Moon Do-yeop finishes runner-up at KPGA Shinhan Donghae Open ahead of Asian Games

Moon Do-yeop, a member of South Korea's national team for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, finished runner-up at the KPGA Tour's Shinhan Donghae Open — a tournament he had targeted as a warm-up for the Games.

Moon carded a 6-under-par 66 in the final round Sunday at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea's Urban and Links courses (par 72) in Incheon, recording one double bogey but offsetting it with eight birdies. The 42nd Shinhan Donghae Open carried a purse of 1.5 billion won ($1.12 million).

His four-round total of 14-under-par 274 placed Moon in a tie for second alongside Jang Yu-bin, Lee Sang-hee and Japan's Ohori Yujiro.

Victory went to Japan's Sunagawa Kosuke, who finished at 16-under-par 272 — two strokes clear of the field — claiming his first professional win on Korean soil. Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour Organization, the event has now been won by a Japanese player for three consecutive years, following Hirata Kensei in 2024 and Higa Kazuki in 2025.

Moon, who claimed his first win of the season at the KPGA North Gyeongsang Province Open in May, fell short of a second title but sent a strong signal ahead of the men's golf competition at the Asian Games later this month.

Starting the final round tied for 11th, Moon made up three strokes on the front nine to mount a charge. He dropped two shots at the par-4 11th after his tee shot found the right penalty zone, requiring five strokes to reach the green. He bounced back with a birdie at the par-4 12th, then reeled off four consecutive birdies from the 15th through the 18th to climb into a share of second place.

"My putting feel is good right now, and if my ball-striking sharpens up a bit more, I think I can put up a strong result at the Asian Games," Moon said. "After playing in the Golfzon Open, which tees off Thursday, I plan to spend time in practice getting ready for the Asian Games."

Jang Yu-bin, who began the final round one stroke off the lead in a tie for second, could manage only two birdies and two bogeys for a net gain of two strokes, leaving him short of the podium.