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Lee Soo-min will compete in next year's LIV Golf Asian Tour International Series.
On the 14th (local time), at the final 4th round of the promotional tournament (total prize money of $1.5 million) held at Riyadh Golf Club (Par 71, 7,408 yards) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, he scored 1-over-par 72 with 3 birdies and 4 bogeys. He finished tied for 8th place (3-under-par 281). A total of 93 players participated in this tournament. The winner receives a spot in the 2025 LIV Golf season, and the top 10 players qualify for the 2025 Asian Tour International Series.
Lee Soo-min is a player who won the Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Choi Kyung-ju Invitational on the Korean Professional Golfers' Association (KPGA) Tour last October. He has won a total of 5 times on the domestic stage, and in 2016, he claimed the title once at the DP World Tour (formerly European Tour) Shenzhen International. Additionally, on the KPGA Tour, he was named Rookie of the Year in 2015 and topped the money list in 2019. The Asian Tour International Series that Lee Soo-min will participate in will be held 10 times in 2025. Each tournament offers a total prize money of $2 million (approximately 2.9 billion KRW).
Lee Je-bo (Taiwan) claimed the championship with a score of 10-under-par 274. He secured the winner's prize of $200,000 (approximately 290 million KRW) and a spot in the 2025 LIV Golf season. In LIV Golf tournaments, even the last place receives a prize of $50,000, about 70 million KRW, so even if a player finishes last in all 13 tournaments in a year, they are guaranteed an income exceeding 900 million KRW. The 2025 LIV Golf season, which includes the first Korean player Jang Yoo-bin, will open in Saudi Arabia in February next year.
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