Korea Open (golf)


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. 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

YearWinnerCountryScore
1995Kwon Young-suk282
1994Mike Cunning282
1993Han Young-keun282
1992S Noguchi209
1991Scott Hoch 279
1990Scott Hoch278
1989Cho Chul-sang210
1988Kwak Yuh-yun282
1987Choi Youn-soo283
1986Choi Yoon-soo281
1985Cho Ho-sang285
1984Yeom Se-woon284
1983Choi Sang-ho287
1982Choi Yoon-Soo277
1981Chen Tze-ming 285
1980Chen Tze-ming214
1979Shen Chung-shyan289
1978Kim Seung-hack 277
1977Ho Ming-chung285
1976Katsunari Takahashi214
1975Kuo Chie-Hsiung284
1974Cho Tae-woon286
1973Kim Seung-hack282
1972Han Chang-sang 276
1971Han Chang-sang 281
1970Han Chang-sang 289
1969Hsieh Yung-yo 286
1968Kin-Chung Chan283
1967Han Chang-sang 281
1966Han Chang-sang 295
1965Han Chang-sang 288
1964Han Chang-sang294
1963Hsieh Yung-yo 287
1962Torakichi Nakamura284
1961Hsieh Yung-yo293
1960Orville Moody 288
1959Orville Moody 301
1958Orville Moody306