Moon Do-yeop, who will compete in the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, refined his shooting skills by taking second place at the Shinhan Donghae Open on the Korea Professional Golf (KPGA) Tour.
Moon Do-yeop recorded a double bogey in the fourth round on the last day of the 42nd Shinhan Donghae Open (total prize money of 1.5 billion won) held at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea Urban Links Course (par 72) in Incheon on the 13th, but recorded 8 birdies and hit 6 under par 66.
Moon Do-yeop, who recorded a total of 14 under par 274 strokes, tied for second place with Jang Yu-bin, Lee Sang-hee, and Ohori Yujiro (Japan).
Moon Do-yeop rose to 3rd place in the grand prize points (3,106 points) and 6th place in the season prize money rankings (337.79 million won).
The championship went to Kosuke Sunagawa (Japan), who hit a total of 16 under par 272 strokes.
Sunagawa won his first win in Korea after his professional debut.
In this tournament co-hosted by the Japan Professional Golf Tour (JGTO), Japanese players won the championship for three consecutive years, following Kensei Hirata in 2024 and Kazuki Higa in 2025.
Sunagawa, who received the prize money of 300 million won, expressed his feelings about winning at a press conference after winning, saying, "I was extremely nervous while leading in the second half, so my legs were shaking. I tried not to shake as I stepped on the ground."
Moon Do-yeop, who achieved his first win of the season at the KPGA Gyeongbuk Open last May, failed to achieve his second win of the season, but gave a green light to his medal prospects at the men's golf event at the Asian Games held at the end of this month.
Moon Do-yeop, who entered the final round tied for 11th place, started to chase by reducing 3 strokes in the first half, but was caught in the 11th hole (par 4).
Moon Do-yeop, whose tee shot was pushed to the right and fell into the penalty area, put the ball on the green after 5 strokes and holed out, losing 2 strokes.
However, after catching a birdie on the 12th hole (par 4), he improved his ranking by making 4 consecutive birdies from holes 15 to 18.
Moon Do-yeop said, “My putting sense is good now, and if I can improve my shot sense, I will be able to achieve good results in the Asian Games. After participating in the Golfzon Open, which opens on the 17th, I will practice and prepare for the Asian Games.”
Jang Yu-bin, who started in tied 2nd place, one stroke behind the leader, was unable to catch up with leader Sunagawa as she only reduced her lead by 2 strokes with 4 birdies and 2 bogeys.
Jang Yu-bin, who was trying for her third win of the KPGA Tour season, took the lead by making consecutive birdies in the first and second holes (par 4), but was unable to reduce the number of strokes for a while.
He missed a short birdie putt in the 7th hole (par 5) and lost a stroke in the 8th hole (par 3), so he entered the second half in 3rd place, 2 strokes behind co-leaders Sunagawa and Yujiro Ohori (Japan).
Jang Yu-bin hit the 10th hole (par 4) fairway bunker with her second shot into the hole 80cm and caught a birdie and started the chase again.
However, Sunagawa escaped with a 3 stroke lead by successfully making a 19m long birdie putt in the 12th hole (par 4).
Jang Yu-bin, who was rarely able to capitalize on her birdie opportunities, recorded a bogey on the 14th hole (par 4) and made up for her disappointment by catching a birdie on the 18th hole (par 5).
Jang Yu-bin maintained first place in the grand prize points (4,230 points) and season prize money (682.81 million won).
