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.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Jeju, South Korea |
| Established | 1997 |
| Course(s) | Pinx Golf Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,326 yards (6,699 m) |
| Tour(s) | Asian Tour Korean Tour OneAsia Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | ₩1,300,000,000 |
| Month played | May |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 265 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 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 | ||||||||
| 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 | |
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Notes
References
External links
- Official website (in Korean)