Woori Financial Group Championship Round 2

Date
Thu 23rd April 2026 (UTC)
Fri 24th April 2026 (Local)

Timestamp
2026-04-23T22:00:00

Time

22:00:00 UTC (07:00:00 Local)

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League
Korean Tour

Season
2026

Round
2

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Location
Seowon Hills at Seowon Valley Country Club

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The second round at Seowon Valley Country Club serves as the critical "moving day" for the field to secure their place for the weekend. The primary challenge remains the Valley Course’s narrow corridors, which become even more daunting as the tournament committee traditionally tucks the pins behind the protective bunkers for the second day. The objective for the overnight leaders is to maintain their aggressive stance on the reachable par-5s while showing defensive restraint on the long, uphill par-4s.

Strategically, the round is a battle for the cut line, with the "mechanical necessity" of finding the fairway being the difference between a birdie chance and a struggle for bogey in the thick Gyeonggi rough. The goal for those on the bubble is to navigate the challenging three-hole stretch from the 15th to the 17th without a scorecard-damaging error. With a ₩1,500,000,000 prize purse—one of the largest on the KPGA Tour—the tactical focus for the field is to manage the firming afternoon greens, which are expected to reach high speeds under the clear spring skies.