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
Sadom Kaewkanjana
Location map
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
2025 ASA, KOR Sadom Kaewkanjana 277 −7 2 strokes Poom Saksansin Woo Jeong Hills
2024 ASA, KOR Kim Min-kyu (2) 273 −11 3 strokes Song Young-han Woo Jeong Hills
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 −6 1 stroke Choi Gwang-soo
Choi Sang-ho		 New Korea
1994 KOR Mike Cunning 282 −6 2 strokes Kim Jong-il Hanyang
1993 KOR Han Young-keun 282 −6 Playoff Kwak Heung-soo Hanyang
1992 KOR Shigeru Noguchi 209 −7 3 strokes Cho Chul-sang
Lim Jin-han		 Hanyang
1991 KOR Scott Hoch (2) 279 Hanyang
1990 KOR 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

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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