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Incheon, Korea: Korea\u2019s Sangmoon Bae will make his long-awaited comeback at the Shinhan Donghae Open which will be celebrating its 33rd edition at the Bear\u2019s Best Cheongna Golf Club next month.<\/p>\nIncheon, Korea: Korea\u2019s Sangmoon Bae will make his long-awaited comeback at the Shinhan Donghae Open which will be celebrating its 33rd edition at the Bear\u2019s Best Cheongna Golf Club next month.<\/p>\n
The KRW1.2 billion (approximately US$1.06 million) tournament is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Korean PGA and will see the return of some of the region\u2019s biggest stars to Incheon from September 14-17.<\/p>\n
Supported by the Shinhan Financial Group, The Shinhan Donghae Open made its return to the Asian Tour calendar last year following a 13-year absence and is one of the most highly anticipated events in Korea.<\/p>\n
Bae, a three-time Asian Tour winner, will return to familiar winning grounds having claimed two consecutive victories at the long-established Shinhan Donghae Open in 2013 and 2014.<\/p>\n
The 31-year-old Bae has been serving his mandatory military service in South Korea since November 2015, and will be officially discharged this August.<\/p>\n
His last professional tournament was in 2015, when he played at the President\u2019s Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had such great memories serving in the military, and I feel that I\u2019ve grown a lot stronger.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did a lot of weight lifting and running to improve my conditioning, and I am not concerned about my fitness level at all. Even though I didn\u2019t get to play much, I grew to love golf even more,\u201d said Bae in a statement released to the media.<\/p>\n
Bae, a three-time Asian Tour winner, will be up against some of the region\u2019s best players including compatriot Jeunghun Wang, Thailand\u2019s Poom Saksansin as well as India\u2019s Jeev Milkha Singh and Gaganjeet Bhullar, who will be returning to defend his title.<\/p>\n
Wang will be making his debut at the Shinhan Donghae Open and is considered as another genuine contender for the title.<\/p>\n
The 21-year-old enjoyed a stellar season in 2016 when he secured back-to-back titles in Morocco and Mauritius Open to become the youngest golfer in European Tour history to triumph in successive weeks at the age of 20 years and 251 days.<\/p>\n
Wang claimed another huge victory in Qatar earlier this season and like his win which came in his debut in the Middle East, the Korean will be hoping to achieve a similar triumph on home soil.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s my first time playing the Shinhan Donghase Open and I\u2019m really looking forward to it because I have the comfort of playing on home soil.<\/p>\n
\u201cComing back to play on the Asian Tour will allow me to gain back some confidence in my game, given the familiarity I have with the Tour and the comfort of playing in Asia again. I had a superb season last year. It\u2019s surely my aim to replicate that again this year,\u201d said Wang.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Incheon, Korea: Korea\u2019s Sangmoon Bae will make his long-awaited comeback at the Shinhan Donghae Open which will be celebrating its 33rd edition at the Bear\u2019s Best Cheongna Golf Club next month.<\/p>\n
The KRW1.2 billion (approximately US$1.06 million) tournament is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Korean PGA and will see the return of some of the region\u2019s biggest stars to Incheon from September 14-17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[22563,10690,6480,466,22562,16311],"class_list":["post-35340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorised","tag-cheongna-golf-club","tag-golf","tag-indian-sports","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-sangmoon-bae","tag-shinhan-donghae-open"],"yoast_head":"\n