Korea Open (golf)

Korea Open
Tournament information
Location  South Korea
Established 1958
Course(s) Woo Jeong Hills CC
Tour(s) Korean Tour
OneAsia Tour (2009–2017)
Asian Tour (1998–2004, 2006–2008, 2018–)
Format Stroke play
Prize fund KRW1,200,000,000
Month played June
Tournament record score
Aggregate 265 Sergio García (2002)
To par −23 (as above)
Current champion
South Korea Choi Min-chel

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.

The Korea Open was a sole-sanctioned event in the first 40 years that the tournament was hosted. It was then joint sanctioned with the Asian Tour from 1998 to 2004 and then from 2006 to 2008. It was part of the OneAsia Tour schedule from 2009 to 2017, making a return to the Asian Tour in 2018.

In 2018, 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 2018 Open.

Winners

YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-up
Kolon Korea Open
2018Choi Min-chel South KoreaWoo Jeong Hills272−122 strokesSouth Korea Park Sang-hyun
2017Chang Yi-keun South KoreaWoo Jeong Hills277−7PlayoffSouth Korea Kim Gi-whan
2016Lee Kyoung-hoon (2) South KoreaWoo Jeong Hills268−163 strokesSouth Korea Choi Jin-ho
2015Lee Kyoung-hoon South KoreaWoo Jeong Hills271−134 strokesSouth Korea Kim Meen-whee
2014Kim Seung-hyuk South KoreaWoo Jeong Hills282−22 strokesSouth Korea Noh Seung-yul
2013Kang Sung-hoon South KoreaWoo Jeong Hills280−41 strokeSouth Korea Kim Hyung-tae
South Korea Lee Chang-woo (a)
South Korea Lee Sang-hee
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
South Korea Mo Joong-kyung
2012Kim Dae-sub (3) South KoreaWoo Jeong Hills279−52 strokesSouth Korea Kim Dae-hyun
Kolon Korea Open presented by Elord
2011Rickie Fowler United StatesWoo Jeong Hills268−166 strokesNorthern Ireland Rory McIlroy
2010Yang Yong-eun (2) South KoreaWoo Jeong Hills280−42 strokesSouth Korea Choi Ho-sung
South Korea Kim Bi-o
Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open
2009Bae Sang-moon (2) South KoreaWoo Jeong Hills274−101 strokeSouth Korea Kim Dae-sub
2008Bae Sang-moon South KoreaWoo Jeong Hills273−111 strokeEngland Ian Poulter
2007Vijay Singh FijiWoo Jeong Hills278−61 strokeSouth Korea Kim Kyung-tae
South Korea Yang Yong-eun
2006Yang Yong-eun South KoreaWoo Jeong Hills270−143 strokesSouth Korea Kang Ji-man
2005Choi Gwang-soo South KoreaWoo Jeong Hills282−2PlayoffSouth Korea Hur Won-kyung (a)
Kolon Korean Open
2004Edward Loar United StatesWoo Jeong Hills286−23 strokesScotland Simon Yates
2003John Daly United StatesWoo Jeong Hills282−61 strokeThailand Thaworn Wiratchant
Kolon Cup Korea Open
2002Sergio García SpainHanyang265−233 strokesSouth Korea Kang Wook-soon
2001Kim Dae-sub (a) (2) South KoreaHanyang272−163 strokesSouth Korea Park Do-kyu
2000Thongchai Jaidee ThailandSeoul CC278−101 strokeSouth Africa Craig Kamps
Kolon Korean Open
1999K. J. Choi (2) South KoreaSeoul CC278−101 strokeMyanmar Kyi Hla Han
Korea Open
1998Kim Dae-sub (a) South KoreaHanyang278−105 strokesSouth Korea Choi Sang-ho
United States Fran Quinn
Elord Korea Open
1997Kim Jong-duck South KoreaHanyang285−3PlayoffSouth Korea Choi Gwang-soo
United States Andrew Pitts
South Korea Shin Yong-jin
1996K. J. Choi South KoreaHanyang279−91 strokeSouth Korea Kim Jong-duck
YearWinnerCountryScore
1995Kwon Young-suk South Korea282
1994Mike Cunning United States282
1993Han Young-keun South Korea282
1992S Noguchi Japan209
1991Scott Hoch (2) United States279
1990Scott Hoch United States278
1989Cho Chul-sang South Korea210
1988Kwak Yuh-yun South Korea282
1987Choi Youn-soo South Korea283
1986Tsao Chien-Teng Thailand280 (−8)
1985Chen Tze-chung Taiwan280 (−8)
1984Michael Clayton Australia283 (−5)
1983Hiroshi Yamada Japan212 (−4)
1982Choi Yoon-Soo South Korea277 (−11)
1981Chen Tze-ming (2) Taiwan285 (−3)
1980Chen Tze-ming Taiwan214 (−4)
1979Shen Chung-Shyan Taiwan289 (+1)
1978Kim Seung-hack (2) South Korea277 (−11)
1977Ho Ming-Chung Taiwan285 (−3)
1976Katsunari Takahashi Japan214 (−2)
1975Kuo Chie-Hsiung Taiwan284 (−4)
1974Cho Tae-Woon South Korea286 (−2)
1973Kim Seung-hack South Korea282 (−6)
1972Han Chang-sang (7) South Korea276 (−12)
1971Han Chang-sang (6) South Korea281 (−7)
1970Han Chang-sang (5) South Korea289 (+1)
1969Hsieh Yung-yo (3) Taiwan286 (−2)
1968Kin-Chung Chan Taiwan283 (−5)
1967Han Chang-sang (4) South Korea281 (−7)
1966Han Chang-sang (3) South Korea295 (+7)
1965Han Chang-sang (2) South Korea288 (E)
1964Han Chang-sang South Korea294 (+6)
1963Hsieh Yung-yo (2) Taiwan287 (−1)
1962Torakichi Nakamura Japan284 (−4)
1961Hsieh Yung-yo Taiwan293 (+5)
1960Orville Moody (3) United States288 (E)
1959Orville Moody (2) United States301 (+13)
1958Orville Moody United States306 (+18)

References

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

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