2007 Korean Tour Explained

Year:2007
Tour:Korean Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:18
Most Wins: Kang Kyung-nam (3)
Kim Kyung-tae (3)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Kim Kyung-tae
Honor2:Player of the Year
Honoree2: Kim Kyung-tae
Honor3:Rookie of the Year
Honoree3: Kim Kyung-tae
Prevseason:2006
Nextseason:2008

The 2007 Korean Tour, titled as the 2007 SBS Korean Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.

It was the third season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Seoul Broadcasting System, that was announced in June 2004.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2007 season.[2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
()
Winner OWGR
points
Other
tours
Notes
29 Apr Jeju 300,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae (3) n/a
6 May Gyeonggi 600,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae (4) 14
20 May Gyeonggi 400,000,000 Hong Soon-sang (1) n/a New tournament
27 May Gyeonggi 600,000,000 Bae Sang-moon (2) 14
3 Jun Gyeonggi 500,000,000 Park Nam-sin (20) n/a New tournament
17 Jun Gyeonggi 300,000,000 Bae Sung-chul (1) n/a New tournament
1 Jul North Gyeongsang 400,000,000 Park Do-kyu (4) n/a New tournament
12 Jul China 300,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae (5) n/a New tournament
24 Aug Gyeonggi 500,000,000 Kim Chang-yoon (1) n/a
2 Sep Jeju 300,000,000 Kang Kyung-nam (3) n/a New tournament
9 Sep Gyeonggi 300,000,000 Hwang Inn-choon (1) n/a
16 Sep Gyeonggi 600,000,000 Lee Seong-ho (1) n/a
23 Sep South Gyeongsang 300,000,000 Kang Kyung-nam (4) n/a New tournament
7 Oct South Chungcheong 1,000,000,000 Vijay Singh (n/a) 14
14 Oct Gyeonggi 700,000,000 K. J. Choi (12) n/a
28 Oct Gyeonggi 300,000,000 Kim Hyung-tae (2) n/a New tournament
11 Nov South Gyeongsang 300,000,000 Kang Kyung-nam (5) n/a
23 Nov North Gyeongsang 70,000,000 Lee Yong-hun (2) n/a New tournament

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3]

Position Player Points
1 6,320
2 5,595
3 2,855
4 2,605
5 2,395

Awards

AwardWinner
[4]
[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: 국내골프도 내년부터 '투어시대' . Domestic golf will also enter the 'tour era' starting next year . ko . The Dong-a Ilbo . Seoul, South Korea . 24 June 2004 . 5 January 2024.
  2. Web site: 2007 Tournament schedule . Korean . KPGA . 24 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230719182200/https://www.kpga.co.kr/tour/schedule/schedule/?tourId=11&srhGameTab=list&srhYear=2007 . 19 July 2023.
  3. Web site: 2007 Points standings . Korean . KPGA . 19 July 2023.
  4. Web site: KPGA Prize Awards history . Korean . KPGA . 19 July 2023.
  5. Web site: 2007 Rookie of the Year . KPGA . ko . 9 January 2024.