Ok Tae-hoon, 1 billion won in total prize money ↑ 200 million won in prize money ↑ Gunsan CC Open wins, becoming the first KPGA Tour winner

Jun 29, 2025

Ok Tae-hoon, 1 billion won in total prize money ↑ 200 million won in prize money ↑ Gunsan CC Open wins, becoming the first KPGA Tour winner



Ok Tae-hoon, 1 billion won in total prize money ↑ 200 million won in prize money ↑ Gunsan CC Open wins, becoming the first KPGA Tour winner
Ok Tae-hoon's winning ceremony
Ok Tae-hoon (26) won two consecutive KPGA Tour tournaments and achieved his second win of the season first.

Ok Tae-hoon won the final fourth round of the KPGA Gunsan CC Open at Gunsan CC Tournament Course (par 72, 7611 yards) in Jeollabuk-do on the 29th with a 4-under 68 with an eagle and two birdies in a no-bogey play, and won with a final total of 19-under 269. He beat second-ranked Lee Jung-hwan (17 under par 271) by two strokes.

Ok Tae-hoon, who reported his first win on the KPGA Tour at the KPGA Championship, which ended on the 22nd, maintained his upward trend by winning for two consecutive weeks. It is the first time in two years and nine months that he has won two consecutive KPGA Tour tournaments since the Bodyfriend Phantom Robo Gunsan CC Open in August 2022 and Seo Yo-seop of the LX Championship in September 2022.




Ok Tae-hoon was the first to be listed as a multiple winner on the KPGA Tour, where other winners were found in nine tournaments this season before this tournament.

Gunsan CC Open will determine the final prize by adding Pro-Am sales, gallery tickets, food and beverage, and souvenir sales income from the first to third rounds to the basic prize money of 700 million won. This year's total prize money was KRW 1,048.43 million, surpassing KRW 1 billion for the first time. As a result, the prize money was set at 2968,600 won, exceeding 200 million won for the first time. Ok Tae-hoon kept the lead with 4940.9 points, adding KRW 820.7 million and 1,000 Genesis points for the season.
Ok Tae-hoon, 1 billion won in total prize money ↑ 200 million won in prize money ↑ Gunsan CC Open wins, becoming the first KPGA Tour winner
Ok Tae-hoon, who cut seven shots in the third round and led tied for second by three shots, took the lead with a shot at the second hole (par 5). Ok Tae-hoon birdied the par-4 fourth hole and led by four shots.

There was also a crisis. Lee Jung-hwan reduced six shots to the 10th hole and pressed one stroke. Kim Min-kyu also reduced seven shots to the 10th hole, chasing by two shots.




However, while Kim Min-kyu slowed down with a double bogey on the 14th hole (par 4) and Lee Jung-hwan also made a bogey on the 17th hole, Ok Tae-hoon made a 4.3m birdie putt on the 13th hole (par 3) and widened the gap with second-place Lee Jung-hwan to three strokes.

Lee Jung-hwan finished second by reducing six strokes, while Shin Yong-gu of Canada ranked third (16 under par 272) and Kim Min-gyu ranked fourth (15 under par 273).

Park Young-gyu recorded a hole-in-one with a 19-degree utility tee shot at the 8th hole (par 3, 252 yards) and received a medical examination ticket provided by H+ Yangji Hospital. Park Young-kyu reduced six shots, including a hole-in-one, and finished the competition tied with Jeon Jae-han for fifth place (14-under 274).




After this tournament, the KPGA Tour will begin its break after the first half. The second half of the year will resume with the Dong-A Membership Open on August 28.



Photo courtesy = KPGA



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.