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Domestic Opener Doosan E&C We've Championship

From the return of Yoon In-na, Bang Shin-sil and Hwang Yoo-min's long-hitting showdown, to "Final Queen" Shin Ji-ae returning to the Korean stage for the first time in three years and eight months, and new sensation Lee Ye-won attempting to win back-to-back titles.

The Doosan E&C We've Championship (KRW 1.2 billion in prize money and KRW 216 million in winner's purse), the opening event of the 2024 season on the KLPGA Tour in Korea, will be held from April 4-7 at Teddy Valley Golf & Resort in Seogwipo City, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. Last year, the tournament was held in the summer. The 'Doosan E&C We've Championship', organized by Doosan E&C (CEO Lee Jung-hwan), will be held for the second time in August 2023. From the first year, it was well received with a major prize fund of KRW 1.2 billion and a fresh plan that included the five essentials of Doosan E&C's representative brand, We've. This year, the tournament has changed its timing to reach out to domestic golf fans first as the opening event of the 2024 season of the KLPGA Tour. The menu presented to fans is colorful and colorful.

First of all, the star players of the KLPGA will appear. Defending champion Lee Ye Won Lee, who won the Grand Prize, Money Prize, and Lowest Stroke Award last year and won her first title at the Blue Canyon Ladies Championship in 2024, will defend her title for the first time. 안전놀이터 A total of 120 players will be in contention for the trophy, including season-opening winner Kim Jae-hee at the Hana Financial Group Singapore Women's Open, hot-shot Bang Shin-seul, KLPGA Tour returnee Yoon In-na, and members of the Doosan E&C We've Golf Team (Yoo Hyun-joo, Hyeon-joo, Park Eun-mae, Lim Hee-jung, and Kim Min-sol (A)).

World No. 18 Shin Ji-ae, who will be competing in the Paris Olympics, has also confirmed her participation. Shin is one of the world's best golfers with 64 professional wins and 20 career wins on the KLPGA Tour, and is a permanent seed on the KLPGA Tour. She is a former winner of the 2008 B.C. Card Classic at the Teddy Valley Course, where the Doosan E&C We've Championship will be held.

The Doosan E&C We've Championship marks Shin's first appearance on the KLPGA Tour in Korea in three years and eight months (approximately 1,300 days). The last time she competed in a KLPGA Tour event was the Hana Financial Group Singapore Women's Open in December 2022, and the last time she competed in a domestic KLPGA Tour event was the Daewoo Women's MBN Women's Open in August 2020, three years and eight months ago.

"I'm happy to be able to play a KLPGA Tour event in front of Korean fans after a long time," said Shin. "I have good memories of Teddy Valley Golf Course, as it is the course where I won. I hope I can greet my Korean fans with a good performance and take a step closer to the Paris Olympics." Lee Jung-hwan, CEO of Doosan E&C, which is hosting the tournament, said, "We are pleased to be able to host the opening event of the world-class KLPGA Tour in Korea. We will do our best to help the players showcase their best skills through a disciplined and dignified tournament management as many top-level players are participating." "As we prepare for the start of the 28 KLPGA tournaments in Korea, the 'Doosan E&C We've Championship' will lead the way in leading a fan culture where players and golf fans can enjoyably communicate from the start of the festival to the end of the season," said Lee Jung-hwan, CEO of Doosan E&C.

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