2016 Korean Tour

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The 2016 Korean Tour was the sixth season of the Korean Tour to carry Official World Golf Ranking points. Starting in 2016, each event is worth a minimum of nine points, up from six points previously.[1] The season consists of 12 events, three of which were co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour or the Asian Tour. All the tournament had prize funds of at least 300 million won (approximately US$290,000). Five had prize funds of 1 billion won ($960,000) or more.

Tournament schedule[]

The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Korean Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament.

Date Tournament Prize fund
(KRW)		 Winner OWGR
points		 Notes
24 Apr Dongbu Insurance Promy Open 500,000,000 South Korea (5) 9
8 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open 1,000,000,000 South Korea Park Sang-hyun (5) 11 Co-sanctioned with the OneAsia Tour
15 May 300,000,000 South Korea Mo Joong-kyung (5) 9
22 May SK Telecom Open 1,000,000,000 South Korea (3) 10
29 May 702,339,000 South Korea (6) 9
12 Jun Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay 800,000,000 South Korea (1) 9
28 Aug KPGA Championship 1,000,000,000 South Korea (1) 9
4 Sep NS HomeShopping Gunsan CC Jeonbuk Open 500,000,000 South Korea (2) 9
11 Sep Kolon Korea Open 1,200,000,000 South Korea Lee Kyoung-hoon (2) 8 Co-sanctioned with the OneAsia Tour
2 Oct Shinhan Donghae Open 1,200,000,000 India Gaganjeet Bhullar (n/a) 18 Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
9 Oct Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational 500,000,000 South Korea (3) 9
23 Oct 500,000,000 South Korea (1) 9
13 Nov Caido Korea Tour Championship 300,000,000 South Korea (3) 9

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 South Korea 4009 11
2 South Korea 3672 11
3 South Korea 3215 13
4 South Korea 3179 10
5 South Korea 2897 13

Source: [2]

Prize money leaders[]

Rank Player Money (KRW) Events
1 South Korea 423,927,800 8
2 South Korea Park Sang-hyun 359,270,000 5
3 South Korea Lee Kyoung-hoon 300,000,000 1
4 South Korea 273,896,667 5
5 South Korea 260,704,667 10

'Events' refers to the number of tournaments in which the player won prize money.

Source: [2]

References[]

  1. ^ "OWGR Board Announcement". OWGR. 15 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Korean Tour Record" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 28 November 2018.[permanent dead link]

External links[]

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