Following Matsuyama, Another Superstar Comes to South Korea, Luxury Swing Adam Scott to the Genesis Championship
Oct 13, 2025
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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, it will be held from the 23rd of next month at Ujeong Hills CC, leaving Jack Nicklaus GC Korea, which has been hosting the competition. 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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"I'm always looking forward to playing on the new course," Scott said. "Playing in Korea has always been a fun experience, and it's been a while since I last played in Korea, so I'm really looking forward to visiting again this time."How do you feel about participating?"
Scott, who won the Masters in 2013 and rose to the top of the world rankings the following year, has a brilliant career with 32 wins, including 14 PGA Tour wins and 11 DP World Tour wins, and has the most appearances and points on the Presidents Cup International Team, showing steady performance on the global stage.
Players representing the DP World Tour also announced their participation. Thomas Dietry (Belgium), who became the first Belgian PGA Tour champion by winning the WM Phoenix Open this season, and Rory Cantor (England), who won the DP World Tour Bobco Energy Bahrain Championship earlier this season, will also participate.
Former winner of the Japanese Tour and winning one DP World Tour, Keita Nakajima (Japan) will also participate, while Elvis Smiley (Australia), who reported his first DP World Tour victory at the BMW Australia PGA Championship held in his country in 2025, Angel Hidalgo (Spain), who won the title after extra time against John Lam at the 2024 Asian Open in Spain, and Pablo Larasabal (Spain), a former European Tour Rookie of the Year, who has nine DP World Tour wins, will also participate.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
