Maekyung Open

GS Caltex Maekyung Open
Tournament information
LocationSeongnam, South Korea
Established1982
Course(s)Nam Seoul Country Club
Par71
Length7,039 yards (6,436 m)
Tour(s)Asian Tour
Korean Tour
OneAsia Tour
Asia Golf Circuit
FormatStroke play
Prize fund1,300,000,000
Month playedMay
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Kim Kyung-tae (2011)
To par−21 as above
Current champion
Mun Do-yeob
Location map
Nam Seoul CC
Location in South Korea

The GS Caltex Maekyung Open, as it is known for sponsorship reasons, is a professional golf tournament that takes place in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It was established in 1982,[1] replacing the Korea Open as the South Korean event on the Asia Golf Circuit.[2] Between 1999 and 2009 (except for 2004) it was a stop on the Asian Tour, and then in 2010 it became part of the OneAsia Tour schedule.[3] Since 2018, it has again been a fixture on the Asian Tour, except for 2020 and 2021 due to restrictions in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2005, Korean Choi Sang-ho won the tournament and set an Asian Tour record as the oldest winner on tour at 50 years and 145 days.

This tournament has generally been staged at the Nam Seoul Country Club. It has only been staged in four venues. The other venues that have been used are Lakeside in 1998, 1999, 2004 and 2006, Gwanak in 1984 and Elysian Gangchon in 2020.

Winners

Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue
GS Caltex Maekyung Open
2025 ASA, KOR Mun Do-yeob 274 −10 3 strokes Jazz Janewattananond
Kim Baek-jun
Lee Jung-hwan
Nam Seoul
2024 ASA, KOR Kim Hong-taek 274 −10 Playoff Chonlatit Chuenboonngam Nam Seoul
2023 ASA, KOR Jung Chan-min 197[b] −16 6 strokes Lee Jung-hwan
Song Min-hyuk (a)
Nam Seoul
2022 ASA, KOR Kim Bi-o (2) 275 −9 2 strokes Cho Min-gyu Nam Seoul
2021 KOR Hur In-hoi 279 −5 2 strokes Tom Kim Nam Seoul
2020 ASA,[c] KOR Lee Tae-hee (2) 199 −11 1 stroke Cho Min-gyu
Jun Seok Lee
Elysian Gangchon
2019 ASA, KOR Lee Tae-hee 275 −9 Playoff[d] Janne Kaske Nam Seoul
2018 ASA, KOR Park Sang-hyun (2) 283 −1 Playoff[e] Gaganjeet Bhullar
Chang Yi-keun
Hwang Jung-gon
Nam Seoul
2017 KOR, ONE Lee Sang-hee 276 −8 2 strokes Moon Kyong-jun Nam Seoul
2016 KOR, ONE Park Sang-hyun 280 −8 Playoff[f] Lee Soo-min Nam Seoul
2015 KOR, ONE Moon Kyong-jun 284 −4 2 strokes Ryan Fox
Kim Do-hoon 752
Jason Norris
Gareth Paddison
Nam Seoul
2014 KOR, ONE Park Jun-won 273 −15 3 strokes Park Sang-hyun Nam Seoul
2013 KOR, ONE Ryu Hyun-woo 274 −14 1 stroke Kim Do-hoon 753
Kim Hyung-sung
Nam Seoul
2012 KOR, ONE Kim Bi-o 273 −15 5 strokes Ryu Hyun-woo Nam Seoul
2011 KOR, ONE Kim Kyung-tae (2) 267 −21 8 strokes Kim Hyung-sung
Cho Min-kyu
Nam Seoul
2010 KOR, ONE Kim Dae-hyun 270 −18 4 strokes Kim Kyung-tae Nam Seoul
2009 ASA, KOR Bae Sang-moon 281 −7 Playoff[g] Ted Oh Nam Seoul
2008 ASA, KOR Hwang Inn-choon 279 −9 Playoff[h] Noh Seung-yul Nam Seoul
2007 ASA, KOR Kim Kyung-tae 270 −18 5 strokes Liang Wenchong Nam Seoul
2006 ASA, KOR Suk Jong-yul 271 −17 1 stroke Bryan Saltus Lakeside
KT&G Maekyung Open
2005 ASA, KOR Choi Sang-ho 278 −10 3 strokes Thaworn Wiratchant Nam Seoul
Maekyung Open
2004 KOR Mark Calcavecchia 282 −6 2 strokes Jang Ik-jae Lakeside
2003 ASA, KOR Chung Joon 275 −13 1 stroke Amandeep Johl Nam Seoul
Maekyung LG Fashion Open
2002 ASA, KOR Eddie Lee (a) 268 −20 1 stroke Thammanoon Sriroj Nam Seoul
2001 ASA, KOR Choi Gwang-soo 271 −17 1 stroke Arjun Atwal
Kim Dae-sub (a)
Nam Seoul
2000 ASA, KOR Kang Wook-soon 278 −10 1 stroke Kim Felton Nam Seoul
Maekyung Daks Open
1999 ASA, KOR James Kingston 277 −11 Playoff Kyi Hla Han Lakeside
Maekyung LG Fashion Open
1998 AGC, KOR Scott Rowe 205[i] −11 3 strokes Kwon Young-suk Lakeside
1997 AGC, KOR Shin Yong-jin 272 −16 1 stroke Tim Balmer Nam Seoul
1996 AGC, KOR Park Nam-sin (2) 285 −3 5 strokes Kim Sung-ho
Rob Moss
Nam Seoul
Maekyung Bando Fashion Open
1995 AGC Brandt Jobe 280 −8 4 strokes Choi Sang-ho Nam Seoul
Maekyung Open
1994 AGC Kim Jong-duck 284 −4 Playoff Jim Rutledge
Mike Tschetter
Nam Seoul
1993 AGC Park Nam-sin 281 −7 1 stroke Yeh Chang-ting New Korea
1992 AGC Todd Hamilton 280 −8 Playoff Lin Chie-hsiang Nam Seoul
1991 AGC Choi Sang-ho 281 −7 2 strokes Hsieh Chin-sheng
Park Nam-sin
Nam Seoul
1990 AGC Lee Kang-sun 212 −4 3 strokes Hsieh Chin-sheng Nam Seoul
1989 AGC Lu Hsi-chuen 277 −11 1 stroke Chen Liang-hsi Nam Seoul
1988 AGC Frankie Miñoza 279 −9 1 stroke Lim Jin-han Nam Seoul
1987 AGC Chen Liang-hsi 279 −9 3 strokes Kim Sung-ho
Brian Tennyson
Nam Seoul
1986 AGC Tsao Chien-teng 280 −8 1 stroke Hsieh Yu-shu Nam Seoul
1985 AGC Chen Tze-chung 280 −8 2 strokes Rafael Alarcón
Lu Chien-soon
Nam Seoul
1984 AGC Mike Clayton 283 −5 1 stroke John Jacobs
Lu Hsi-chuen
Gwanak
1983 AGC Hiroshi Yamada 212 −4 1 stroke Lu Hsi-chuen Seoul
1982 AGC Kim Joo-heun (a) 285 −3 3 strokes Rafael Alarcón Seoul

Sources:[4][5][6]

Notes

  1. ^ AGC − Asia Golf Circuit; ASA − Asian Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
  2. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
  3. ^ Held without Asian Tour co-sanctioning due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  4. ^ Lee won with a birdie on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  5. ^ Park won with a par on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff; Bhullar was eliminated on the first extra hole, and Hwang on the second.
  6. ^ Park won with a par on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  7. ^ Bae won with a par on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  8. ^ Hwang won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  9. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

  1. ^ "Award Foundations and Educational Programs" (PDF). Overview of the Maekyung Media Group. p. 14. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Foundation and Development". Korea Open. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Maekyung Open added to OneAsia tour". USA Today. Associated Press. 7 January 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  4. ^ "South Korean amateur Kim Joo-Heun shot a 2-under-par 70..." UPI. 18 April 1982.
  5. ^ "Tournament History". Korean PGA (in Korean).
  6. ^ "김종덕 2번 홀 '행복의 미소'" [Kim Jong-duck's 2nd hole, "The smile of happiness"]. Maeil Business (in Korean). South Korea. 18 April 1994. p. 27 (26 in paper). Retrieved 26 December 2023 – via Naver.