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Sunday 26 October 2025DP World TourYear in Review
Lee wins Genesis Championship
Woo Jeong Hills Country Club, Cheonan, South Korea · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 October 2025 · Junghwan Lee’s win no. 1 on the DP World Tour · purse $4,000,000 USD · Genesis
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 38 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 40° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/10°C · wind 10 km/h E, gusts 21 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/9°C · wind 10 km/h E, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/12°C · wind 11 km/h WNW, gusts 26 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/11°C · wind 12 km/h WNW, gusts 30 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Nacho Elvira ESP · 276Held the solo lead at 10 under on the back nine but bogeyed the 11th and his final two holes. Korean Lee lands maiden DP World Tour title at the Genesis Championship (Golf Digest Middle East)
- Laurie Canter ENG · 276Eagled the 18th to tie for second, three shots behind. Korean Lee lands maiden DP World Tour title at the Genesis Championship (Golf Digest Middle East)
126 started · cut +1, 74 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Genesis Championship
Woo Jeong Hills Country Club, Woo Jeong Hills Country Club, Cheonan, South Korea
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Junghwan Lee
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Genesis Newsroom
27 October 2025
I'm proud to be the first KPGA TOUR player to win a co-sanctioned event between the KPGA TOUR and an overseas tour
Genesis Newsroom
27 October 2025
I think I'll be giving the GV80 to my wife
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Junghwan Lee | 71 · 65 · 73 · 64 | 273 | −11 |
| T2 | Laurie Canter | 67 · 73 · 69 · 67 | 276 | −8 |
| T2 | Nacho Elvira | 68 · 68 · 69 · 71 | 276 | −8 |
| T4 | Andrea Pavan | 69 · 68 · 74 · 66 | 277 | −7 |
| T4 | Yuto Katsuragawa | 71 · 66 · 70 · 70 | 277 | −7 |
| T4 | Andy Sullivan | 68 · 69 · 70 · 70 | 277 | −7 |
| T7 | Jordan Gumberg | 70 · 69 · 71 · 68 | 278 | −6 |
| T7 | Minhyuk Song | 69 · 67 · 74 · 68 | 278 | −6 |
| T7 | Angel Ayora | 71 · 67 · 71 · 69 | 278 | −6 |
| T7 | Hideki Matsuyama | 73 · 68 · 67 · 70 | 278 | −6 |
| T7 | Seungbin Choi | 70 · 69 · 69 · 70 | 278 | −6 |
| T7 | Thomas Detry | 68 · 71 · 69 · 70 | 278 | −6 |
| T7 | Mikael Lindberg | 70 · 68 · 67 · 73 | 278 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1991-09-07, Gwangju, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2009; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 451 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet