SK Telecom Open

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SK Telecom Open
Tournament information
Location Jeju, South Korea
Established1997
Course(s)Pinx Golf Club
Par71
Length7,326 yards (6,699 m)
Tour(s) Asian Tour
Korean Tour
OneAsia Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund 1,300,000,000
Month playedMay
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Kim Bi-o (2022)
To par−22 Bae Sang-moon (2010)
Current champion
Flag of South Korea.svg K. J. Choi
Location map
South Korea physical map2.svg
Icona golf.svg
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.

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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

YearTour(s) [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upVenue
SK Telecom Open
2024 KOR Flag of South Korea.svg K. J. Choi (4)281−3Playoff Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sang-hyun Pinx
2023 KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Baek Seuk-hyun 271−131 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Tae-hoon Pinx
2022 KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Bi-o (2)265−197 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Gang Yun-seok Pinx
2021 KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Tom Kim 270−143 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Baek-jun (a)Pinx
2020: No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Ham Jeong-woo 271−132 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Ji-ho
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Soo-min
Sky 72
2018 KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Kwon Sung-yeol 275−13Playoff Flag of South Korea.svg Ryu Hyun-woo Sky 72
2017 KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Jin-ho (2)269−192 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sang-hyun Sky 72
2016 KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sang-hee 278−101 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Kyung-tae Sky 72
2015 KOR, ONE Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Jin-ho 278−101 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Soo-min Sky 72
2014 KOR, ONE Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Seung-hyuk 277−111 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Kyung-tae
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Tae-hee
Sky 72
2013 KOR, ONE Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Griffin 203 [lower-alpha 2] −131 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg Kang Wook-soon Pinx
2012 KOR, ONE Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Bi-o 270−183 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sang-hyun Pinx
2011 KOR, ONE Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kurt Barnes 202 [lower-alpha 2] −141 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Kyung-tae Pinx
2010 KOR, ONE Flag of South Korea.svg Bae Sang-moon (2)266−223 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Dae-hyun Sky 72
2009 KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sang-hyun 276−121 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Do-hoon Sky 72
2008 KOR Flag of South Korea.svg K. J. Choi (3)272−164 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Kang Kyung-nam Sky 72
2007 ASA, KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Bae Sang-moon 271−176 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaron Baddeley
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Hyung-tae
BA Vista
2006 ASA, KOR Flag of Thailand.svg Prom Meesawat 201 [lower-alpha 2] −153 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Seong-ho
Flag of India.svg Jeev Milkha Singh
Sky 72
2005 ASA, KOR Flag of South Korea.svg K. J. Choi (2)275−135 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Buckle
Flag of the United States.svg Fred Couples
Ildong Lake
2004 ASA, KOR Flag of Scotland.svg Simon Yates 279−91 stroke Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rick Gibson
Flag of South Korea.svg Charlie Wi
BA Vista
2003 ASA, KOR Flag of South Korea.svg K. J. Choi 201 [lower-alpha 2] −15Playoff Flag of South Korea.svg Shin Yong-jin BA Vista
2002 ASA, KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Charlie Wi (2)272−162 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kim Felton
Flag of South Korea.svg Kevin Na
Lakeside
2001 ASA, KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Charlie Wi 281−7Playoff Flag of South Korea.svg Kang Wook-soon
Flag of Scotland.svg Simon Yates
Ildong Lake
SK Telecom Classic
2000 KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Park Nam-sin (2)275−131 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg Mo Joong-kyung Ildong Lake
1999 KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Park Nam-sin 278−10Playoff Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Wan-tae
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Boo-won
Ildong Lake
1998 KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Gwang-soo 269−199 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg K. J. Choi
Flag of South Korea.svg Kang Wook-soon
Ildong Lake
1997 KOR Flag of South Korea.svg Park No-seok 285−32 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Sang-ho Ildong Lake

Source: [3]

Notes

  1. ASA − Asian Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

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References

  1. "Golf-OneAsia add Korea's SK Telecom Open to 2010 schedule". Yahoo! Sports. 9 April 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  2. "2006 SK Telecom Open final scores". ESPN. Associated Press. 7 May 2006.
  3. "List of winners" (in Korean).