Korea Open (golf)

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 fund₩1,400,000,000
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 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 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

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

See also

Notes

  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

  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.

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