{"id":1367,"date":"2024-09-29T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.34.14.113\/en\/2024\/09\/29\/golfzon-wins-grand-prize-and-minister-of-culture-sports-and-tourism-citation-at-the-2024-korea-golf-industry-awards\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T06:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T06:12:15","slug":"golfzon-wins-grand-prize-and-minister-of-culture-sports-and-tourism-citation-at-the-2024-korea-golf-industry-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/golfzon-wins-grand-prize-and-minister-of-culture-sports-and-tourism-citation-at-the-2024-korea-golf-industry-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"GOLFZON Wins Grand Prize and Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Citation at the 2024 Korea Golf Industry Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span><strong>Lowering the barriers to entry into golf through screen golf and contributing to the advancement of golf industry technology based on proprietary capabilities, leading the development of Korea&#8217;s golf industry<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span><strong>Steadily contributing to the growth of the golf tour industry by hosting the KPGA Regular Tour for the development of men&#8217;s professional competitions and a domestic screen golf tour<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span><strong>Establishing itself as a global total golf platform company by expanding into 64 countries worldwide, including the U.S., China, and Japan, showcasing its screen golf technology<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/e6df9735c13a884c97f7a44cce92497c-1024x578.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1366\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/e6df9735c13a884c97f7a44cce92497c-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/e6df9735c13a884c97f7a44cce92497c-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/e6df9735c13a884c97f7a44cce92497c-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/e6df9735c13a884c97f7a44cce92497c-1536x867.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/e6df9735c13a884c97f7a44cce92497c.jpg 1914w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Photo. At the &#8216;2024 Korea Golf Industry Awards ceremony&#8217; held on the 27th (Fri.) at the Maple Hall of The Plaza Hotel in Seoul, (from left) Jang Mi-ran, Second Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and Choi Deok-hyung, CEO of GOLFZON, pose for a commemorative photo.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>GOLFZON Co., Ltd. (Co-CEOs Park Kang-soo and Choi Deok-hyung) announced on the 29th that it won the Grand Prize and the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Citation at the <\/span><span><\/span><span><\/span><span>&#8216;<\/span><span>2024 Korea Golf Industry Awards<\/span><span>&#8216;<\/span><span> ceremony<\/span><span> held on the 27th (Fri.) at the Maple Hall of The Plaza Hotel in Seoul.<\/span><span><\/span><span><\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>&#8216;<\/span><span>2024 Korea Golf Industry Awards<\/span><span>&#8216;<\/span><span> is an awards program hosted by Seoul Economic Daily and Seoul Economic TV and sponsored by the Korea Golf Association, the Korea Professional Golfers&#8217; Association (KPGA), the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA), and the Korea Golf Course Business Association, presented to companies that have contributed to the development of the golf industry<\/span><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Screen golf <\/span><span>company GOLFZON has led the popularization of golf by creating a new golf culture that did not previously exist, and has grown into a total golf service company based on its indoor <\/span><span>screen golf course<\/span><span> business<\/span><span> and golf lessons. Today, building on its proprietary golf simulator technology, it has expanded into <\/span><span><\/span><span><\/span><span>64 countries around the world<\/span><span> and established itself as a global <\/span><span>total <\/span><span>golf platform company by spreading its outstanding <\/span><span>screen golf <\/span><span>technology.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>GOLFZON is recognized for leading the popularization of golf in the domestic golf market by easing the barriers to entry into golf through screen golf, and it received this award in recognition of having contributed to the golf industry as a whole as a leading company in the field, demonstrating exemplary practices such as: <\/span><span>generating economic effects from its golf business, including job creation; <\/span><span>contributing to the advancement of golf industry technology through proprietary capabilities; hosting the KPGA Regular Tour for the development of men&#8217;s professional competitions; hosting the world&#8217;s first screen golf tour; carrying out CSR and social contribution activities based on a management philosophy of sharing and consideration; and promoting employee welfare and family-friendly management to help resolve social issues and balance work and family<\/span><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Choi Deok-hyung, CEO of GOLFZON, said, &#8220;GOLFZON has taken the lead in providing golfers around the world with new enjoyment and benefits by developing an unprecedented screen golf system and platform,<\/span><span>&#8220;<\/span><span> adding, <\/span><span>&#8220;<\/span><span>GOLFZON will continue to strive for the revival of Korea&#8217;s golf industry by pursuing shared growth with local communities and business owners based on a management philosophy of sharing, as well as the broader golf industry, and will do its utmost to advance both field and screen golf tours and to widely promote our outstanding screen golf technology in the global market.&#8221;<\/span><span><\/span><span><\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOLFZON Co., Ltd. (Co-CEOs Park Kang-soo and Choi Deok-hyung) announced on the 29th that it won the Grand Prize and the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Citation at the &#8216;2024 Korea Golf Industry Awards&#8216; ceremony held on the 27th (Fri.) at the Maple Hall of The Plaza Hotel in Seoul. &#8216;2024 Korea Golf Industry Awards&#8216; is an awards program hosted by Seoul Economic Daily and Seoul Economic TV and sponsored by the Korea Golf Association, the Korea Professional Golfers&#8217; Association (KPGA), the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA), and the Korea Golf Course Business Association, presented to companies that have contributed to the development of the golf industry. 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