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.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Cheonan, South Korea |
| Established | 1958 |
| Course(s) | Woo Jeong Hills Country Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,326 yards (6,699 m) |
| Tour(s) | Asian Tour Korean Tour Asia Golf Circuit OneAsia Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | ₩1,350,000,000 |
| Month played | June |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 265 Sergio García (2002) |
| To par | −23 as above |
| Current champion | |
 Seungsu Han | |
| Location map | |
  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 edit
| Year | Tour(s)[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kolon Korea Open | |||||||
| 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 | New Korea | |||
| 1994 | KOR | Mike Cunning |
282 | Hanyang | |||
| 1993 | Han Young-keun |
282 | Hanyang | ||||
| 1992 |  S. Noguchi |
209 | Hanyang | ||||
| 1991 | Scott Hoch (2) |
279 | Hanyang | ||||
| 1990 | 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 | |||
Notes edit
- ^ AGC − Asia Golf Circuit; ASA − Asian Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
- ^ a b Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
References edit
- ^ "Foundation and Development". Korea Open. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ 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.
External links edit
- Official website (in Korean and English)
- Coverage on the Asian Tour's official site
- Past champions (in Korean)