Superstar Matsuyama, who is from the rising authority of the competition, is confirmed to participate in the Genesis Championship in a surprise move!
Sep 15, 2025
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Hideki Matsuyama, a Japanese superstar and PGA Tour star, has confirmed his participation in the KPGA Tour Genesis Championship.
The Genesis Championship is the most prestigious men's golf tournament in name and reality. After this tournament, there are the Lexus Masters and KPGA Championship in Jeju, but it is also the same tournament as the final to select the strongest by organizing a season. Naturally, the total prize money is unrivalled. Last year's total prize money was a whopping $4 million.
It has been hosted by the KPGA Tour since 2017, but since last year, it has been upgraded to a co-hosted competition with the DP World Tour. A large number of star players who made their names around the world participated, and the level of the competition has been further upgraded. Korean players Ahn Byung-hoon and Kim Joo-hyung, who play on the PGA Tour, also participated last year. In particular, it is the last competition of the DP World Tour 'Race to Dubai'9', and it is the last gateway to the final playoff of the DP World Tour season. In addition, it is the last competition of the season where 1300 points of Genesis are given to the winner of the KPGA Tour. It is also a great motivation for KPGA Tour players targeting Genesis, who are given various opportunities to advance to the world stage. It is a competition in which all 126 players burn their will to win.
This year, we decided to leave Jack Nicklaus GC Korea, which has been hosting the competition, and make Friendship Hills CC a new stage. Woojeong Hills CC has held a total of 21 "Kolon Korea Open Golf Championship" and is the most prestigious course in Korea. This year, the Korean Open was held at the Lavieville CC Deunskos because of the course renewal work for the first time in 32 years. It is expected to provide the best course environment to the players in line with the Genesis Championship.
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This season's PGA Tour opener, The Sentry, beat Colin Morikawa of the U.S. by three strokes, breaking the PGA Tour's all-time under par record (35 under par) and achieving 11 PGA Tour wins.
He also played six times in the Presidents Cup, a biennial team match between the United States and the World Union. Currently, he is ranked 16th, the highest among Asian players, and maintains the world's best skills with steady performance.
Matsuyama said, `I'm very happy to compete in the Genesis Championship because I enjoy traveling around the world to test my skills, but at the same time, it is expected to be a difficult challenge because there are many talented Korean players"I want to end the season positively because I'm currently in a good mood, and I want to put my name together among the great players who have won the UJUNG Hills CC." Among the winners of the world's four major tournaments, John Daly, Vijay Singh, and Yang Yong-eun have won the UJUNG Hills CC.
Along with Matsuyama, Korean men's golf 'Big 3' Lim Sung-jae, Kim Si-woo and Ahn Byung-hoon will also participate. The competition's authority was drastically upgraded at once.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
