DB Insurance Promy Open

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DB Insurance Promy Open
Tournament information
Location Chuncheon, South Korea
Established2010
Course(s)La Vie est Belle Resort
Par71
Length7,129 yards (6,519 m)
Tour(s) Korean Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund 700,000,000
Month playedApril
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Koh Gun-taek (2023)
To par−20 as above
Score4 and 3 Kang Kyung-sool (2008)
Current champion
Flag of South Korea.svg Koh Gun-taek
Location Map
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La Vie est Belle Resort
Location in South Korea

The DB Insurance Promy Open is a professional golf tournament that takes place in South Korea sponsored by DB Insurance. Until 2017 it was called the Dongbu Insurance Promy Open. It has been held at Montvert Country Club from 2015 to 2019. Since 2014 it has been the opening event of the season, held in April. In 2010 and 2011 the event had prize money of 300,000,000, rising to ₩400,000,000 in 2012 and ₩500,000,000 in 2016. The event was cancelled in 2020 but returned in 2021 with prize money of ₩700,000,000 and a new venue, Oak Valley Country Club.

In 2008 and 2009 Dongbu Insurance sponsored a match play event, the SBS Dongbu Insurance Matchplay Championship, the forerunner of the Munsingwear Championship which started in 2010. Prize money was ₩300,000,000 in both years. In 2006 and 2007 they sponsored a 36-hole end-of-season invitational event which included seniors. They also sponsored the KPGA Championship in 2005.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upVenue
DB Insurance Promy Open
2024 Flag placeholder.svgFlag placeholder.svgLa Vie est Belle
2023 Flag of South Korea.svg Koh Gun-taek 268−202 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sang-hyun La Vie est Belle
2022 Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sang-hyun 274−101 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Sung-min
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Hyung-joon
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jun Seok Lee
La Vie est Belle
2021 Flag of South Korea.svg Mun Do-yeob 277−113 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Tom Kim Oak Valley
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Richard T. Lee 274−141 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Jae-ho Montvert
2018 Flag of South Korea.svg Jeon Ga-lam 273−154 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Park Hyo-won Montvert
Dongbu Insurance Promy Open
2017 Flag of South Korea.svg Maeng Dong-seop 269−193 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Park Il-hwan Montvert
2016 Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Jin-ho 271−173 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Chang-woo Montvert
2015 Flag of South Korea.svg Hur In-hoi 281−7Playoff Flag of South Korea.svg Park Hyo-won Montvert
2014 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Dong-min 279−93 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sung-ho Welli Hilli
2013 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Chang-woo (a)274−141 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg Song Young-han Welli Hilli
2012 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Dae-sub 273−154 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Do-hoon 753 Welli Hilli
2011 Flag of South Korea.svg Kang Kyung-nam 280−86 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Dong-min Welli Hilli
Dongbu Insurance Promy Gunsan CC Open
2010 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Do-hoon 752 277−11Playoff Flag of South Korea.svg Kang Kyung-nam
Flag of South Korea.svg Kang Wook-soon
Gunsan
SBS Dongbu Insurance Guncan CC Matchplay Championship
2009 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Ki-sang 2 and 1 Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Jae-hoon Gunsan
SBS Dongbu Insurance Eden Valley Resort Matchplay Championship
2008 Flag of South Korea.svg Kang Kyung-sool 4 and 3 Flag of South Korea.svg Kang Kyung-nam Eden Valley

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