Hana Bank Invitational
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Otaki, Chiba, Japan |
| Established | 2008 |
| Course(s) | Nam Chun Cheon Country Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,335 yards (6,707 m) |
| Tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour Korean Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | ₩1,300,000,000 |
| Month played | June |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 267 Park Sang-hyun (2018) 267 Richard T. Lee (2021) 267 Jun Seok Lee (2022) |
| To par | −21 Park Sang-hyun (2018) −21 Jun Seok Lee (2022) |
| Current champion | |
| Japan Takashi Ogiso | |
| Location map | |
Nam Chun Cheon CC is located in South Korea Nam Chun Cheon CC Nam Chun Cheon CC Location in South Korea | |
The Hana Bank Invitational is a men's professional golf tournament currently played in Japan and formerly in South Korea and China. The 2018 event was held in June on the west course at the Lakeside Country Club near Yongin. Prize money was ₩1,000,000,000. In 2019 the event moved to the nearby 88 Country Club with increased prize money of ₩1,200,000,000.
The field includes a number of invited Japanese and Chinese golfers. A similar event, the "Korea-China Tour KEB Invitational", which included Korean and Chinese golfers, was held six times from 2008 to 2010. The event was held twice a year, once in China and once in South Korea.[1]
In 2023, the event moved location to Japan, being played at the Chiba Isumi Golf Club in Otaki, Chiba. The event also gained Japan Golf Tour co-sanctioning.[2]
Winners
[edit ]| Year | Tour(s)[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hana Bank Invitational | |||||||
| 2024 | JPN, KOR | Japan Takashi Ogiso | 270 | −14 | 1 stroke | South Korea Jang Yu-bin | Nam Chun Cheon |
| 2023 | JPN, KOR | South Korea Yang Ji-ho | 272 | −20 | 1 stroke | Japan Keita Nakajima | Chiba Isumi |
| 2022 | KOR | Australia Jun Seok Lee | 267 | −21 | 1 stroke | South Korea Lee Gyu-min | Nam Chun Cheon |
| 2021 | KOR | Canada Richard T. Lee | 267 | −17 | 4 strokes | South Korea Kim Min-kyu | Bear's Best Cheongna |
| 2020: No tournament | |||||||
| KEB Hana Bank Invitational | |||||||
| 2019 | KOR | South Korea Seo Yo-seop | 271 | −13 | 2 strokes | Japan Daijiro Izumida South Korea Joo Heung-chol South Korea Jung Han-mil |
88 CC |
| 2018 | KOR | South Korea Park Sang-hyun | 267 | −21 | 1 stroke | South Korea Lee Sung-ho | Lakeside |
| 2011–2017: No tournament | |||||||
| Korea-China Tour KEB Invitational | |||||||
| 2010 (Sep) |
KOR | South Korea Hwang Inn-choon | 274 | −14 | 3 strokes | South Korea Kim Bi-o | Welli Hilli |
| 2010 (Mar) |
KOR | South Korea Kim Hyung-tae | 277 | −11 | 4 strokes | South Korea Kang Sung-hoon | Shanghai Links |
| KEB Invitational | |||||||
| 2009 (Sep) |
KOR | South Korea Kim Dae-hyun | 283 | −5 | 1 stroke | South Korea Lee Seong-ho | Welli Hilli |
| 2009 (Apr) |
KOR | South Korea Lee Tae-gyu | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | South Korea Choi In-sik South Korea Hur In-hoi Australia Richard Moir |
Dongguan Hillview |
| 2008 (Sep) |
KOR | South Korea Kim Dae-sub | 280 | −8 | Playoff | South Korea Kim Dae-hyun | Welli Hilli |
| 2008 (Mar) |
KOR | South Korea Bae Sang-moon | 287 | −1 | 1 stroke | South Korea Suk Jong-yul | Shanghai Silport |
Notes
[edit ]- ^ JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.
References
[edit ]- ^ "Hana Bank Invitational Competition History" (in Korean). Korea Professional Golf Association. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- ^ "The Japan Golf Tour Organization (JGTO) unveiled its expanded schedule with at least 26 tournaments slated for its 50th season in 2023- two more than this year". Golf Matters. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
External links
[edit ]- Coverage on the Korean Tour's official site (in Korean)
- Coverage on the Japan Golf Tour's official site
