DB Insurance Promy Open explained

DB Insurance Promy Open
Location:Chuncheon, South Korea
Establishment:2010
Course:La Vie est Belle Resort
Par:71
Yardage:7129yd
Tour:Korean Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:April
Aggregate:266 Yoon Sang-pil (2024)
To-Par:−20 Koh Gun-taek (2023)
Current Champion: Yoon Sang-pil
Map:South Korea
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:La Vie est Belle Resort
Coordinates:37.741°N 127.758°W

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

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upVenue
DB Insurance Promy Open
266 −18 4 strokes La Vie est Belle
268 −20 2 strokes La Vie est Belle
274 −10 1 stroke La Vie est Belle
277 −11 3 strokes Oak Valley
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
274 −14 1 stroke Montvert
273 −15 4 strokes Montvert
Dongbu Insurance Promy Open
269 −19 3 strokes Montvert
271 −17 3 strokes Montvert
281 −7 Playoff Montvert
279 −9 3 strokes Welli Hilli
Lee Chang-woo (a) 274 −14 1 stroke Welli Hilli
273 −15 4 strokes Welli Hilli
280 −8 6 strokes Welli Hilli
Dongbu Insurance Promy Gunsan CC Open
277 −11 Playoff Gunsan
SBS Dongbu Insurance Guncan CC Matchplay Championship
2 and 1 Gunsan
SBS Dongbu Insurance Eden Valley Resort Matchplay Championship
4 and 3 Eden Valley
Source:[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.kpga.co.kr/GameMst/gameHistory.kpga?gameId=202111000001M List of winners (In Korean)