2019 Korean Tour Explained

Year:2019
Tour:Korean Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:15
Most Wins: Kim Bi-o (2)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Moon Kyong-jun
Honor2:Player of the Year
Honoree2: Moon Kyong-jun
Honor3:Rookie of the Year
Honoree3: Lee Jae-kyeong
Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2020

The 2019 Korean Tour was the 42nd 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 2019 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
()
Winner OWGR
points
Other
tours
Notes
21 Apr Gyeonggi 500,000,000 Richard T. Lee (2) 9
28 Apr North Jeolla 500,000,000 Kim Bi-o (4) 9
5 May Gyeonggi 1,200,000,000 Lee Tae-hee (3) 12
12 May Gyeonggi 600,000,000 Jeon Ga-lam (2) 9 Pro-Am
19 May Gyeonggi 1,200,000,000 Ham Jeong-woo (1) 9
26 May Gyeonggi 700,000,000 Seo Hyung-seok (2) 9
9 Jun South Gyeongsang 1,000,000,000 Lee Hyung-joon (5) 9
16 Jun Gyeonggi 1,200,000,000 Seo Yo-seop (1) 9
23 Jun South Chungcheong 1,200,000,000 Jazz Janewattananond (1) 13
30 Jun South Gyeongsang 1,000,000,000 Won Joon Lee (1) 9
1 Sep South Gyeongsang 500,000,000 Lee Jae-kyeong (1) 9 New tournament
22 Sep Gyeonggi 1,200,000,000 Jbe' Kruger (n/a) 14
29 Sep North Gyeongsang 500,000,000 Kim Bi-o (5) 9
6 Oct South Gyeongsang 1,000,000,000 Lee Soo-min (3) 9
13 Oct Gyeonggi 1,500,000,000 Im Sung-jae (1) 9

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Genesis Points and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2] The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2020 European Tour.[3]

Position Player Points Status earned
1 4,126 Promoted to European Tour
2 3,780
3 3,529
4 3,260
5 3,127

Awards

AwardWinner
[4]
[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019 Tournament schedule . Korean . KPGA . 21 July 2023.
  2. Web site: 2019 Points standings . Korean . KPGA . 21 July 2023.
  3. Web site: 생애 첫 ‘제네시스 대상’ 품은 문경준, 유러피언투어 진출한다 . Moon Kyong-jun, the first Genesis Points prize in his life, advances to the European Tour . Korean . KPGA . 16 October 2019 . 22 February 2023.
  4. Web site: 2019 시즌 KPGA 코리안투어, 2019 KPGA 제네시스 대상 시상식으로 피날레 . 2019 KPGA Korean Tour Finale at the 2019 Genesis Grand Prize Awards . Korean . KPGA . 17 December 2019 . 21 July 2023.
  5. Web site: 2019 Rookie of the Year . KPGA . ko . 9 January 2024.