21-year-old Jeong Jae-hyun wins his first regular tour win in the final game of the KPGA 2026 season

Jae-Hyun Jeong won his first win on the regular tour at the KPGA Tour Championship (total prize money of 1.1 billion won), the final match of the 2026 season of the Korea Professional Golf (KPGA) Tour.

Jae-Hyeon Jeong struck a hard blow, pulling out eight birdies without a bogey in the fourth round on the last day of the tournament held at Teddy Valley Golf & Resort Valley/Teddy Course (par 72) in Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do on the 8th.

Jae-hyun Jeong, who started in a tie for second place, one stroke behind the leader, scored a total of 13 under par, 275 strokes, beating second place Jae-min Hwang (total of 10 under par, 278 strokes), who was approaching his 40th birthday, by three strokes.

Jaehyun Jeong's final round score of 8 under par, 64 strokes, ties the course record.

Brandon Kewalamani (USA) and Kim Hong-taek also entered the course record.

Jaehyun Jeong received a prize of 224.8 million won, and also earned a bonus prize of 18 million won by raising the Genesis Grand Prize points to 8th place.

Jaehyun Jeong, 21, who debuted on the regular tour in 2024, has won the second division tour twice, but this is his first time winning the regular tour.

He also completely shook off the disappointment of finishing second in last week's Lexus Masters after overtime.

Kim Min-gyu and Jeong Han-mil, who lost 5 strokes each, tied for 3rd place with a total of 9 under par 279 strokes.

As the strong winds that blew during the first to third rounds subsided, the shots of the leading players began to fire.

Jeong Jae-hyeon, who hit the green in 8 of the 9 holes in the first half, shined with elaborate putts and grabbed 4 birdies to take the lead by 1 stroke.

Min-gyu Kim was not far behind.

In the 4th hole (par 5), he reduced 4 strokes in the first half alone, including an eagle with a chip shot from 46 yards left in the rough next to the green, and joined the race for the championship.

Even in the second half, Jeong Jae-hyun's momentum did not break.

Jeong Jae-hyun, who saved one stroke in the 10th hole (par 4), succeeded in a birdie putt from a distance of 4m in the 12th hole (par 4) and ran away to the lead by 2 strokes.

In the 15th hole (par 5), the tee shot hit the cart road on the right, bounced out, and was lucky to enter the rough.

Jeong Jae-hyeon, who also added a birdie in this hole, entered the 18th hole (par 4) as the leader, two strokes ahead of Hwang Jae-min, who had chased until the end in the same group.

Jeong Jae-hyun, who hit his second shot 1m into the hole, decorated the last tournament of the season with a birdie.

Meanwhile, Shin Sang-hoon, who finished tied for 24th place (1 over par, 289 strokes), became the first Genesis Grand Prize winner.