The KJ Choi Invitational is a golf tournament on the Korean Tour. It was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour from 2011 to 2013. It was played for the first time in October 2011 at the Haesley Nine Bridges Golf Club in Yeoju, South Korea. The tournament is hosted by South Korean golfer K. J. Choi, who also won the first two events. The purse in 2018 was 1,000,000,000.

Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational
Tournament information
LocationYeoju, South Korea
Established2011
Course(s)Ferrum Club
Par72
Length7,216 yards (6,598 m)
Tour(s)Korean Tour
Asian Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund1,250,000,000
Month playedOctober
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Park Sang-hyun (2014)
To par−21 as above
Current champion
South Korea Lee Soo-min
Location map
Ferrum Club is located in South Korea
Ferrum Club
Ferrum Club
Location in South Korea

Winners

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Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue
Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational
2024 KOR   Lee Soo-min (2) 279 −9 1 stroke   Jang Yu-bin Ferrum
2023 KOR   Ham Jeong-woo 282 −6 1 stroke   Choi Jin-ho Ferrum
2022 KOR   Lee Hyung-joon 278 −10 Playoff   Lee Dong-min Ferrum
2021 KOR   Ham Jeong-woo 273 −15 2 strokes   Joo Heung-chol Ferrum
2020 KOR   Lee Chang-woo 285 −3 Playoff   Chun Jae-han
  Kim Tae-hoon
Ferrum
2019 KOR   Lee Soo-min 273 −15 2 strokes   Lee Dong-min Jeongsan
2018 KOR   Park Sung-kug 284 −4 Playoff   Lee Hyung-joon
  Jun Seok Lee
  Lee Soo-min
  Park Hyo-won
Jeongsan
2017 KOR   Hwang Inn-choon 277 −11 Playoff   Choi Min-chel
  Kang Sung-hoon
Jeongsan
2016 KOR   Joo Heung-chol 271 −13 1 stroke   Kim Si-woo
  Mun Do-yeob
88 CC
KJ Choi Invitational
2015: No tournament
2014 KOR   Park Sang-hyun 267 −21 2 strokes   Kim Tae-hoon Lake Hills Suncheon
CJ Invitational
2013 ASA, KOR   Kang Sung-hoon 276 −12 5 strokes   Kim Tae-hoon
  Jyoti Randhawa
Haesley Nine Bridges
2012 ASA, KOR   K. J. Choi (2) 269 −15 2 strokes   Jang Dong-kyu
  Bae Sang-moon
Haesley Nine Bridges
2011 ASA, KOR   K. J. Choi 271 −17 2 strokes   Noh Seung-yul Haesley Nine Bridges

Notes

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  1. ^ ASA − Asian Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.
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