Junghwan Lee what's in the bag 2025
By: Derek Clements | Edited: Mon 27 Oct 2025
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Junghwan Lee enjoyed a career-changing win in front of his home South Korean fans as he claimed the Genesis Championship.
The 34-year-old South Korean started the final round four shots behind joint leaders Mikael Lindberg and Nacho Elvira and his challenge looked over before it began with a bogey at the second.
But Lee then reeled off five straight birdies from the third to catapult up the leaderboard and was one behind Elvira, who was in the solo lead at ten under, after another gain at the tenth.
He carded the lowest round of the tournament with his stunning seven-under 64 at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club after birdies at the 14th and last set the clubhouse target of 11 under par.
Elvira could not keep pace and bogeys at the last two holes saw him hand a three-shot victory to Lee.
As a result, Lee will take up membership on the DP World Tour and he will travel to the first event of the DP World Tour Play-Offs at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship next month.
"I feel like I'm in a dream, I still can't believe I won so it's really hard to describe how I'm feeling right now," Lee said.
"I think overall I played very well, but on 12 I had a tee-shot miss and I thought I was done there but I was able to save that ball, and that's when I thought the tables are turning and the gods are looking down on me.
"I really feeling like I'm dreaming. I really, really wanted to go to DP World Tour and I was actually working really hard towards that goal, but somehow I was coming up short a little bit - I was really making the effort - and now I have this really great opportunity. I'm just really grateful."
Who is Junghwan Lee?
Lee was born in Gwangju, South Korea on September 7, 1991.
He joined the Asian Tour in 2022 and his best performance ahead of this win was a tied tenth at the International Series Korea in August.
He is a two-time winner on the KPGA Korean Tour, having won the KPGA Tour Championship in 2018 and the Caido Series 2017 Caido Golden V1 Open in 2017.
The win at the Genesis takes him to 63rd place in the Race to Dubai, securing his place in the field for the Abu Dhabi Championship. His next target is to make the top 50 and qualify for the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
This was just his sixth appearance on the DP World Tour, with one win, one top 10 finish and three missed cuts. He started the week ranked 451 in the world.
He averages 294.25 yards from the tee, finds 52.44% of fairways and hits 65.74% of greens in regulation. He averages 28.17 putts per round, gets up and down from the sand 66.67% of the time and has a stroke average of 63.33.
Junghwan Lee - what's in the bag?
Driver: PING G440 LST (9 Degrees)
3-Wood: PING G440 Max (9 Degrees)
3 Utility Iron: PING iDi
4 & 5 Iron: PING Blueprint S
6 to 9 Iron: PING Blueprint Forged T
Pitching wedge: PING Blueprint Forged T
50 & 56-Degree Wedges: PING S159
60-Degree Wedge: Titleist Vokey SM10-WW Proto
Putter: PING PLD Tyne
Ball: Titleist Pro V1 X (25)
About the author
Derek Clements is a seasoned sports journalist and regular Golfshake contributor, specialising in tour coverage, opinion pieces, and feature writing. With a long career in national newspapers and golf media, he has reported on the game across Europe, the United States and Australia. A passionate golfer, he has played and reviewed numerous renowned courses, with personal favourites including Pebble Beach, Kingsbarns, Aldeburgh, Old Thorns and the K Club. His love of the game informs his thoughtful commentary on both professional golf and the wider golfing community.
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