Park Jae-min wins KPGA Tour QT, 41 players earn 2027 season cards

Teenage prospect Park Jae-min won the KPGA Tour Qualifying Tournament in a playoff, securing a card for the 2027 regular season.

Park fired a 3-under-par 69 on Friday in the final round of the 2027 KPGA Tour QT Final Stage at Gunsan Country Club's Tournament Course (par 72, 7,640 yards) in North Jeolla Province, carding one eagle, five birdies and four bogeys.

Park finished the regulation 72 holes at 12 under par 276, tied for the lead with Cha Woo-jin (23). On the first playoff hole, Cha made a bogey while Park saved par to clinch the title.

Park, 19, became a KPGA associate member in January this year and earned full membership in April. Park played nine events on the KPGA David Golf Tour, the second-tier circuit, posting two top-5 finishes. The only appearance on the regular tour came as a sponsor's exemption at the KPGA North Gyeongsang Province Open, where Park missed the cut.

"I'm so happy to win the most important seed event of the season," Park said. "I want to keep growing and become someone who can offer scholarships to young players."

Cha finished as runner-up, while Lim Chae-wook (31, From Bio) took third at 10 under par 278. Jeong Seon-il (34) and Yoo Hyeong-il (34) shared fourth at 8 under par 280. Kim Bong-seop (43, Aibridge) finished tied for 13th, Yang Min-hyeok (23) tied for 16th, and Kim Seung-hyeok (40, Geumgang Housing), the 2014 KPGA Player of the Year, tied for 21st. Park Gyeong-nam (42, Dongbang Industry) and Hwang Do-yeon (33, MSS) shared 24th.

A field of 120 players competed over four days of 72-hole stroke play. Park received the QT winner's exemption, while the next 40 finishers earned QT top-finisher exemptions, giving a total of 41 players their 2027 regular-tour cards.