SK Telecom Open

SK Telecom Open
Tournament information
LocationJeju, South Korea
Established1997
Course(s)Pinx Golf Club
Par71
Length7,326 yards (6,699 m)
Tour(s)Asian Tour
Korean Tour
OneAsia Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund₩1,300,000,000
Month playedMay
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Kim Bi-o (2022)
To par−22 Bae Sang-moon (2010)
Current champion
K. J. Choi
Location map
Pinx GC
Location in South Korea

The SK Telecom Open is an annual professional golf tournament hosted in South Korea and sponsored by the Korean cell phone company SK Telecom. The tournament was inaugurated in June 1997 as "SK Telecom Classic", and renamed in 2001. It is part of the Korean Tour for men, and was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour from 2001 to 2007. It was co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour from 2010 to 2015.[1] Since 2017 it has had prize money of ₩1,200,000,000.

The tenth edition, held 4–7 May 2006, was shortened to 54 holes because of rain.[2] The tournament that year made international headlines when teenage golfer Michelle Wie made the cut, only the second female golfer to do so in a Korean men's tournament after Se Ri Pak in 2003 and the first to do it in an Asian Tour tournament.

It has been staged at five different venues since its inception: Pinx Golf Club, Sky 72 Golf Club, BA Vista, IIdong Lake and the Lakeside Golf Clubs.

Winners

Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue
SK Telecom Open
2025 KOR Eom Jae-woong 202[b] −11 Playoff Richard T. Lee Pinx
2024 KOR K. J. Choi (4) 281 −3 Playoff Park Sang-hyun Pinx
2023 KOR Baek Seuk-hyun 271 −13 1 stroke Lee Tae-hoon Pinx
2022 KOR Kim Bi-o (2) 265 −19 7 strokes Gang Yun-seok Pinx
2021 KOR Tom Kim 270 −14 3 strokes Kim Baek-jun (a) Pinx
2020: No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 KOR Ham Jeong-woo 271 −13 2 strokes Jung Ji-ho
Lee Soo-min		 Sky 72
2018 KOR Kwon Sung-yeol 275 −13 Playoff Ryu Hyun-woo Sky 72
2017 KOR Choi Jin-ho (2) 269 −19 2 strokes Park Sang-hyun Sky 72
2016 KOR Lee Sang-hee 278 −10 1 stroke Kim Kyung-tae Sky 72
2015 KOR, ONE Choi Jin-ho 278 −10 1 stroke Lee Soo-min Sky 72
2014 KOR, ONE Kim Seung-hyuk 277 −11 1 stroke Kim Kyung-tae
Lee Tae-hee		 Sky 72
2013 KOR, ONE Matthew Griffin 203[b] −13 1 stroke Kang Wook-soon Pinx
2012 KOR, ONE Kim Bi-o 270 −18 3 strokes Park Sang-hyun Pinx
2011 KOR, ONE Kurt Barnes 202[b] −14 1 stroke Kim Kyung-tae Pinx
2010 KOR, ONE Bae Sang-moon (2) 266 −22 3 strokes Kim Dae-hyun Sky 72
2009 KOR Park Sang-hyun 276 −12 1 stroke Kim Do-hoon Sky 72
2008 KOR K. J. Choi (3) 272 −16 4 strokes Kang Kyung-nam Sky 72
2007 ASA, KOR Bae Sang-moon 271 −17 6 strokes Aaron Baddeley
Kim Hyung-tae		 BA Vista
2006 ASA, KOR Prom Meesawat 201[b] −15 3 strokes Lee Seong-ho
Jeev Milkha Singh		 Sky 72
2005 ASA, KOR K. J. Choi (2) 275 −13 5 strokes Andrew Buckle
Fred Couples		 Ildong Lake
2004 ASA, KOR Simon Yates 279 −9 1 stroke Rick Gibson
Charlie Wi		 BA Vista
2003 ASA, KOR K. J. Choi 201[b] −15 Playoff Shin Yong-jin BA Vista
2002 ASA, KOR Charlie Wi (2) 272 −16 2 strokes Kim Felton
Kevin Na		 Lakeside
2001 ASA, KOR Charlie Wi 281 −7 Playoff Kang Wook-soon
Simon Yates		 Ildong Lake
SK Telecom Classic
2000 KOR Park Nam-sin (2) 275 −13 1 stroke Mo Joong-kyung Ildong Lake
1999 KOR Park Nam-sin 278 −10 Playoff Kim Wan-tae
Park Boo-won		 Ildong Lake
1998 KOR Choi Gwang-soo 269 −19 9 strokes K. J. Choi
Kang Wook-soon		 Ildong Lake
1997 KOR Park No-seok 285 −3 2 strokes Choi Sang-ho Ildong Lake

Source:[3]

Notes

  1. ^ ASA − Asian Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
  2. ^ a b c d e Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

  1. ^ "Golf-OneAsia add Korea's SK Telecom Open to 2010 schedule". Yahoo! Sports. 9 April 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  2. ^ "2006 SK Telecom Open final scores". ESPN. Associated Press. 7 May 2006.
  3. ^ "List of winners" (in Korean).
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