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. 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. 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)WinnerScoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upVenueSK Telecom Open 2025 KOR Eom Jae-woong 202 −11 Playoff Richard T. Lee Pinx 2024 KOR K. J. Choi (4) 281 −3 Playoff Park Sang-hyun Pinx 2023 KOR Baek Seuk-hyun 271 −13 1 stroke Richard T. Lee 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) Pinx2020: 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 −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 −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 −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 −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 LakeSK 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:
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