Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay Explained

Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay
Location:North Chungcheong, South Korea
Establishment:2010
Course:Kingsdale Golf Club
Par:72
Yardage:7256yd
Tour:Korean Tour
Format:Match play
Month Played:June
Current Champion: Kim Min-kyu
Map:South Korea
Map Label:Kingsdale GC
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:37.017°N 127.817°W

The Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay is an annual professional golf tournament hosted in South Korea and sponsored by the clothing company Munsingwear. The tournament has been held since 2010 and is part of the Korean Tour for men. Prize money was 400,000,000 in 2010 and 2011, ₩600,000,000 in 2012 and 2013, ₩800,000,000 from 2014 to 2016 and ₩1,000,000,000 in 2017 to 2019. The event was not held in 2020 but returned in 2021 with reduced prize money of ₩800,000,000.

From 2010 to 2013 and in 2015 the event was played towards the end of season, in September or October. In 2014 it was played in May while from 2016 to 2019 it was played in June.

Originally 64 players qualified to play 6 rounds of 18-hole match-play over 3 days. In 2015 the event was extended to four days with just one round on the first two days. In 2016 the format was revised. At the last-16 stage the players are divided into four groups of four, each playing the other three in the group. Extra holes are not played in the group stage. This stage takes place on the third day and the morning of the final day. The two best group winners then play on the final afternoon to decide the winner of the event, with the other two group winners playing to decide 3rd and 4th places, the two best group runners-up play for 5th/6th places, etc. Originally there were matches for all players who reached the last-16 but later only the top 10 played on the final afternoon. Rankings within groups and then between groups are determined firstly by the number of wins and halved matches, and then by the net number of holes up in the three matches. For example, in 2016 Lee Sang-yeop reached the final as the second ranked player, with 3 wins and +8 holes (1up, 6&4, 1up) while Park Sang-hyun with 3 wins and +7 holes (1up, 4&3, 2&1) played in the match to decide 3rd/4th places.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreRunner-upVenue
Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay
20 holes Kingsdale
7 and 5 Kingsdale
20 holes DeBeach
1 up DeBeach
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
21 holes South Cape Owners
1 up South Cape Owners
19 holes South Cape Owners
1 up 88 CC
Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay Championship
2 and 1 88 CC
2 and 1 88 CC
Munsingwear Matchplay Championship
19 holes Maestro
2 and 1 Alpensia Troon
Munsingwear Championship
4 and 3 Castle Pine
2 and 1 Evendale
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of winners . ko.