2011 Korean Tour
The 2011 Korean Tour was the first season of the Korean Tour to carry Official World Golf Ranking points. The season consisted of 17 events, five of which were co-sanctioned by other tours. All the tournament had prize funds of at least 300 million won (approximately US$300,000). Four had prize funds of 1 billion won (US$1 million) while the Ballantine's Championship has a prize fund of 2.2 million euros (approximately US$3.1 million). Total prize money for the tour was approximately 12 billion won (US$12 million).
Tournament schedule[]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Prize fund (KRW) |
Winner | OWGR points |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3 | Jeju City | 300,000,000 |  (2) |
6 | ||
| May 1 | Ballantine's Championship | Icheon | €2,205,000 |  Lee Westwood (n/a) |
42 | Co-sanctioned by European Tour and Asian Tour |
| May 8 | GS Caltex Maekyung Open | Seongnam | 1,000,000,000 |  Kim Kyung-tae (6) |
10 | Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour |
| May 15 | Volvik Gunsan CC Open | Gunsan | 300,000,000 | (6) |
6 | |
| May 22 | SK Telecom Open | Seogwipo | 900,000,000 | Kurt Barnes (n/a) |
14 | Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour |
| May 29 | Haman | 300,000,000 | Choi Ho-sung (2) |
6 | ||
| Jun 5 | Yongin | 500,000,000 |  (3) |
6 | ||
| Jun 26 | Dongbu Insurance Promy Open | Hoengseong | 300,000,000 | (7) |
6 | |
| Jul 3 | Gimhae | n/a | Korea | n/a | Team match between Korea and Japan | |
| Jul 10 | Jeongseon | 1,000,000,000 | Abandoned[1] | Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour. Abandoned after one round because of weather. | ||
| Aug 7 | Jeju City | 300,000,000 | (5) |
6 | ||
| Aug 28 | Daishin Securities KPGA Championship | Yongin | 500,000,000 | (1) |
6 | |
| Sep 25 | Munsingwear Championship | Yeoju | 400,000,000 | (4) |
6 | |
| Oct 2 | Shinhan Donghae Open | Incheon | 1,000,000,000 | Paul Casey (n/a) |
20 | |
| Oct 9 | Kolon Korea Open | Cheonan | 1,000,000,000 |  Rickie Fowler (n/a) |
26 | Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour |
| Oct 16 | Yeoju | 500,000,000 | (8) |
6 | ||
| Oct 23 | CJ Invitational | Yeoju | $750,000 | K. J. Choi (15) |
22 | Co-sanctioned by Asian Tour |
| Oct 30 | Yeoju | 500,000,000 | (1) |
6 | ||
Order of Merit[]
The Order of Merit used a points system. Points were awarded based on the player's position in each event.
| Rank | Player | Points | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
3160 | 18 |
| 2 | |
3125 | 18 |
| 3 | Choi Ho-sung |
3095 | 18 |
| 4 | Kim Kyung-tae |
2100 | 6 |
| 5 | Ryu Hyun-woo |
2070 | 17 |
Source: [2]
Prize money leaders[]
| Rank | Player | Money (KRW) | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Kyung-tae |
451,773,549 | 5 |
| 2 | Park Sang-hyun |
398,473,067 | 15 |
| 3 | |
392,266,942 | 11 |
| 4 | |
267,197,921 | 13 |
| 5 | Choi Ho-sung |
198,798,333 | 11 |
'Events' refers to the number of tournaments in which the player won prize money.
Source: [2]
References[]
- ^ "Weather forces cancellation of 2011 The Charity High1 Resort Open presented by SBS". OneAsia. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Korean Tour Record" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 28 November 2018.[permanent dead link]
External links[]
Categories:
- Korean Tour
- 2011 in golf
- 2011 in South Korean sport