Korea Open (golf)
Tournament information | |
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Location |
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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 | |
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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.
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
Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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Kolon Korea Open | |||||||
2018 | Choi Min-chel | Woo Jeong Hills | 272 | −12 | 2 strokes | ||
2017 | Chang Yi-keun | Woo Jeong Hills | 277 | −7 | Playoff | ||
2016 | Lee Kyoung-hoon (2) | Woo Jeong Hills | 268 | −16 | 3 strokes | ||
2015 | Lee Kyoung-hoon | Woo Jeong Hills | 271 | −13 | 4 strokes | ||
2014 | Kim Seung-hyuk | Woo Jeong Hills | 282 | −2 | 2 strokes | ||
2013 | Kang Sung-hoon | Woo Jeong Hills | 280 | −4 | 1 stroke | ||
2012 | Kim Dae-sub (3) | Woo Jeong Hills | 279 | −5 | 2 strokes | ||
Kolon Korea Open presented by Elord | |||||||
2011 | Rickie Fowler | Woo Jeong Hills | 268 | −16 | 6 strokes | ||
2010 | Yang Yong-eun (2) | Woo Jeong Hills | 280 | −4 | 2 strokes | ||
Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open | |||||||
2009 | Bae Sang-moon (2) | Woo Jeong Hills | 274 | −10 | 1 stroke | ||
2008 | Bae Sang-moon | Woo Jeong Hills | 273 | −11 | 1 stroke | ||
2007 | Vijay Singh | Woo Jeong Hills | 278 | −6 | 1 stroke | ||
2006 | Yang Yong-eun | Woo Jeong Hills | 270 | −14 | 3 strokes | ||
2005 | Choi Gwang-soo | Woo Jeong Hills | 282 | −2 | Playoff | ||
Kolon Korean Open | |||||||
2004 | Edward Loar | Woo Jeong Hills | 286 | −2 | 3 strokes | ||
2003 | John Daly | Woo Jeong Hills | 282 | −6 | 1 stroke | ||
Kolon Cup Korea Open | |||||||
2002 | Sergio García | Hanyang | 265 | −23 | 3 strokes | ||
2001 | Kim Dae-sub (a) (2) | Hanyang | 272 | −16 | 3 strokes | ||
2000 | Thongchai Jaidee | Seoul CC | 278 | −10 | 1 stroke | ||
Kolon Korean Open | |||||||
1999 | K. J. Choi (2) | Seoul CC | 278 | −10 | 1 stroke | ||
Korea Open | |||||||
1998 | Kim Dae-sub (a) | Hanyang | 278 | −10 | 5 strokes | ||
Elord Korea Open | |||||||
1997 | Kim Jong-duck | Hanyang | 285 | −3 | Playoff | ||
1996 | K. J. Choi | Hanyang | 279 | −9 | 1 stroke |
Year | Winner | Country | Score |
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1995 | Kwon Young-suk | 282 | |
1994 | Mike Cunning | 282 | |
1993 | Han Young-keun | 282 | |
1992 | S Noguchi | 209 | |
1991 | Scott Hoch (2) | 279 | |
1990 | Scott Hoch | 278 | |
1989 | Cho Chul-sang | 210 | |
1988 | Kwak Yuh-yun | 282 | |
1987 | Choi Youn-soo | 283 | |
1986 | Tsao Chien-Teng | 280 (−8) | |
1985 | Chen Tze-chung | 280 (−8) | |
1984 | Michael Clayton | 283 (−5) | |
1983 | Hiroshi Yamada | 212 (−4) | |
1982 | Choi Yoon-Soo | 277 (−11) | |
1981 | Chen Tze-ming (2) | 285 (−3) | |
1980 | Chen Tze-ming | 214 (−4) | |
1979 | Shen Chung-Shyan | 289 (+1) | |
1978 | Kim Seung-hack (2) | 277 (−11) | |
1977 | Ho Ming-Chung | 285 (−3) | |
1976 | Katsunari Takahashi | 214 (−2) | |
1975 | Kuo Chie-Hsiung | 284 (−4) | |
1974 | Cho Tae-Woon | 286 (−2) | |
1973 | Kim Seung-hack | 282 (−6) | |
1972 | Han Chang-sang (7) | 276 (−12) | |
1971 | Han Chang-sang (6) | 281 (−7) | |
1970 | Han Chang-sang (5) | 289 (+1) | |
1969 | Hsieh Yung-yo (3) | 286 (−2) | |
1968 | Kin-Chung Chan | 283 (−5) | |
1967 | Han Chang-sang (4) | 281 (−7) | |
1966 | Han Chang-sang (3) | 295 (+7) | |
1965 | Han Chang-sang (2) | 288 (E) | |
1964 | Han Chang-sang | 294 (+6) | |
1963 | Hsieh Yung-yo (2) | 287 (−1) | |
1962 | Torakichi Nakamura | 284 (−4) | |
1961 | Hsieh Yung-yo | 293 (+5) | |
1960 | Orville Moody (3) | 288 (E) | |
1959 | Orville Moody (2) | 301 (+13) | |
1958 | Orville Moody | 306 (+18) |
References
Donald Steel. Golf Records Facts and Champions. ISBN 0-85112-847-5.
External links
- Official website (in Korean) & (in English)
- Coverage on the Asian Tour's official site
- Past champions (in Korean)