DB Insurance Promy Open

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.

DB Insurance Promy Open
Tournament information
LocationChuncheon, South Korea
Established2010
Course(s)La Vie est Belle Resort
Par71
Length7,129 yards (6,519 m)
Tour(s)Korean Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund700,000,000
Month playedApril
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Yoon Sang-pil (2024)
To par−20 Koh Gun-taek (2023)
Score4 and 3 Kang Kyung-sool (2008)
Current champion
South Korea Yoon Sang-pil
Location map
La Vie est Belle Resort is located in South Korea
La Vie est Belle Resort
La Vie est Belle Resort
Location in South Korea

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

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue
DB Insurance Promy Open
2024   Yoon Sang-pil 266 −18 4 strokes   Park Sang-hyun La Vie est Belle
2023   Koh Gun-taek 268 −20 2 strokes   Park Sang-hyun La Vie est Belle
2022   Park Sang-hyun 274 −10 1 stroke   Cho Sung-min
  Lee Hyung-joon
  Jun Seok Lee
La Vie est Belle
2021   Mun Do-yeob 277 −11 3 strokes   Tom Kim Oak Valley
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019   Richard T. Lee 274 −14 1 stroke   Kim Jae-ho Montvert
2018   Jeon Ga-lam 273 −15 4 strokes   Park Hyo-won Montvert
Dongbu Insurance Promy Open
2017   Maeng Dong-seop 269 −19 3 strokes   Park Il-hwan Montvert
2016   Choi Jin-ho 271 −17 3 strokes   Lee Chang-woo Montvert
2015   Hur In-hoi 281 −7 Playoff   Park Hyo-won Montvert
2014   Lee Dong-min 279 −9 3 strokes   Lee Sung-ho Welli Hilli
2013   Lee Chang-woo (a) 274 −14 1 stroke   Song Young-han Welli Hilli
2012   Kim Dae-sub 273 −15 4 strokes   Kim Do-hoon 753 Welli Hilli
2011   Kang Kyung-nam 280 −8 6 strokes   Lee Dong-min Welli Hilli
Dongbu Insurance Promy Gunsan CC Open
2010   Kim Do-hoon 752 277 −11 Playoff   Kang Kyung-nam
  Kang Wook-soon
Gunsan
SBS Dongbu Insurance Guncan CC Matchplay Championship
2009   Lee Ki-sang 2 and 1   Jung Jae-hoon Gunsan
SBS Dongbu Insurance Eden Valley Resort Matchplay Championship
2008   Kang Kyung-sool 4 and 3   Kang Kyung-nam Eden Valley

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