Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea
Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea: Jack Nicklaus (Nicklaus Design) (2011). Par 72, 7,413 yards. Park Sang-hyun won the 2023 Genesis Championship here with 271 (−17).
Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea: Jack Nicklaus (Nicklaus Design) (2011). Par 72, 7,413 yards. Park Sang-hyun won the 2023 Genesis Championship here with 271 (−17).
Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea: Jack Nicklaus (Nicklaus Design) (2011). Par 72, 7,413 yards. Park Sang-hyun won the 2023 Genesis Championship here with 271 (−17).
Updated October 24, 2026
14 editions on the record, by event, newest first.
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | United States | 15.5-14.5 | PGA Tour |
Korean Tour
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Park Sang-hyun | 271 (−17) | won in a playoff |
| 2022 | Kim Yeong-su | 282 (−6) | by 1 stroke |
| 2021 | Lee Jae-kyeong | 274 (−14) | by 2 strokes |
| 2020 | Kim Tae-hoon | 282 (−6) | by 2 strokes |
| 2019 | Sungjae Im | 282 (−6) | by 2 strokes |
| 2018 | Lee Tae-hee | 281 (−7) | by 2 strokes |
| 2017 | Kim Seung-hyuk | 270 (−18) | lowest winning score in this event · by 8 strokes |
DP World Tour; Korean Tour
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Genesis Championship An Byeong-hun | 271 (−17) | won in a playoff |
| 2023 | Korea Championship Pablo Larrazábal | 276 (−12) | by 2 strokes |
PGA Tour Champions
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Songdo IBD Championship Jay Don Blake | won in a playoff | |
| 2010 | Posco E&C Songdo Championship Russ Cochran | won in a playoff |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | DP World Tour; Korean Tour |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | South Korea | 15 points | by 4 points · LPGA |
The 2015 Presidents Cup at JNGCK was the first played in Asia; the United States won 15.5-14.5, tying the narrowest margin in the event's history.
Source: Wikipedia 2015 Presidents Cup · ESPN
Typhoon Kong-rey forced the 2018 International Crown to be rescheduled: no matches were played on the Saturday and the event finished on Sunday, with South Korea winning on home soil.
Source: Wikipedia 2018 International Crown · ESPN
Before it officially opened, the course staged the Champions Tour's first event in Asia, the 2010 Posco E&C Songdo Championship, and the 2011 edition carried the tour's largest-ever purse of US$3 million.
Source: Wikipedia Songdo IBD Championship · Wikipedia Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea
The course is laid out as two returning nines named Urban and Links, each routed around large blocks of housing; much soil was moved to shape the fairways.
The club sits inside Songdo International Business District, a smart-city development on more than 1,500 acres of land reclaimed from the sea on the Incheon waterfront, with 151 villas facing the fairways.
Source: Top 100 Golf Courses, Jack Nicklaus Korea · Golf Business News, Preview of Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea
Ponds or lakes come into play off the tee or near the green on more than half of the holes.
For the 2015 Presidents Cup the holes were rerouted to accommodate hospitality areas and the match-play format.
Source: Geoff Shackelford (quoting the 2015 venue announcement), 2013-07-31
The twin 300-foot spires of the Incheon Bridge are visible from the fairway of the 572-yard par-5 15th, per Nicklaus Design.
The PGA Tour and DP World Tour weeks at this course since 2017.
| Year | Event | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Genesis Championship 24–27 October 2024 | An Byeong-hun | DP World Tour |
| 2024 | Korea Championship 18–21 April 2024 | canceled · DP World Tour | |
| 2023 | Korea Championship 27–30 April 2023 | Pablo Larrazábal | DP World Tour |
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's tour-course research (profiles, championship history, the tour's visits since 2017, stories, details and course changes, each with its sources). A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. The light in the room is the sun's real position on the last day of a recorded visit.
The routing and ground are drawn from OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). The clubhouse is drawn by GNN from reference photographs; the photographs stay private.
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