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The Korea Professional Golf (KPGA) Tour Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Choi Gyeong-ju Invitational is a tournament co-hosted by Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance and Choi Gyeong-ju Welfare Association, and Choi Kyung-ju will serve as the host.
Host Choi Gyeong-ju, Jeon Ga-ram, Ham Jeong-woo, Jang Yu-bin, and Choi Chan participate.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Taeyong Choi = The Korea Professional Golf (KPGA) Tour continues its competition for the championship at the highly difficult course Ferrum Club this week.
The Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Choi Gyeong-ju Invitational (total prize money of 1.25 billion won, winner's prize of 250 million won), held at the Ferrum Club (par 72) in Yeoju-si, Gyeonggi-do from October 1 to 4, is a competition co-hosted by Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance and Choi Gyeong-ju Welfare Association, and Choi Kyung-ju will serve as the host.
Ferrum Club, where the tournament is held, is a difficult course with bunkers and water hazards placed in threatening locations, making it difficult to achieve par unless you hit an accurate shot.
At last year's competition, Jeon Garam won the championship despite the bad weather, and this year she will defend her title.
The player with the best performance at Ferrum Club is Ham Jeong-woo.
Ham Jeong-woo, who won the KPGA Tour four times in total, reached the top twice in 2021 and 2023 at the Choi Kyung-ju Invitational held at the Ferrum Club.
The race to be first to win 3 games of the season is still ongoing.
Jang Yu-bin, who swept two wins in the month of June, stagnated for a while, but is improving her shooting sense again by taking second place at the Shinhan Donghae Open, which ended on the 13th.
Jang Yu-bin is in first place in the grand prize points and season prize money rankings, but Choi Chan is following closely behind.
Choi Chan performed poorly after his first win of the season at the Woori Financial Championship last April, but won the Dong-A Membership Group Open last August, forming a two-tier system with Jang Yu-bin.
Host Choi Gyeong-ju is on the participation list again this year and competes with juniors.
Choi Kyung-ju, who is 56 years old, is still proving his competitiveness by playing in the Champions Tour of the PGA Tour.

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