“(Kyungju Choi) Pro’s achievements are so great, I haven’t thought about it yet.”
Win over $13 million this week
7 women in the top 10 prize money for both men and women
Ahn Byung-hoon and Im Seong-jae aiming at 10 million dollars
Kim Si-woo (26) answered the question “Would you like to challenge Choi Gyeong-ju (51)’s record of winning the most Koreans?”
Kim Si-woo, who received the winning prize of $1.2 million (about 1,320 million won), has a career prize of $13 million, 9789 on the PGA Tour. At the end of 2012, he was the youngest (17 years, 5 months, 6 days) to pass the PGA Tour Qualifying School, and since then, he earned $79,000 per competition in 164 competitions. After Choi Gyeong-ju, he surpassed 13 million dollars in career prize money.
Domestic men’s and women’s PGA LPGA career prize money
There are two Korean players with more career prizes than Kim Si-woo. First, it is Choi Gyeong-ju, who has won 8 wins in the PGA Tour since 1998. In 477 competitions, he earned 32,71,5627 dollars (about 36.17 billion won). That’s 68,000 dollars per tournament. Next is Park In-bi (33), who plays an active part in the American Women’s Professional Golf (LPGA) tour. He won a prize of $1673,3925 (18.5 billion won) in 273 competitions. It’s $61,000 per tournament.
The LPGA Tour season’s total prize pool ($76.45 million) is a quarter of the PGA Tour ($29.65 million). Tiger Woods (USA), who won 82 victory in the PGA Tour, has a career prize of $120,51,706. Anika Sorenstam (Sweden), who won 72 victories on the LPGA Tour, earned $2,573,192. The size of the prize money in the tournament is very different, but it is difficult for a female player to catch up with a male.
On the other hand, in Korea, women earn better than men. There are five Korean female athletes who have earned more than $10 million in accumulated prize money on the US stage. In addition to Park In-bi, Se-ri Park ($44, 12,58,3713), So-yeon Yoo ($30, 1,113,9224), Na-yeon Choi (33, 1086) 9,267 dollars) and Kim Se-young (28, 1,083669 dollars), etc. surpassed 10 million dollars. More than $5 million amounts to 19.
Three men, including Choi Gyeong-ju, Kim Si-woo, and Wi Chang-soo ($1,076,593), surpassed $10 million. There are three players aiming to break through the 10 million dollar this year. Kang Seong-hoon ($34,954,973), Ahn Byung-hun ($30, 9424625), and Lim Sung-jae ($23,903,9801).
Of course, the “(Choi Kyung-joo) pro’s achievement” that Siwoo Kim said in an interview is not just the prize money. In terms of training juniors and social activities, Choi Gyeong-ju is a model that should continue to see and learn more for male and female athletes.
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