Published July 17, 2008 on April 28, 2018

Tour Returns to Korea for 37th GS Caltex Maekyung Open Golf Championship

---

The Asian Tour will return to Korea for the 37th GS Caltex Maekyung Open Championship next week where it will sanction the KR₩1,000,000,000 (approx. US$925,000) event with the Korea Golf Association (KGA) for the first time since 2009.

The 37th GS Caltex Maekyung Open Championship is also the first of the three Asian Tour events to be played in Korea this year. This is a significant development for the Asian Tour with Korea being a key market for the Tour.

More than 20 Asian Tour winners including Thailand’s Rattanon Wannasrichan, India’s Shiv Kapur, and Malaysia’s Nicholas Fung will feature in the event.

Zimbabwean Scott Vincent, who has enjoyed two top-10s already this season, will also be teeing up at the Namseoul Country Club for the first time.

Rattanon, who finished tied-fourth in Japan last week, had several close finishes in recent years at the Namseoul Country Club and will be aiming for a grandstand finish there next week.

“I’ve led for a couple of rounds at Namseoul before but just have not been able to get the job done. Hopefully, I can do it next week as I’m playing well and I hope to get that win there,” said Rattanon.

Fung is also looking forward to continuing his good form after enjoying his best result of his season in Japan last week.

The Malaysian will be putting extra focus on his short game as he believes that will be decisive to winning the tournament.

“I’m hoping to continue my good form. My result in Japan was my best result this season. It’s always good to go back to Korea again. I’ve played at Namseoul before and the greens are very tough over there.

“It’s not a long golf course but you got to be really accurate and put the ball on the right spot on the greens. Otherwise, you’ll be in trouble. If you can putt well, you’ll likely to win the tournament,” said Fung.

Vincent, who will have his wife, Kelsey on his bag again in Korea, is eyeing his maiden breakthrough on the Asian Tour after finishing inside the top-10 twice this year already.

“It’s always exciting to go to a new country and play in a tournament for the first time. I’ve never been to Korea before and I hope to have many good lasting memories there.

“My wife has been amazing and she keeps telling me to stay patient when I get a little too far ahead or down on myself. She’ll pick me up and point me in the right direction, reminding me to trust myself,” said Vincent.