{"id":1046,"date":"2026-02-11T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.34.14.113\/en\/2026\/02\/11\/golfzon-restores-gunjari-cc-a-landmark-in-korean-golf-history-as-a-screen-golf-course\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T06:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T06:12:14","slug":"golfzon-restores-gunjari-cc-a-landmark-in-korean-golf-history-as-a-screen-golf-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/golfzon-restores-gunjari-cc-a-landmark-in-korean-golf-history-as-a-screen-golf-course\/","title":{"rendered":"GOLFZON Restores &#8216;Gunjari CC,&#8217; a Landmark in Korean Golf History, as a Screen Golf Course"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span><span>Korea&#8217;s first 18-hole golf course, &#8216;Gunjari CC,&#8217; restored as a screen golf course, bringing a forgotten historic course back to the world<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span><span>Playable at GOLFZON venues nationwide, featuring a meticulous course that recreates the terrain and atmosphere of Gunjari CC as it was in operation<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span><span>GOLFZON plans to focus on preserving golf cultural assets by restoring vanished Korean golf courses in a digital environment through its simulator technology<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/img_001_a34b34e61e67dd80-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1047\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/img_001_a34b34e61e67dd80-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/img_001_a34b34e61e67dd80-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/img_001_a34b34e61e67dd80-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/img_001_a34b34e61e67dd80.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span><span>(Photo 1) GOLFZON announced that it has restored &#8216;Gunjari CC,&#8217; Korea&#8217;s first 18-hole golf course, as a screen golf course (Gunjari CC Hole 6)<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/image12-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\uace8\ud504\uc874\uc774 \ud55c\uad6d \ucd5c\ucd08\uc758\u00a018\ud640 \uace8\ud504\uc7a5\uc778\u00a0\u2018\uad70\uc790\ub9acCC\u2019\ub97c\n\uc2a4\ud06c\ub9b0\uace8\ud504 \ucf54\uc2a4\ub85c \ubcf5\uc6d0\ud574 \uc120\ubcf4\uc778\ub2e4\uace0 \ubc1d\ud614\ub2e4\u00a0(\uad70\uc790\ub9acCC 1\ubc88\ud640\n\ud56d\uacf5\uc0f7)\" class=\"wp-image-3118\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/image12-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/image12-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/image12-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/image12.png 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span>(<span>Photo 2) GOLFZON announced that it has restored &#8216;Gunjari CC,&#8217; Korea&#8217;s first 18-hole golf course, as a screen golf course (Gunjari CC Hole 1 aerial shot)<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>GOLFZON Co., Ltd.<\/span><span>(<\/span><span>Co-CEOs Park Kang-soo<\/span><span>\u00b7<\/span><span>Choi Deok-hyung<\/span><span>)<\/span><span> announced on the <\/span><span>11<\/span><span>th that it has restored <\/span><span>&#8216;<\/span><span>Gunjari <\/span><span>CC,&#8217;<\/span><span> regarded as the starting point of Korean golf, as a screen golf course and is presenting it at screen golf venues nationwide equipped with GOLFZON simulators<\/span><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>&#8216;Gunjari CC,&#8217; regarded as the starting point of Korean golf,<\/span><span> <\/span><span><\/span><span><\/span><span> is<\/span><span> 1929<\/span><span>Korea&#8217;s first 18-hole golf course, which opened in<\/span><span> <\/span><span> a symbolic space where Korean golf culture began in earnest<\/span><span>. <\/span><span>Although its function as a golf course ended in<\/span><span> 1972<\/span><span> when the area was converted into Seoul Children&#8217;s Grand Park due to urban development<\/span><span>, <\/span><span>the building of Korea&#8217;s first golf course clubhouse, which stood beside Hole 1, is still preserved in the Children&#8217;s Grand Park today as <\/span><span>&#8216;<\/span><span>Kkummaru<\/span><span>&#8216;<\/span><span><\/span><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>GOLFZON restored the course based on the historical materials and records of Gunjari<\/span><span> CC<\/span><span>, applying Unreal Engine<\/span><span> 5<\/span><span> to the simulator technology it has accumulated over the past<\/span><span> 20<\/span><span>-plus years<\/span><span>. <\/span><span>The course as a whole reflects the flow of the terrain and the atmosphere of the period when it operated from<\/span><span> 1929<\/span><span> to <\/span><span>1971<\/span><span>, and in particular<\/span><span>, <\/span><span>the cart paths and ground textures were a focal point in recreating the past Gunjari<\/span><span> CC <\/span><span>environment<\/span><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>GOLFZON reborn this precisely restored course through its screen golf platform by applying Unreal Engine<\/span><span> 5<\/span><span>, <\/span><span>which delivers extreme realism, a sophisticated physics engine<\/span><span>, <\/span><span>and support for high-performance hardware<\/span><span>. <\/span><span>This restoration of the Gunjari<\/span><span> CC <\/span><span>course carries great significance in that it offers golfers the special experience of playing a round at a now-vanished historic site of Korean golf and contributes to carrying on Korea&#8217;s golf cultural heritage in a digital environment<\/span><span>.<\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Lee Jung-woo, head of GOLFZON&#8217;s Franchise Business Division, said, <\/span><span>&#8220;<\/span><span>The restoration of the Gunjari<\/span><span> CC <\/span><span>course is a meaningful endeavor that allows today&#8217;s golfers to directly experience the starting point of Korean golf<\/span><span>,&#8221;<\/span><span> adding, <\/span><span>&#8220;<\/span><span>Going forward, GOLFZON will continue to preserve golf cultural assets in a digital environment based on its technology and steadily expand the scope of its screen golf content<\/span><span>.&#8221;<\/span><span><\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOLFZON Co., Ltd.(Co-CEOs Park Kang-soo\u00b7Choi Deok-hyung) announced on the 11th that it has restored &#8216;Gunjari CC,&#8217; regarded as the starting point of Korean golf, as a screen golf course and is presenting it at screen golf venues nationwide equipped with GOLFZON simulators. &#8216;Gunjari CC,&#8217; regarded as the starting point of Korean golf, is 1929Korea&#8217;s first 18-hole golf course, which opened in a symbolic space where Korean golf culture began in earnest. Although its function as a golf course ended in 1972 when the area was converted into Seoul Children&#8217;s Grand Park due to urban development, the building of Korea&#8217;s first golf course clubhouse, which stood beside Hole 1, is still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"family":[15],"class_list":["post-1046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-center","category-press-release","family-golfzon-korea"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4171,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046\/revisions\/4171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1046"},{"taxonomy":"family","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/family?post=1046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}