Year: | 2022 |
Tour: | Korean Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 21 |
Most Wins: | Kim Bi-o (2) Kim Yeong-su (2) Park Eun-shin (2) Seo Yo-seop (2) |
Honor1: | Order of Merit |
Honoree1: | Kim Yeong-su |
Honor2: | Player of the Year |
Honoree2: | Kim Yeong-su |
Honor3: | Rookie of the Year |
Honoree3: | Bae Yong-jun |
Prevseason: | 2021 |
Nextseason: | 2023 |
The 2022 Korean Tour was the 45th season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.
In December, it was announced by the European Tour that the KPGA had extended their partnership with them and the PGA Tour.[1] As part of the expansion, the leading player on the Korean Tour Order of Merit was given status onto the European Tour for the following season.[2]
The following table lists official events during the 2022 season.[3]
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (₩) | Winner | OWGR points | Other tours | Notes | |
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17 Apr | Gangwon | 700,000,000 | Park Sang-hyun (11) | 9 | ||||
8 May | Gyeonggi | 1,200,000,000 | Kim Bi-o (7) | 12 | ||||
15 May | Gyeonggi | 1,300,000,000 | Chang Hee-min (1) | 9 | New tournament | |||
22 May | South Gyeongsang | 800,000,000 | Park Eun-shin (1) | 9 | ||||
29 May | Gyeonggi | 700,000,000 | Yang Ji-ho (1) | 9 | ||||
5 Jun | Jeju | 1,300,000,000 | Kim Bi-o (8) | 9 | ||||
12 Jun | South Gyeongsang | 1,500,000,000 | Shin Sang-hun (1) | 9 | ||||
19 Jun | Gangwon | 1,000,000,000 | Jun Seok Lee (2) | 9 | ||||
26 Jun | South Chungcheong | 1,350,000,000 | Kim Min-kyu (1) | 12 | ||||
3 Jul | South Gyeongsang | 1,000,000,000 | Hwang Jung-gon (3) | 9 | New tournament | |||
17 Jul | South Chungcheong | 500,000,000 | Bae Yong-jun (1) | 9 | ||||
14 Aug | South Gyeongsang | 700,000,000 | Shin Yong-gu (1) | 3.23 | ||||
28 Aug | North Jeolla | 500,000,000 | Seo Yo-seop (4) | 3.72 | ||||
4 Sep | Gyeonggi | 600,000,000 | Seo Yo-seop (5) | 3.55 | New tournament | |||
11 Sep | Japan | 1,400,000,000 | Kazuki Higa (n/a) | 9.03 | ||||
18 Sep | Jeju | 700,000,000 | Choi Jin-ho (8) | 3.41 | ||||
25 Sep | North Gyeongsang | 500,000,000 | Mun Do-yeob (3) | 3.32 | ||||
2 Oct | Gyeonggi | 1,250,000,000 | Lee Hyung-joon (6) | 4.07 | ||||
9 Oct | Gyeonggi | 1,500,000,000 | Kim Yeong-su (1) | 4.39 | ||||
6 Nov | North Gyeongsang | 700,000,000 | Park Eun-shin (2) | 2.97 | New tournament | |||
13 Nov | Gyeonggi | 1,300,000,000 | Kim Yeong-su (2) | 2.83 |
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.[4] The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2023 European Tour (DP World Tour).[5]
Position | Player | Points | Status earned | |
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1 | 5,915 | Promoted to European Tour | ||
2 | 5,162 | |||
3 | 4,760 | |||
4 | 4,632 | |||
5 | 4,454 |
Award | Winner | ||
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