Juhyung Kim 'Youngest Triple Crown Winner'... KPGA Awards Ceremony "Privately on the 31st"

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyun-jun, Golf Specialist] "Kim Joo-hyung, youngest triple crown winner."

The Korea Professional Golfers' Association (KPGA) 'Genesis Award' ceremony will be held as a closed event at 4 p.m. on the 31st at the Hyundai Motor Casper Studio in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province. Originally scheduled for the 14th, it was minimized due to the spread of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19. Only the award recipient Kim Joo-hyung (19, CJ Logistics, photo) and a minimal number of association officials attended, and the Korean Tour's broadcasting station JTBC Golf provided live coverage.

Kim Joo-hyung won the SK Telecom Open last May and competed for victory in every tournament during the 2021 season’s 14 events, including one win and three runner-up finishes. He set a new milestone as the first teenage player to achieve the ‘Triple Crown’ by winning the money title (754.94 million KRW), the award (5540.56 points), and the lowest average score (69.16 strokes). Various prizes followed, including a 100 million KRW bonus, a car, and an entry ticket to the DP World Tour Genesis Scottish Open. He expressed his determination, saying, "I will not be complacent and will achieve better results in the 2022 season."

Park Sang-hyun (38, Dong-A Pharmaceutical) took second place with 50 million KRW, and Ham Jeong-woo (27, Hana Financial Group) ranked third with 35 million KRW. A total of 300 million KRW was distributed differentially among the ‘Top 10’. Kim Dong-eun (24) won the Rookie of the Year title after winning the KPGA Gunsan CC Open in April. Myka Lauren Shin (USA) won the Long Drive Award (308.5 yards), and Korea’s first PGA Champions Tour winner K.J. Choi (51, SK Telecom) and AT&T Byron Nelson champion Lee Kyoung-hoon (30) jointly received the Overseas Special Award.

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