jang said last week. "I will focus on challenging the PGA Tour after finishing the Korean season well."
This year's competition for the Rookie of the Year award will also be decided in the last competition. As Song Min-hyuk took the fourth place at the Dong-A Membership Group Open last week, he narrowed his gap with Kim Baek-joon, the leader of the Rookie of the Year award, to 54 points, making it impossible for anyone to predict the winner. This week's winner will receive 900 points for the Rookie of the Year award, 480 points for the runner-up, 405 points for the third-place award, and 150 points for the 10th-place winner. If Lee Dong-hwan and sixth-place female players win this week, there is still a chance that they will win the Rookie of the Year award. 메이저놀이터
Lee Dong-min, who has won three games in the Dong-A Membership Group Open, will try to win the title for two consecutive weeks.