SK Telecom Open
Tournament information | |
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Location | South Korea |
Established | 1997 |
Course(s) | Pinx Golf Club |
Par | 71 |
Length | 7,316 yards (6,690 m) |
Tour(s) | Korean Tour OneAsia Tour Asian Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | ₩1,200,000,000 |
Month played | June |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 266 Bae Sang-moon (2010) |
To par | −22 as above |
Current champion | |
Kim Joo-hyung | |
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 May 4–7, 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 | |
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SK Telecom Open | ||||||||
2021 | KOR | Kim Joo-hyung | 270 | −14 | 3 strokes | (a) | Pinx | |
2020 | KOR | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||
2019 | KOR | 271 | −13 | 2 strokes | Lee Soo-min |
Sky 72 | ||
2018 | KOR | 275 | −13 | Playoff | Ryu Hyun-woo | Sky 72 | ||
2017 | KOR | (2) | 269 | −19 | 2 strokes | Park Sang-hyun | Sky 72 | |
2016 | KOR | 278 | −10 | 1 stroke | Kim Kyung-tae | Sky 72 | ||
2015 | KOR, ONE | 278 | −10 | 1 stroke | Lee Soo-min | Sky 72 | ||
2014 | KOR, ONE | Kim Seung-hyuk | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke | Kim Kyung-tae |
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 | 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 | Sky 72 | ||
2007 | ASA, KOR | Bae Sang-moon | 271 | −17 | 6 strokes | Aaron Baddeley |
BA Vista | |
2006 | ASA, KOR | Prom Meesawat | 201[b] | −15 | 3 strokes | 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 | 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 | (2) | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | Mo Joong-kyung | Ildong Lake | |
1999 | KOR | 278 | −10 | Playoff | |
Ildong Lake | ||
1998 | KOR | 269 | −19 | 9 strokes | K. J. Choi Kang Wook-soon |
Ildong Lake | ||
1997 | KOR | 285 | −3 | 2 strokes | Ildong Lake |
- ^ ASA − Asian Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
- ^ a b c d Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
Source:[3]
References[]
- ^ "Golf-OneAsia add Korea's SK Telecom Open to 2010 schedule". Yahoo! Sports. 9 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ ESPN.com, 2006 SK Telecom Open Final Results
- ^ https://golf.sktelecom.com/open/history.asp List of winners (In Korean)
External links[]
- Official website (in Korean)
- Korean Tour events
- Former Asian Tour events
- Golf tournaments in South Korea
- Recurring sporting events established in 1997
- Spring (season) events in South Korea
- 1997 establishments in South Korea