DB Insurance Promy Open
The DB Insurance Promy Open is a professional golf tournament that takes place in South Korea sponsored by DB Insurance. Until 2017 it was called the Dongbu Insurance Promy Open. It has been held at Montvert Country Club from 2015 to 2019. Since 2014 it has been the opening event of the season, held in April. In 2010 and 2011 the event had prize money of ₩300,000,000, rising to ₩400,000,000 in 2012 and ₩500,000,000 in 2016. The event was cancelled in 2020 but returned in 2021 with prize money of ₩700,000,000 and a new venue, Oak Valley Country Club. In 2008 and 2009 Dongbu Insurance sponsored a match play event, the SBS Dongbu Insurance Matchplay Championship, the forerunner of the Munsingwear Championship which started in 2010. Prize money was ₩300,000,000 in both years. In 2006 and 2007 they sponsored a 36-hole end-of-season invitational event which included seniors. They also sponsored the KPGA Championship in 2005.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Chuncheon, South Korea |
| Established | 2010 |
| Course | La Vie est Belle Resort |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,129 yards (6,519 m) |
| Tour | Korean Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | ₩700,000,000 |
| Month played | April |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 266 Yoon Sang-pil (2024) |
| To par | −20 Koh Gun-taek (2023) |
| Score | 4 and 3 Kang Kyung-sool (2008) |
| Current champion | |
 Kim Baek-jun | |
| Location map | |
  La Vie est Belle Resort Location in South Korea | |
The DB Insurance Promy Open is a professional golf tournament that takes place in South Korea sponsored by DB Insurance. Until 2017 it was called the Dongbu Insurance Promy Open. It has been held at Montvert Country Club from 2015 to 2019. Since 2014 it has been the opening event of the season, held in April. In 2010 and 2011 the event had prize money of ₩300,000,000, rising to ₩400,000,000 in 2012 and ₩500,000,000 in 2016. The event was cancelled in 2020 but returned in 2021 with prize money of ₩700,000,000 and a new venue, Oak Valley Country Club.
In 2008 and 2009 Dongbu Insurance sponsored a match play event, the SBS Dongbu Insurance Matchplay Championship, the forerunner of the Munsingwear Championship which started in 2010. Prize money was ₩300,000,000 in both years. In 2006 and 2007 they sponsored a 36-hole end-of-season invitational event which included seniors. They also sponsored the KPGA Championship in 2005.
Winners
[edit]| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DB Insurance Promy Open | ||||||
| 2025 | Kim Baek-jun |
273 | −11 | 2 strokes | Lee Sang-hee Ok Tae-hoon |
La Vie est Belle |
| 2024 | Yoon Sang-pil |
266 | −18 | 4 strokes | Park Sang-hyun |
La Vie est Belle |
| 2023 | Koh Gun-taek |
268 | −20 | 2 strokes | Park Sang-hyun |
La Vie est Belle |
| 2022 | Park Sang-hyun |
274 | −10 | 1 stroke | Cho Sung-min Lee Hyung-joon Jun Seok Lee |
La Vie est Belle |
| 2021 | Mun Do-yeob |
277 | −11 | 3 strokes | Tom Kim |
Oak Valley |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
| 2019 |  Richard T. Lee |
274 | −14 | 1 stroke | Kim Jae-ho |
Montvert |
| 2018 | Jeon Ga-lam |
273 | −15 | 4 strokes | Park Hyo-won |
Montvert |
| Dongbu Insurance Promy Open | ||||||
| 2017 | Maeng Dong-seop |
269 | −19 | 3 strokes | Park Il-hwan |
Montvert |
| 2016 | Choi Jin-ho |
271 | −17 | 3 strokes | Lee Chang-woo |
Montvert |
| 2015 | Hur In-hoi |
281 | −7 | Playoff | Park Hyo-won |
Montvert |
| 2014 | Lee Dong-min |
279 | −9 | 3 strokes | Lee Sung-ho |
Welli Hilli |
| 2013 | Lee Chang-woo (a) |
274 | −14 | 1 stroke | Song Young-han |
Welli Hilli |
| 2012 | Kim Dae-sub |
273 | −15 | 4 strokes | Kim Do-hoon 753 |
Welli Hilli |
| 2011 | Kang Kyung-nam |
280 | −8 | 6 strokes | Lee Dong-min |
Welli Hilli |
| Dongbu Insurance Promy Gunsan CC Open | ||||||
| 2010 | Kim Do-hoon 752 |
277 | −11 | Playoff | Kang Kyung-nam Kang Wook-soon |
Gunsan |
| SBS Dongbu Insurance Guncan CC Matchplay Championship | ||||||
| 2009 | Lee Ki-sang |
2 and 1 | Jung Jae-hoon |
Gunsan | ||
| SBS Dongbu Insurance Eden Valley Resort Matchplay Championship | ||||||
| 2008 | Kang Kyung-sool |
4 and 3 | Kang Kyung-nam |
Eden Valley | ||
Source:[1]
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.kpga.co.kr/GameMst/gameHistory.kpga?gameId=202111000001M List of winners (In Korean)