The Paris Olympics will open on the 26th of the 'Hana Financial Group Championship'
Sep 19, 2024
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A total of 108 top domestic and foreign players representing the KLPGA and the LPGA, including Lydia Ko, who won the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and Lee Min-ji and Patti Tawatanakit, who won the AIG Women's Open, the last major golf tournament of the season in August, will participate in the Hana Financial Group Championship, which marks its sixth anniversary this year.
As this competition, which will be held as the top prize money of the KLPGA, is an international competition organized by the Asian Golf Leaders Forum (AGLF) as part of the Ladies Asian Tour (LAT) series, all star players representing the KLPGA and the LPGA will participate.
First, Lydia Ko (New Zealand), a member of Hana Financial Group, who won the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics and won the first gold, silver and bronze medals in the Olympics, will join the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame as the youngest (27 years and 4 months) and won the AIG Women's Open, the last major golf tournament of the season, in August. In addition, Lee Min-ji (Australia), a member of Hana Financial Group who has won 10 LPGA titles, including two majors, including the 2022 U.S. Women's Open and the 2023 BMW Ladies Championship, will compete to win this year's championship, leaving behind the disappointment of last year's runner-up.
In addition, Patti Tawatanakit (Thailand), a member of Hana Financial Group who won consecutive European Ladies Professional Golf (LET) Tour and Honda LPGA Thailand this year, and Kim Hyo-joo (Korea), who won the European Ladies Professional Golf (LET) Tour Aramco Team Series Korea this year, will try to win.
The KLPGA player is also very attractive. Park Hyun-kyung, Park Ji-young, Bae So-hyun and Lee Ye-won, who have won three games this season and are competing for the top prize, will participate.As the "Hana Financial Group Championship" is the KLPGA's top prize-winning competition, another point to watch is that if they win among them, they can be one step ahead of winning the most wins title along with four wins in the season. In addition, Lee Da-yeon, the defending champion of this tournament, and Yoon Na-na, who is ranked third in points for the season, also threw her hat in the ring.
It is also worth paying attention to the performance of teenage golfers sponsored by Hana Financial Group. Lee Hyo-song, who turned into the youngest professional golfer by winning the JLPGA Tour's World Ladies Salonpas Cup in May, Oh Soo-min, who participated as an amateur in Hana Financial Group's Singapore Women's Open in March and impressed golf fans, and Esther Kwon, who plays for the U.S. Junior Golf Association (AJGA), challenged professional players.
Hana Financial Group does not spare any support so that the players participating in this competition can achieve the best performance by maintaining their best condition. First of all, Hana Global Campus will be provided as accommodation for participating players in consideration of the accessibility and convenience of movement of the venue, and 500,000 won per person will be given to players who failed to make the cut. In addition, player lounges were created throughout the stadium to provide a space for players to relax, and golf simulator trackmen were installed at all at-bats in the driving range so that players could use them for practice.
Bear's Best Cheongna Golf Club', where the competition will be held, is located two minutes away from Cheongna International City Station (Hana Financial Town) on the airport railway, making it more convenient to visit the stadium through public transportation. Hana Financial Group provides free access to galleries who come to the venue using airport railroads to aim for an environmentally friendly ECO competition, and can receive tickets from a separate distribution department installed inside Cheongna International City Station (Hana Financial Town). In addition, it plans to collect banners used as a one-time event at this competition and make them into new products such as mats and eco-bags to promote the use of next year's competition.
Hana Financial Group will continue various sharing activities with the participants in this competition. First, participants in the competition donate a total of 1% of the prize money, and Hana Financial Group will donate the same amount through a matching grant to raise a total of 30 million won.
It also plans to create donations of up to 200 million won by setting up the Hana ESG Zone at the second shot point of the 17th hole and donating 1.11 million won each time the golf ball is settled in the zone, and to designate and deliver the donation after the tournament ends.
Meanwhile, Hana Financial Group plans to create the largest gallery plaza in Korea at Hana Global Campus Plaza located in Hana Financial Town and provide as much convenience as possible to become a festival venue for the whole family to enjoy together through the composition of themed spaces such as ▲ food trucks for various foods ▲ children's play area ▲ food and relaxation space ▲ gallery participation event space. In addition, various events such as ▲ player fan signing event ▲ ice cream provision ▲ prize lottery ▲ Snag golf for children will be held at Gallery Plaza.
Gallery tickets will be pre-sold through Hana Bank's mobile app 'Hana OneQ' until September 25th. Even if you don't have a Hana Bank account, you can easily and conveniently book tickets through membership and login of 'Hana One Q', and through 'Hana One Q', customers who pay with Hana Card will receive a 30% discount regardless of their previous month's performance, credit, or debit card. In addition, customers who purchase tickets on-site will be given a 20% discount when paying with Hana Card, and customers with Incheon Metropolitan City as their residence based on their resident registration address can enjoy the competition at a 20% discount on-site.
An official from Hana Financial Group said, `As this competition, where all the best players from home and abroad can visit the stadium using public transportation such as airport railways, I hope many golf fans visit the stadium and enjoy the women's golf festival on autumn days.'
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