The most crowded championship in Korea,
KOLON Korea Open Golf Championship

• 1958 ~ 1989

  - On September 11, 1958, Korea Open Championship was founded. (Invited Orville Moody, 1969 US Open champion)

  - In 1966, Korea Golf Association(KGA) became the host of the tournament

  - In 1970, Korea Open was hosted as the Asia Golf Circuit

  - In 1982, Korea Open was separated from Asia Golf Circuit

  

• 1990 ~ 1999

  - In 1990, KOLON became the co-host of Korea Open

  - In 1995, Korea Open was elevated as the national largest purse awarding championship ($400,000)

  - In 1996, Championship title was changed to ‘ELORD Korea Open Championship’

  - In 1998, Championship title was changed to KOLON Korea Open Championship (became Asian PGA Tour special event)

  

• 2000 ~ Present

  - In 2000, KOLON hosted 43rd Korea Open Championship

  - In 2001, ‘KOLON Korea Open Championship’ became the official subtitle (Invited Nick Faldo and Paul Lawrie)

  - In 2002, Sergio Garcia played the lowest rounds in Korean golf history (265)

  - In 2003, The Woo Jeong Hills CC was elected as Korea Open main stage

  - In 2004, Golf course setups were improved as PGA Tour conditions

  - In 2005, Hana Bank joined the title sponsorship

  - In 2006, Retief Goosen and Bubba Watson were invited

  - In 2007, Vijay Singh was invited

  - In 2008, Ian Poulter and Anthony Kim were invited

  - In 2009, Rory McIlroy and Danny Lee were invited

  - In 2010, Anthony Kim, Yongeun Yang, and Danny Lee were invited

  - In 2011, Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler were invited

  - In 2012, Ryo Ishikawa was invited

  - In 2013, Rory McIlroy was invited

  - In 2014, The tournament purse increased to 1,200,000,000 KRW

  - In 2016, Tournament qualification was opened to amateurs

  - In 2017, The tournament became part of the Open qualifying series with two places available

  - In 2018, Asian Tour became the co-host of the event

  - In 2021, The tournament purse increased to 1,300,000,000 KRW (Winner’s share: 400,000,000 KRW)

  - In 2022, The tournament purse increased to 1,350,000,000 KRW (Winner’s share: 450,000,000 KRW)

  - In 2023, The tournament purse increased to 1,400,000,000 KRW (Winner’s share: 500,000,000 KRW)