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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 K. J. Choi
Location map
Pinx GC is located in South Korea
Pinx GC
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.

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

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

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Notes

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

References

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  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).
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