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The Korea Masters is an international badminton tournament that usually held in November or December every year of BWF event calendar in South Korea. The total prize money in 2016 was US$120,000. Before 2010, the level of the tournament was an International Challenge, which is the fourth level tournament of international badminton tournament. It began in 2007, when it was held in Suwon, then it moved to Yeosu in 2008 and Hwasun in 2009. In 2010, it was turned into a BWF Grand Prix event.

It became a BWF Grand Prix Gold event in 2011, and it remained at that level through the end of Grand Prix Gold in 2017, with the exception of 2014, when it changed back to Grand Prix status, the same year Korea hosted both the Asian Games and the Badminton Asia Championships. The tournament was held in cities in the southwest from 2011 to 2017: in Hwasun in 2011 and 2012, then in Jeonju for 2013 to 2015, then Seogwipo and Gwangju. In 2015, the name of the tournament changed to Korea Masters.

In 2018, this tournament is the part of the BWF World Tour Super 300, after the Grand Prix Gold event ceased.

**Korea Masters** er en årlig internasjonal badmintonturnering som arrangeres i Sør-Korea. Turneringen har status som en BWF World Tour Super 300-turnering og er en del av Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour. Turneringen ble første gang arrangert i 2007 og har blitt arrangert årlig siden da.

Korea Masters arrangeres vanligvis i oktober eller november hvert år i Gwangju eller Seoul. Turneringen er åpen for mannlige og kvinnelige spillere i single- og double-disipliner. Totalpremiepotten for turneringen er på over 200 000 amerikanske dollar.

Noen av de mest fremtredende spillerne som har deltatt i Korea Masters inkluderer:

* Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
* Lin Dan (Kina)
* Viktor Axelsen (Danmark)
* Tai Tzu-ying (Taiwan)
* Chen Long (Kina)
* Carolina Marin (Spania)

Korea Masters er en populær turnering blant både spillere og fans. Turneringen gir spillerne en mulighet til å tjene viktige rankingpoeng og forberede seg til større turneringer som VM og OL.