Korea Open (golf)

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The Kolon Korea Open, as it is currently known for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional golf tournament that has been held annually in South Korea since 1958.

Kolon Korea Open
Tournament information
LocationCheonan, South Korea
Established1958
Course(s)Woo Jeong Hills Country Club
Par71
Length7,326 yards (6,699 m)
Tour(s)Asian Tour
Korean Tour
Asia Golf Circuit
OneAsia Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund1,400,000,000
Month playedJune
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Sergio García (2002)
To par−23 as above
Current champion
South Korea Kim Min-kyu
Location map
Woo Jeong Hills CC is located in South Korea
Woo Jeong Hills CC
Woo Jeong Hills CC
Location in South Korea

The Korea Open was an event on the Asia Golf Circuit from 1970 until 1981. The Maekyung Open was founded in 1982 to replace it on the circuit, which allowed rescheduling of the Korea Open to later in the year.[1] It became a stop on the Asian Tour from 1998 to 2008, except for 2005, and then part of the OneAsia Tour schedule from 2009 to 2017, before returning to the Asian Tour in 2018.

In 2019, the total purse is KRW1,200,000,000 with KRW300,000,000 to the winner. The event has been played at Woo Jeong Hills since 2003.

In 2017, the winner and runner-up were eligible to compete in the 2017 Open Championship. Neither the winner, Chang Yi-keun, nor runner-up, Kim Gi-whan, had already qualified for the Open Championship so both took their places at the event. It was the first time either had played in the event. In 2018 the tournament became part of the Open Qualifying Series with two places available for the leading players not already qualified for the Open Championship.

Winners

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Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue
Kolon Korea Open
2024 ASA, KOR   Kim Min-kyu (2) 273 −11 3 strokes   Song Young-han Woo Jeong Hills
2023 ASA, KOR   Seungsu Han 278 −6 6 strokes   Kang Kyung-nam Woo Jeong Hills
2022 ASA, KOR   Kim Min-kyu 280 −4 Playoff   Cho Min-gyu Woo Jeong Hills
2021 KOR   Jun Seok Lee 276 −8 1 stroke   Park Eun-shin Woo Jeong Hills
2020 ASA, KOR Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
2019 ASA, KOR   Jazz Janewattananond 278 −6 1 stroke   Hwang Inn-choon Woo Jeong Hills
2018 ASA, KOR   Choi Min-chel 272 −12 2 strokes   Park Sang-hyun Woo Jeong Hills
2017 KOR, ONE   Chang Yi-keun 277 −7 Playoff   Kim Gi-whan Woo Jeong Hills
2016 KOR, ONE   Lee Kyoung-hoon (2) 268 −16 3 strokes   Choi Jin-ho Woo Jeong Hills
2015 KOR, ONE   Lee Kyoung-hoon 271 −13 4 strokes   Kim Meen-whee Woo Jeong Hills
2014 KOR, ONE   Kim Seung-hyuk 282 −2 2 strokes   Noh Seung-yul Woo Jeong Hills
2013 KOR, ONE   Kang Sung-hoon 280 −4 1 stroke   Kim Hyung-tae
  Lee Chang-woo (a)
  Lee Sang-hee
  Rory McIlroy
  Mo Joong-kyung
Woo Jeong Hills
2012 KOR, ONE   Kim Dae-sub (3) 279 −5 2 strokes   Kim Dae-hyun Woo Jeong Hills
2011 KOR, ONE   Rickie Fowler 268 −16 6 strokes   Rory McIlroy Woo Jeong Hills
2010 KOR, ONE   Yang Yong-eun (2) 280 −4 2 strokes   Choi Ho-sung
  Kim Bi-o
Woo Jeong Hills
Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open
2009 KOR, ONE   Bae Sang-moon (2) 274 −10 1 stroke   Kim Dae-sub Woo Jeong Hills
2008 ASA, KOR   Bae Sang-moon 273 −11 1 stroke   Ian Poulter Woo Jeong Hills
2007 ASA, KOR   Vijay Singh 278 −6 1 stroke   Kim Kyung-tae
  Yang Yong-eun
Woo Jeong Hills
2006 ASA, KOR   Yang Yong-eun 270 −14 3 strokes   Kang Ji-man Woo Jeong Hills
2005 KOR   Choi Gwang-soo 282 −2 Playoff   Hur Won-kyung (a) Woo Jeong Hills
Kolon Korea Open
2004 ASA, KOR   Edward Loar 286 −2 3 strokes   Simon Yates Woo Jeong Hills
2003 ASA, KOR   John Daly 282 −6 1 stroke   Thaworn Wiratchant Woo Jeong Hills
Kolon Cup Korea Open
2002 ASA, KOR   Sergio García 265 −23 3 strokes   Kang Wook-soon Hanyang
2001 ASA, KOR   Kim Dae-sub (a) (2) 272 −16 3 strokes   Park Do-kyu Hanyang
2000 ASA, KOR   Thongchai Jaidee 278 −10 1 stroke   Craig Kamps Hanyang
Kolon Korea Open
1999 ASA, KOR   K. J. Choi (2) 278 −10 1 stroke   Kyi Hla Han Hanyang
Kolon Sports Korea Open
1998 ASA, KOR   Kim Dae-sub (a) 278 −10 5 strokes   Choi Sang-ho
  Fran Quinn
Hanyang
Elord Korea Open
1997 KOR   Kim Jong-duck 285 −3 Playoff   Choi Gwang-soo
  Andrew Pitts
  Shin Yong-jin
Hanyang
1996 KOR   K. J. Choi 279 −9 1 stroke   Kim Jong-duck Hanyang
Korea Open
1995 KOR   Kwon Young-suk 282 −6 1 stroke   Choi Gwang-soo
  Choi Sang-ho
New Korea
1994 KOR   Mike Cunning 282 −6 2 strokes   Kim Jong-il Hanyang
1993 KOR   Han Young-keun 282 −6 Playoff   Kwak Heung-soo Hanyang
1992 KOR   Shigeru Noguchi 209 −7 3 strokes   Cho Chul-sang
  Lim Jin-han
Hanyang
1991 KOR   Scott Hoch (2) 279 Hanyang
1990 KOR   Scott Hoch 278 Hanyang
1989   Cho Chul-sang 210 New Korea
1988   Kwak Yuh-yun 282 Suwon
1987   Choi Youn-soo 283 Hansung
1986   Choi Yoon-soo 281 New Korea
1985   Cho Ho-sang 285 Gwanak
1984   Yeom Se-woon 284 Seoul
1983   Choi Sang-ho 287 Gwanak
1982   Choi Yoon-Soo 277 −11 Namseoul
1981 AGC   Chen Tze-ming (2) 285 −3 1 stroke   Hsu Chi-san Seoul
1980 AGC   Chen Tze-ming 214[b] −4 1 stroke   Choi Sang-ho
  Hisao Inoue
  Kim Suk-bong
  Park Jung-woong
  Yeom Se-woon
Gwanak
1979 AGC   Shen Chung-shyan 289 +1 2 strokes   Chen Tze-ming Seoul
1978 AGC   Kim Seung-hack (2) 277 −11 6 strokes   Hsu Sheng-san Namseoul
1977 AGC   Ho Ming-chung 285 −3 1 stroke   Hsieh Min-Nan Taeneung
1976 AGC   Katsunari Takahashi 214[b] −2 Playoff   Mya Aye Anyang
1975 AGC   Kuo Chie-Hsiung 284 −4 Playoff   Art Russell New Korea
1974 AGC   Cho Tae-woon 286 −2 4 strokes   Ben Arda
  Cho Am-kil
  Kuo Chie-Hsiung
Taeneung
1973 AGC   Kim Seung-hack 282 −6 1 stroke   Ireneo Legaspi Taeneung
1972 AGC   Han Chang-sang (7) 276 −12 6 strokes   Graham Marsh Seoul
1971 AGC   Han Chang-sang (6) 281 −7 4 strokes   Chang Chung-fa
  Lu Liang-Huan
Seoul
1970 AGC   Han Chang-sang (5) 289 +1 3 strokes   Ben Arda Seoul
1969   Hsieh Yung-yo (3) 286 −2 Seoul
1968   Kin-Chung Chan 283 −5 Seoul
1967   Han Chang-sang (4) 281 −7 Seoul
1966   Han Chang-sang (3) 295 +7 Seoul
1965   Han Chang-sang (2) 288 E Seoul
1964   Han Chang-sang 294 +6 Seoul
1963   Hsieh Yung-yo (2) 287 −1 Seoul
1962   Torakichi Nakamura 284 −4 Seoul
1961   Hsieh Yung-yo 293 +5 Seoul
1960   Orville Moody (3) 288 E Seoul
1959   Orville Moody (2) 301 +13 Seoul
1958   Orville Moody 306 +18 Seoul

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ AGC − Asia Golf Circuit; ASA − Asian Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
  2. ^ a b Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

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  1. ^ "Foundation and Development". Korea Open. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  2. ^ Williams, Julie (16 May 2020). "Korea Open canceled for first time in event's 62-year history". Golfweek.

Donald Steel. Golf Records Facts and Champions. ISBN 0-85112-847-5.

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