Korea Open (golf)

Kolon Korea OpenTournament information

Location| Cheonan, South Korea
Established| 1958
Course(s)| Woo Jeong Hills Country Club
Par| 71
Length| 7,326 yards (6,699 m)
Tour(s)| Asian Tour
Korean Tour
Asia Golf Circuit
OneAsia Tour
Format| Stroke play
Prize fund| ₩1,350,000,000
Month played| June
Tournament record score
Aggregate| 265 Sergio García (2002)
To par| −23 as above
Current champion
Seungsu Han
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[edit]

Year | Tour(s)[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of
victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue

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Kolon Korea Open
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 |  |  |  | Hanyang
1993 |  |  Han Young-keun | 282 |  |  |  | Hanyang
1992 |  |  S. Noguchi | 209 |  |  |  | Hanyang
1991 |  |  Scott Hoch (2) | 279 |  |  |  | Hanyang
1990 |  |  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

## Notes[edit]

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[edit]

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.

Donald Steel. Golf Records Facts and Champions. ISBN 0-85112-847-5.

## External links[edit]

* Official website (in Korean and English)
* Coverage on the Asian Tour's official site
* Past champions (in Korean)

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* IRS Prima Malaysian Open
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* Yeangder TPC
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