Tournament information | |
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Location | Seoul, South Korea |
Established | 1982 |
Course(s) | Nam Seoul Country Club |
Par | 71 |
Length | 7,039 yards (6,436 m) |
Tour(s) | Asian Tour Korean Tour OneAsia Tour Asia Golf Circuit |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | ₩1,200,000,000 |
Month played | May |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 267 Kim Kyung-tae (2011) |
To par | −21 as above |
Current champion | |
Jung Chan-min | |
Location Map | |
Location in South Korea |
The GS Caltex Maekyung Open, as it is known for sponsorship reasons, is a professional golf tournament that takes place in Seoul, South Korea. It was established in 1982, [1] replacing the Korea Open as the South Korean event on the Asia Golf Circuit. [2] Between 1999 and 2009 (except for 2004) it was a stop on the Asian Tour, and then in 2010 it became part of the OneAsia Tour schedule. [3] Since 2018, it has again been a fixture on the Asian Tour, except for 2020 and 2021 due to restrictions in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2005, Korean Choi Sang-ho won the tournament and set an Asian Tour record as the oldest winner on tour at 50 years and 145 days.
This tournament has generally been staged at the Nam Seoul Country Club. It has only been staged in four venues. The other venues that have been used are Lakeside in 1998, 1999, 2004 and 2006, Gwanak in 1984 and Elysian Gangchon in 2020.
Year | Tour(s) [lower-alpha 1] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue |
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GS Caltex Maekyung Open | |||||||
2023 | ASA, KOR | Jung Chan-min | 197 [lower-alpha 2] | −16 | 6 strokes | Lee Jung-hwan Song Min-hyuk (a) | Nam Seoul |
2022 | ASA, KOR | Kim Bi-o (2) | 275 | −9 | 2 strokes | Cho Min-gyu | Nam Seoul |
2021 | KOR | Hur In-hoi | 279 | −5 | 2 strokes | Tom Kim | Nam Seoul |
2020 | Lee Tae-hee (2) | 199 | −11 | 1 stroke | Cho Min-gyu Jun Seok Lee | Elysian Gangchon | |
2019 | ASA, KOR | Lee Tae-hee | 275 | −9 | Playoff [lower-alpha 4] | Janne Kaske | Nam Seoul |
2018 | ASA, KOR | Park Sang-hyun (2) | 283 | −1 | Playoff [lower-alpha 5] | Gaganjeet Bhullar Chang Yi-keun Hwang Jung-gon | Nam Seoul |
2017 | KOR, ONE | Lee Sang-hee | 276 | −8 | 2 strokes | Moon Kyong-jun | Nam Seoul |
2016 | KOR, ONE | Park Sang-hyun | 280 | −8 | Playoff [lower-alpha 6] | Lee Soo-min | Nam Seoul |
2015 | KOR, ONE | Moon Kyong-jun | 284 | −4 | 2 strokes | Ryan Fox Kim Do-hoon 752 Jason Norris Gareth Paddison | Nam Seoul |
2014 | KOR, ONE | Park Jun-won | 273 | −15 | 3 strokes | Park Sang-hyun | Nam Seoul |
2013 | KOR, ONE | Ryu Hyun-woo | 274 | −14 | 1 stroke | Kim Do-hoon 753 Kim Hyung-sung | Nam Seoul |
2012 | KOR, ONE | Kim Bi-o | 273 | −15 | 5 strokes | Ryu Hyun-woo | Nam Seoul |
2011 | KOR, ONE | Kim Kyung-tae (2) | 267 | −21 | 8 strokes | Kim Hyung-sung Cho Min-kyu | Nam Seoul |
2010 | KOR, ONE | Kim Dae-hyun | 270 | −18 | 4 strokes | Kim Kyung-tae | Nam Seoul |
2009 | ASA, KOR | Bae Sang-moon | 281 | −7 | Playoff [lower-alpha 7] | Ted Oh | Nam Seoul |
2008 | ASA, KOR | Hwang Inn-choon | 279 | −9 | Playoff [lower-alpha 8] | Noh Seung-yul | Nam Seoul |
2007 | ASA, KOR | Kim Kyung-tae | 270 | −18 | 5 strokes | Liang Wenchong | Nam Seoul |
2006 | ASA, KOR | Suk Jong-yul | 271 | −17 | 1 stroke | Bryan Saltus | Lakeside |
KT&G Maekyung Open | |||||||
2005 | ASA, KOR | Choi Sang-ho | 278 | −10 | 3 strokes | Thaworn Wiratchant | Nam Seoul |
Maekyung Open | |||||||
2004 | KOR | Mark Calcavecchia | 282 | −6 | 2 strokes | Jang Ik-jae | Lakeside |
2003 | ASA, KOR | Chung Joon | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | Amandeep Johl | Nam Seoul |
Maekyung LG Fashion Open | |||||||
2002 | ASA, KOR | Eddie Lee (a) | 268 | −20 | 1 stroke | Thammanoon Sriroj | Nam Seoul |
2001 | ASA, KOR | Choi Gwang-soo | 271 | −17 | 1 stroke | Arjun Atwal Kim Dae-sub (a) | Nam Seoul |
2000 | ASA, KOR | Kang Wook-soon | 278 | −10 | 1 stroke | Kim Felton | Nam Seoul |
Maekyung Daks Open | |||||||
1999 | ASA, KOR | James Kingston | 277 | −11 | Playoff | Kyi Hla Han | Lakeside |
Maekyung LG Fashion Open | |||||||
1998 | AGC, KOR | Scott Rowe | 205 [lower-alpha 9] | −11 | 3 strokes | Kwon Young-suk | Lakeside |
1997 | AGC, KOR | Shin Yong-jin | 272 | −16 | 1 stroke | Tim Balmer | Nam Seoul |
1996 | AGC | Park Nam-sin (2) | 285 | −3 | 5 strokes | Kim Sung-ho Rob Moss | Nam Seoul |
Maekyung Bando Fashion Open | |||||||
1995 | AGC | Brandt Jobe | 280 | −8 | 4 strokes | Choi Sang-ho | Nam Seoul |
Maekyung Open | |||||||
1994 | AGC | Kim Jong-duck | 284 | −4 | Playoff | Jim Rutledge Mike Tschetter | Nam Seoul |
1993 | AGC | Park Nam-sin | 281 | −7 | 1 stroke | Yeh Chang-ting | New Korea |
1992 | AGC | Todd Hamilton | 280 | −8 | Playoff | Lin Chie-hsiang | Nam Seoul |
1991 | AGC | Choi Sang-ho | 281 | −7 | 2 strokes | Hsieh Chin-sheng Park Nam-sin | Nam Seoul |
1990 | AGC | Lee Kang-sun | 212 | −4 | 3 strokes | Hsieh Chin-sheng | Nam Seoul |
1989 | AGC | Lu Hsi-chuen | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke | Chen Liang-hsi | Nam Seoul |
1988 | AGC | Frankie Miñoza | 279 | −9 | 1 stroke | Lim Jin-han | Nam Seoul |
1987 | AGC | Chen Liang-hsi | 279 | −9 | 3 strokes | Kim Sung-ho Brian Tennyson | Nam Seoul |
1986 | AGC | Tsao Chien-teng | 280 | −8 | 1 stroke | Hsieh Yu-shu | Nam Seoul |
1985 | AGC | Chen Tze-chung | 280 | −8 | 2 strokes | Rafael Alarcón Lu Chien-soon | Nam Seoul |
1984 | AGC | Mike Clayton | 283 | −5 | 1 stroke | John Jacobs Lu Hsi-chuen | Gwanak |
1983 | AGC | Hiroshi Yamada | 212 | −4 | 1 stroke | Lu Hsi-chuen | Seoul |
1982 | AGC | Kim Joo-heun (a) | 285 | −3 | 3 strokes | Rafael Alarcón | Seoul |
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