2010 Korean Tour Explained

Year:	2010
Tour:	Korean Tour
Regular Season:	–
No Of Events:	17
Honor1:	Order of Merit
Honoree1:	Kim Bi-o
Honor2:	Player of the Year
Honoree2:	Kim Bi-o
Honor3:	Rookie of the Year
Honoree3:	Kim Bi-o
Prevseason:	2009
Nextseason:	2011

The 2010 Korean Tour was the 33rd season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2010 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (₩)	Winner	OWGR points	Notes
21 Mar	Korea-China Tour KEB Invitational (1st)	China	400,000,000	Kim Hyung-tae (4)	n/a
11 Apr		Jeju	300,000,000	Kim Do-hoon 753 (1)	n/a
17 Apr		Gyeonggi	300,000,000	Kang Sung-hoon (2)	n/a	New tournament
25 Apr		Gyeonggi	€2,200,000	Marcus Fraser (n/a)	38
9 May		Gyeonggi	800,000,000	Kim Dae-hyun (2)	6
23 May		Gyeonggi	900,000,000	Bae Sang-moon (7)	12
20 Jun		North Jeolla	300,000,000	Kim Do-hoon 752 (1)	n/a
4 Jul		Gyeonggi	500,000,000	Son Joon-eob (1)	n/a
8 Aug		Jeju	300,000,000	Kim Bi-o (1)	n/a
27 Aug		Gyeonggi	300,000,000	Choi Jin-ho (2)	n/a
5 Sep		Gyeonggi	500,000,000	Lee Seong-ho (5)	n/a
19 Sep	Korea-China Tour KEB Invitational (2nd)	Gangwon	400,000,000	Hwang Inn-choon (4)	n/a
3 Oct		Gyeonggi	800,000,000	John Huh (1)	n/a
10 Oct		South Chungcheong	1,000,000,000	Yang Yong-eun (3)	12
17 Oct		South Jeolla	300,000,000	Kim Dae-sub (8)	n/a	New tournament
24 Oct		North Chungcheong	400,000,000	Kang Kyung-nam (7)	n/a	New tournament
14 Nov		Gangwon	300,000,000	Kim Wi-joong (2)	n/a

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Ballantine's Points and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.^[2]

Position	Player	Points
1		3,770
2		3,595
3		3,230
4		2,585
5		2,275

Awards

Award	Winner
		^[3]
		^[4]

Notes and References

Web site: 2010 Tournament schedule . Korean . KPGA . 19 July 2023.
Web site: 2010 Points standings . Korean . KPGA . 19 July 2023.
Web site: 명출상(신인상), 덕춘상(평균타수상),대상(올해의선수상)에 오른 김비오 . Kim Bi-o won the Myeong-chul Award (Rookie of the Year), Deok-chun Award (Batting Average Award), and the Grand Prize (Player of the Year Award) . KPGA Korean Tour . 17 December 2010 . 19 July 2023 . Facebook.
Web site: 2010 Rookie of the Year . KPGA . ko . 9 January 2024.