SK Telecom Open

SK Telecom Open
Tournament information
Location South Korea
Established 1997
Course(s) Sky 72 Golf Club
Par 72
Tour(s) Korean Tour
OneAsia Tour (2010–2015)
Asian Tour (2001–07)
Format Stroke play
Prize fund 1,200,000,000 won
Month played May
Current champion
South Korea Choi Jin-ho

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 ro 2015.[1] In 2017 it had prize money of 1,200,000,000 Won.

The tenth edition, held May 4–7, 2006, was shortened to 56 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 it is currently played a the Sky 72 Golf Club and has previously been played at Pinx, BA Vista, IIdong Lake and the Lakeside Golf Clubs.

Winners

YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-up
2017 Choi Jin-ho (2)  South Korea Sky 72 269 −19 2 strokes South Korea Park Sang-hyun
2016 Lee Sang-hee  South Korea Sky 72 278 −10 1 stroke South Korea Kim Kyung-tae
2015 Choi Jin-ho  South Korea Sky 72 278 −10 1 stroke South Korea Lee Soo-min
2014 Kim Seung-hyuk  South Korea Sky 72 277 −11 1 stroke South Korea Kim Kyung-tae
South Korea Lee Tae-hee
2013 Matthew Griffin  Australia Pinx 203 −13 1 stroke South Korea Kang Wook-soon
2012 Kim Bi-o  South Korea Pinx 270 −18 3 strokes South Korea Park Sang-hyun
2011 Kurt Barnes  Australia Pinx 202 −14 1 stroke South Korea Kim Kyung-tae
2010 Bae Sang-moon (2)  South Korea Sky 72 266 −22 3 strokes South Korea Kim Dae-hyun
2009 Park Sang-hyun  South Korea Sky 72 276 −12 1 stroke South Korea Kim Do-hoon
2008 Choi Kyung-Ju (3)  South Korea Sky 72 272 −16 4 strokes South Korea Kang Kyung-nam
2007 Bae Sang-moon  South Korea BA Vista 271 −17 6 strokes Australia Aaron Baddeley
South Korea Kim Hyung-tae
2006 Prom Meesawat  Thailand Sky 72 201 −15 3 strokes South Korea Lee Seong-ho
India Jeev Milkha Singh
2005 Choi Kyung-Ju (2)  South Korea Ildong Lake 275 −13 5 strokes Australia Andrew Buckle
United States Fred Couples
2004 Simon Yates  Scotland BA Vista 279 −9 1 stroke Canada Rick Gibson
South Korea Charlie Wi
2003 Choi Kyung-Ju  South Korea BA Vista 201 −15 Playoff South Korea Shin Yong-jin
2002 Charlie Wi (2)  South Korea Lakeside 272 −16 2 strokes Australia Kim Felton
South Korea Kevin Na
2001 Charlie Wi  South Korea Ildong Lake 281 −7 Playoff South Korea Kang Wook-soon
Scotland Simon Yates
2000 Park Nam-sin (2)  South Korea Ildong Lake 275 −13 1 stroke South Korea Mo Joong-kyung
1999 Park Nam-sin  South Korea Ildong Lake 278 −10 Playoff South Korea Kim Wan-tae
South Korea Park Boo-won
1998 Choi Gwang-soo  South Korea Ildong Lake 269 −19 9 strokes South Korea Choi Kyung-Ju
South Korea Kang Wook-soon
1997 Park No-seok  South Korea Ildong Lake 285 −3 2 strokes South Korea Choi Sang-ho

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References

  1. ↑ "Golf-OneAsia add Korea’s SK Telecom Open to 2010 schedule". Yahoo! Sports. 9 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  2. ↑ ESPN.com, 2006 SK Telecom Open Final Results
  3. ↑ http://www.sktelecomopen.com/html/open.asp?htype=winner List of winners (In Korean)
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