The Kolon Korea Open, as it is currently known for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

 tournament that has been held annually in South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

 since 1958.

The Korea Open was a fixture on the Asian Tour

Asian Tour

The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. The Asian Tour is administered from offices in Singapore...

 until 2009, when it became part of the rival OneAsia Tour

OneAsia Tour

OneAsia is a men's professional golf tour based in the Asia-Pacific region. The tour was founded in 2009 as a joint venture between the PGA Tour of Australasia, the China Golf Association, the Korean Golf Association and the Korean PGA. The Japan Golf Tour has been invited to participate in the...

's inaugural schedule. In 2008, for the 51st edition of the event, the total purse was US$1,000,000 which made it one of the Asian Tour's richest sole-sanctioned events.

Winners

This list is incomplete

Year	Winner	Country	Score
Kolon Korea Open presented by ELORD
2011	Rickie Fowler Rickie Fowler Rick Yutaka Fowler is an American professional golfer. He was the number one ranked amateur golfer in the world for 36 weeks in 2007 and 2008.-Amateur career:...		268 (-16)
2010	Yang Yong-eun Yang Yong-eun Yang Yong-eun , or Y. E. Yang, is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the PGA Tour, where he has won twice, including most notably the 2009 PGA Championship where he held off the challenge of Tiger Woods during the final round....		280 (-4)
Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open
2009	Bae Sang-moon Bae Sang-moon Bae Sang-moon is a South Korean professional golfer.Bae turned professional in 2004. He won the 2006 Emerson Pacific Group Open on the Korean Tour, and in 2007 he won the SK Telecom Open, an Asian Tour and Korean Tour co-sanctioned event held in his home country. In 2008, he won his home country's...		274 (-10)
2008	Bae Sang-moon Bae Sang-moon Bae Sang-moon is a South Korean professional golfer.Bae turned professional in 2004. He won the 2006 Emerson Pacific Group Open on the Korean Tour, and in 2007 he won the SK Telecom Open, an Asian Tour and Korean Tour co-sanctioned event held in his home country. In 2008, he won his home country's...		273 (-11)
2007	Vijay Singh Vijay Singh Vijay Singh, CF , nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008...		278 (-6)
2006	Yang Yong-eun Yang Yong-eun Yang Yong-eun , or Y. E. Yang, is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the PGA Tour, where he has won twice, including most notably the 2009 PGA Championship where he held off the challenge of Tiger Woods during the final round....		282
2005	Choi Gwang-soo		282
Kolon Korean Open
2004	Edward Loar		286 (-2)
2003	John Daly John Daly (golfer) John Patrick Daly is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour.Daly is known primarily for his driving distance off the tee , his non-country club appearance and attitude, and his rough-and-tumble personal life. Daly remains one of the most popular and intriguing figures on the PGA Tour...		282 (-6)
2002	Sergio García Sergio García Sergio García Fernández is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on both the United States PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has spent much of his career in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings...		265 (-23)
2001	Kim Dae-sub (amateur)		272 (-8)
2000	Thongchai Jaidee Thongchai Jaidee Thongchai Jaidee is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour and the European Tour. He holds the record for most career victories and most career earnings on the Asian Tour....		278
1999	K.J. Choi Choi Kyung-Ju Choi Kyung-Ju , also known as K. J. Choi. is a South Korean professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. Since turning pro in 1994, he has won a total of eighteen professional golf tournaments worldwide, including eight on the PGA Tour, making him Asia's most successful golfer. His...		278
1998	Kim Dae-sub (amateur)		278
1997			285
1996	K.J. Choi Choi Kyung-Ju Choi Kyung-Ju , also known as K. J. Choi. is a South Korean professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. Since turning pro in 1994, he has won a total of eighteen professional golf tournaments worldwide, including eight on the PGA Tour, making him Asia's most successful golfer. His...		279
1995			282
1994	Mike Cunning Mike Cunning Michael Cunning is an American professional golfer.Cunning was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He played collegiately at the University of Arizona. He turned professional in 1980....		282
1993			282
1992			209
1991	Scott Hoch Scott Hoch Scott Mabon Hoch is an American golfer, who represented his country in the Ryder Cup in 1997 and 2002.Hoch was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was a member of the golf team at Wake Forest University before graduating in 1978. He also played on the winning U.S. team in the Eisenhower Trophy...		279
1990	Scott Hoch Scott Hoch Scott Mabon Hoch is an American golfer, who represented his country in the Ryder Cup in 1997 and 2002.Hoch was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was a member of the golf team at Wake Forest University before graduating in 1978. He also played on the winning U.S. team in the Eisenhower Trophy...		278
1989			210
1988			282
1987	Chen Liang Hsi		279
1986	Tsao Chien-Teng		281
1985	Tze-Chung Chen Tze-Chung Chen Tze-Chung Chen is a Taiwanese professional golfer. In the U.S., he is often referred to as T.C. Chen. His older brother, Tze-Ming Chen, is also a professional golfer. In 1982, T.C. Chen became the first professional golfer from Taiwan to earn a PGA Tour card...		285
1984	Michael Clayton Michael Clayton (golfer) Michael Andrew Clayton is an Australian professional golfer. He played on the PGA Tour of Australasia from 1981 until he turned 50 in 2007. He found success there, winning seven times between 1982 and 1994....		284
1983	Hiroshi Yamada		287
1982	Choi Yoon-Soo		277 (-11)
1981	Tze-Ming Chen Tze-Ming Chen Tze-Ming Chen is a Taiwanese professional golfer. In the U.S., he is often referred to as T.M. Chen. His younger brother, Tze-Chung Chen, is also a professional golfer....		285 (-3)
1980	Tze-Ming Chen Tze-Ming Chen Tze-Ming Chen is a Taiwanese professional golfer. In the U.S., he is often referred to as T.M. Chen. His younger brother, Tze-Chung Chen, is also a professional golfer....		214 (-4)
1979	Shen Chung-Shyan		289 (+1)
1978	Kin Seung-Hack		277 (-11)
1977	Ho Ming-Chung		285 (-3)
1976	Katsunari Takahashi Katsunari Takahashi is a Japanese professional golfer of Korean ancestry.Takahashi was born in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō...		214 (-2)
1975	Kuo Chie-Hsiung Kuo Chie-Hsiung Kuo Chie-Hsiung is a Taiwanese professional golfer.Kuo played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning four times. He also played throughout Asia, winning many tournaments.-Japan Golf Tour wins:*1978 Dunlop International Open...		284 (-4)
1974	Cho Tae-Woon		286 (-2)
1973	Kim Seung-Hack		282 (-6)
1972	Hahn Chang-Sang		276 (-12)
1971	Hahn Chang-Sang		281 (-7)
1970	Hahn Chang-Sang		289 (+1)
1969	Hsieh Yung-yo Hsieh Yung-yo Hsieh Yung-yo is a Taiwanese professional golfer.Hsieh played throughout Asia, winning national opens in South Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, and the Philippines...		286 (-2)
1968	Kin-Chung Chan		283 (-5)
1967	Hahn Chang-Sang		281 (-7)
1966	Hahn Chang-Sang		295 (+7)
1965	Hahn Chang-Sang		288 (E)
1964	Hahn Chang-Sang		294 (+6)
1963	Hsieh Yung-yo Hsieh Yung-yo Hsieh Yung-yo is a Taiwanese professional golfer.Hsieh played throughout Asia, winning national opens in South Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, and the Philippines...		287 (-1)
1962			284
1961	Hsieh Yung-yo Hsieh Yung-yo Hsieh Yung-yo is a Taiwanese professional golfer.Hsieh played throughout Asia, winning national opens in South Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, and the Philippines...		293 (+5)
1960	Orville Moody Orville Moody Orville James Moody was an American professional golfer who won numerous tournaments in his career. He won the 1969 U.S. Open, the last champion in the 20th century to win through local and sectional qualifying....		288 (E)
1959	Orville Moody Orville Moody Orville James Moody was an American professional golfer who won numerous tournaments in his career. He won the 1969 U.S. Open, the last champion in the 20th century to win through local and sectional qualifying....		301 (+13)
1958	Orville Moody Orville Moody Orville James Moody was an American professional golfer who won numerous tournaments in his career. He won the 1969 U.S. Open, the last champion in the 20th century to win through local and sectional qualifying....		306 (+18)

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