The 'SK Telecom Charity Open 2025', which practices the happiness journey above, is held on the 14th at the Pink's Golf Club in Seogwipo City, Jeju Island, ahead of the 'SK Telecom Open 2025'.
This year's 'SK Telecom Charity Open 2025 sponsored by American Express' (hereafter, 'SK Telecom Charity Open') includes golfer Choi Kyung-ju and entertainer Lee Kyung-kyu, as well as '2024 KPGA Daesang' Jang Yoo-bin, 'LPGA star' Choi Na-yeon, and 'Joseon's number four hitter' Lee Dae-ho, among other celebrities representing sports and entertainment, drawing a lot of attention.
In this tournament, a total of 12 participants are divided into two groups to compete in a 3 vs. 3 match. 'Golf legend' Choi Kyung-ju and 'entertainment grandfather' Lee Kyung-kyu team up with golfer Kim Seon-young, who has developmental disabilities. Kim Seon-young is a promising player who won the '2024 SK Telecom Adaptive Open'.
On the opposing team are golfer Jang Yoo-bin, comedian Seo Kyung-seok, and golfer Lee Seung-min, who has developmental disabilities. Lee Seung-min previously won the inaugural US Adaptive Open in 2022, organized by the United States Golf Association (USGA), and has recently attracted attention for his high performance at the Woori Finance Championship.
Another match will be a showdown between the pride of Korean women's golf and legends of Korean professional baseball. Choi Na-yeon, who has won 9 titles in the LPGA, Lee Bo-mi, who has recorded a total of 21 wins including two time prize money leader in the JLPGA, and golfer Kim Ha-neul, with a total of 8 wins in the KLPGA, form one team. Opposing them is the KBO retired number trio, Lee Dae-ho, Park Yong-taek, and Kim Tae-kyun, all top hitters who have been batting champions in the league, expected to engage in an exhilarating swing battle with the women's golf legends.
'SK Telecom Charity Open' will be played in a skins game format with prize money at each hole. The first 4 holes will be played in better ball format, and the next 5 holes in alternate shot format. The total prize money is 50 million won, which will be donated in the name of the respective players after the match and will be fully utilized in the operations of the SK Telecom Adaptive Open scheduled to take place in the second half of this year in collaboration with the Choi Kyung-ju Foundation.
This year's 'SK Telecom Charity Open' will be live-streamed from 2 p.m. on Wednesday the 14th through SBS Golf 2 and SK Telecom's YouTube channel 'Strike'.
Celebrating its 175th anniversary this year, the technology-driven global premium payment and lifestyle brand, 'American Express (NYSE: AXP)', continues its participation in the happiness journey by becoming the sponsor of the 'SK Telecom Charity Open', now in its 4th year, for the third consecutive year.
From the 15th to the 18th, the 'SK Telecom Open 2025' will feature a total of 144 players competing fiercely for a total prize money of 1.3 billion won. Defending champion and most successful player in the SK Telecom Open, Choi Kyung-ju, and Daesang winners from 2024 and 2023, Jang Yoo-bin and Ham Jeong-woo, as well as Park Sang-hyun, who faced Choi Kyung-ju in a playoff last year and has a total of 12 victories in the KPGA, and Kim Bi-oh, who won in 2022 and aims for his 10th victory, will all participate.
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