Moon Dong-hyun, a graduate of Korea University, and Kim Hyun-wook, the No. 1 integrated point of the Challenge Tour...KPGA Tour, Which Rookie Will Watch for the 2025 Season?
Moon Dong-hyun, a graduate of Korea University, and Kim Hyun-wook, the No. 1 integrated point of the Challenge Tour...KPGA Tour, Which Rookie Will Watch for the 2025 Season?
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Rookie players, who are set to debut in the Korea Professional Golfers Association (KPGA) in the 2025 season, are eagerly waiting for the green field in the cold weather of winter. A total of 14 rookie players will stand in front of KPGA tour fans this season. What kind of new star will be born this year to give joy to fans.
The most notable player is Moon Dong-hyun, 19, a former member of the national team. After winning the title at the 3rd Dream Park Cup Amateur Golf Championship and the 39th Korea Junior Golf Championship, Moon was a member of the national team in 2023 and tied for second place in the final round of the KPGA Tour, where he participated as an amateur player last year. "It's great for amateur players to compete for the title on a difficult course," Lim Sung-jae, who successfully defended the title at the time, said. "I want to tell them to go for it right away if they want to come to the PGA tour even though they are young."
Moon Dong-hyun, who tied for fifth in the KPGA Tour QT in November after passing the first KPGA Tour Championship in June last year and secured the KPGA Tour seed in the 2025 season, said, "As it is my first season since my debut, I want to start successfully," adding, "I am training mainly on short games and shot making so that I can adapt well to the setting of the tour course that is different from my amateur days." "I am most greedy to win the Rookie of the Year award," he said, adding, "I want to try to win the Woori Financial Championship, which was the runner-up last year, using my good memories as a foothold."
Kim Hyun-wook (21), who won the combined points of the second part of the Challenge Tour last year, is also a rookie to watch. Kim, who also played for the national team in 2023, won the ninth event of the Challenge Tour in June last year when he participated as an amateur player, and also won the "16th event" held in September, making him the first multi-winner of the season. 안전놀이터
"I am preparing for the season with excitement. My biggest goal this season is to win the Outstanding Achievement Award," Kim said. "It is important to get good results, but I want to improve myself and show good performance to many golf fans."
Lim Chae-wook (30) and Lee Sung-ho (21), who are about to make their tour debut through the Challenge Tour with Kim Hyun-wook, are also considered to have the skills to challenge for the Rookie of the Year. Late rookies who acquired KPGA tour cards, including Jo Rak-hyun (32, USA), who entered the DP World Tour as the PGA Tour's China Prize Winner in 2017, and Rodrigo Lee (37, Brazil), who mainly played in Latin America on the PGA Tour from 2013 to last year, are also expected to create a new wind in the 20205 tour.