43rd Blueone Korea Junior Golf Championship Concludes Successfully

Blueone and KGA Co-host at Blueone Yongin CC
KGA National Title Event for Discovering Promising Local Talents
Blueone Presents 80 Million Won Golf Development Fund

The next generation of promising players to lead Korean golf has emerged.

The 43rd Korea Junior Golf Championship, Blueone Cup, which was co-hosted by Blueone and the Korea Golf Association (KGA) and held at Blueone Yongin Country Club in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province for three days starting on July 22, concluded successfully.

In this tournament, in the under-18 division, Hyukjun Kim (Seoul Automotive High School, 2nd year) won the boys' title, while Arin Moon (Daekyung Arts High School, 2nd year) won the girls’ title. In the under-15 division, Jiyul Chun (Shinseong Middle School, 3rd year) won the boys’ title, and Yeseo Kang (Haksan Girls' Middle School, 2nd year) took first place among the girls. In the under-12 division, Chanwoo Park (Daejeon Jangdae Elementary School, 6th grade) and Miju Kim (Seulgi Elementary School, 6th grade) each raised the championship trophy for the boys’ and girls’ categories, respectively.

Kim Bongho, CEO of Blueone, is taking a commemorative photo with Sanghyun Jun, who placed 3rd; Hyukjun Kim, who placed 1st; and Seungmin Lee, who placed 2nd in the under-18 boys' division at the 43rd Korea Junior Golf Championship. Photo provided by Blueone

The awards ceremony was attended by Kim Bongho, CEO of Blueone; Park Jaehyung, Executive Director of the Korea Golf Association; Lee Sanggung, CEO of SBS Golf; and Yang Myungsoo, General Manager of Blueone Yongin Country Club.

To promote the continuous development of Korean golf and foster promising talents, Blueone delivered a 80 million won golf development fund to the Korea Golf Association. Embracing the vision for the advancement of Korean golf and a passion shared by Seyoung Yoon, founder of Taeyoung·SBS Media Group and 14th and 15th president of the Korea Golf Association, Blueone has sponsored the Korea Junior Golf Championship since 2018.

The Korea Junior Golf Championship was established in 1983. It is the Korea Golf Association's national title event, held annually to improve the abilities of junior golfers in Korea and identify and nurture outstanding talent. Over the past four decades, champions have included Jiyai Shin, Hyojoo Kim, Siwoo Kim, Sungjae Im, Jeongeun Lee6, and Hyejin Choi, among others.

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