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.

SK Telecom Open
Tournament information
LocationJeju, South Korea
Established1997
Course(s)Pinx Golf Club
Par71
Length7,326 yards (6,699 m)
Tour(s)Asian Tour
Korean Tour
OneAsia Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund1,300,000,000
Month playedMay
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Kim Bi-o (2022)
To par−22 Bae Sang-moon (2010)
Current champion
South Korea Baek Seuk-hyun
Location map
Pinx GC is located in South Korea
Pinx GC
Pinx GC
Location in South Korea

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 edit

Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue
SK Telecom Open
2024 KOR     Pinx
2023 KOR   Baek Seuk-hyun 271 −13 1 stroke   Lee Tae-hoon Pinx
2022 KOR   Kim Bi-o (2) 265 −19 7 strokes   Gang Yun-seok Pinx
2021 KOR   Tom Kim 270 −14 3 strokes   Kim Baek-jun (a) Pinx
2020: No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 KOR   Ham Jeong-woo 271 −13 2 strokes   Jung Ji-ho
  Lee Soo-min
Sky 72
2018 KOR   Kwon Sung-yeol 275 −13 Playoff   Ryu Hyun-woo Sky 72
2017 KOR   Choi Jin-ho (2) 269 −19 2 strokes   Park Sang-hyun Sky 72
2016 KOR   Lee Sang-hee 278 −10 1 stroke   Kim Kyung-tae Sky 72
2015 KOR, ONE   Choi Jin-ho 278 −10 1 stroke   Lee Soo-min Sky 72
2014 KOR, ONE   Kim Seung-hyuk 277 −11 1 stroke   Kim Kyung-tae
  Lee Tae-hee
Sky 72
2013 KOR, ONE   Matthew Griffin 203[b] −13 1 stroke   Kang Wook-soon Pinx
2012 KOR, ONE   Kim Bi-o 270 −18 3 strokes   Park Sang-hyun Pinx
2011 KOR, ONE   Kurt Barnes 202[b] −14 1 stroke   Kim Kyung-tae Pinx
2010 KOR, ONE   Bae Sang-moon (2) 266 −22 3 strokes   Kim Dae-hyun Sky 72
2009 KOR   Park Sang-hyun 276 −12 1 stroke   Kim Do-hoon Sky 72
2008 KOR   K. J. Choi (3) 272 −16 4 strokes   Kang Kyung-nam Sky 72
2007 ASA, KOR   Bae Sang-moon 271 −17 6 strokes   Aaron Baddeley
  Kim Hyung-tae
BA Vista
2006 ASA, KOR   Prom Meesawat 201[b] −15 3 strokes   Lee Seong-ho
  Jeev Milkha Singh
Sky 72
2005 ASA, KOR   K. J. Choi (2) 275 −13 5 strokes   Andrew Buckle
  Fred Couples
Ildong Lake
2004 ASA, KOR   Simon Yates 279 −9 1 stroke   Rick Gibson
  Charlie Wi
BA Vista
2003 ASA, KOR   K. J. Choi 201[b] −15 Playoff   Shin Yong-jin BA Vista
2002 ASA, KOR   Charlie Wi (2) 272 −16 2 strokes   Kim Felton
  Kevin Na
Lakeside
2001 ASA, KOR   Charlie Wi 281 −7 Playoff   Kang Wook-soon
  Simon Yates
Ildong Lake
SK Telecom Classic
2000 KOR   Park Nam-sin (2) 275 −13 1 stroke   Mo Joong-kyung Ildong Lake
1999 KOR   Park Nam-sin 278 −10 Playoff   Kim Wan-tae
  Park Boo-won
Ildong Lake
1998 KOR   Choi Gwang-soo 269 −19 9 strokes   K. J. Choi
  Kang Wook-soon
Ildong Lake
1997 KOR   Park No-seok 285 −3 2 strokes   Choi Sang-ho Ildong Lake

Source:[3]

Notes edit

  1. ^ ASA − Asian Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
  2. ^ a b c d Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References edit

  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).

External links edit