The GS Caltex Maekyung Open, as it is known for sponsorship reasons, is a professional
golf
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Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...
tournament that takes place in
Seongnam
Seongnam (; ) is the fourth largest city in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province after Suwon and the 10th largest city in the country. Its population is approximately one million. It consists of three administrative districts: Bundang District, J ...
,
Gyeonggi Province
Gyeonggi Province (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea.
Seoul, the nation's largest city and capital, is in the heart of the area but has been separately administered as a provincial-level ''special city'' since 1946. Incheon, ...
,
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
. It was established in 1982, replacing the
Korea Open as the South Korean event on the
Asia Golf Circuit
The Asia Golf Circuit was the principal men's professional golf tour in Southeast Asia from the early 1960s through to the mid-late 1990s. The tour was founded in 1961 as the Far East Circuit. The first series of five tournaments was held in 196 ...
. Between 1999 and 2009 (except for 2004) it was a stop on the
Asian Tour
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, and then in 2010 it became part of the
OneAsia Tour
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schedule. Since 2018, it has again been a fixture on the Asian Tour, except for 2020 and 2021 due to restrictions in place during the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
In 2005, Korean
Choi Sang-ho Choi may refer to:
* Choi (Korean surname), a Korean surname
* Choi, Macau Cantonese transliteration of the Chinese surname Cui (崔) and Xu (徐)
* Choi, Cantonese romanisation of Cai (surname) (蔡), a Chinese surname
* CHOI-FM, a radio station ...
won the tournament and set an Asian Tour record as the oldest winner on tour at 50 years and 145 days.
This tournament has generally been staged at the Nam Seoul Country Club. It has only been staged in four venues. The other venues that have been used are Lakeside in 1998, 1999, 2004 and 2006, Gwanak in 1984 and Elysian Gangchon in 2020.
Winners
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References
External links
Coverage on the Asian Tour's official site
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Korean Tour events
Asia Golf Circuit events
Asian Tour events
Golf tournaments in South Korea
Sports competitions in Seoul
Recurring sporting events established in 1982
1982 establishments in South Korea
Spring (season) in South Korea