2017 Korean Tour

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The 2017 Korean Tour was the seventh season of the Korean Tour to carry Official World Golf Ranking points. The season consisted of 19 events, two of which were co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour and one by the Asian Tour. All the tournament had prize funds of at least 300 million won (approximately US$290,000). Seven 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 Location Prize fund
(KRW)		 Winner OWGR
points		 Notes
23 Apr Dongbu Insurance Promy Open Pocheon 500,000,000 South Korea (2) 9
30 Apr Muan 500,000,000 South Korea (1) 9 New tournament
7 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open Seongnam 1,000,000,000 South Korea (4) 9 Co-sanctioned with the OneAsia Tour
21 May SK Telecom Open Incheon 1,200,000,000 South Korea (7) 9
28 May Jangsu 300,000,000 South Korea (3) 9 New tournament
4 Jun Kolon Korea Open Cheonan 1,200,000,000 South Korea (1) 8 Co-sanctioned with the OneAsia Tour
11 Jun Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay Namhae 1,000,000,000 South Korea Kim Seung-hyuk (3) 9
18 Jun Taean 300,000,000 South Korea (1) 9 New tournament
25 Jun KPGA Championship Yangsan 1,000,000,000 South Korea Hwang Jung-gon (2) 9
2 Jul Caido Series 4 – NS HomeShopping Gunsan CC Jeonbuk Open Gunsan 500,000,000 South Korea (4) 9
16 Jul Sacheon 300,000,000 South Korea (10) 9 New tournament
27 Aug Busan 700,000,000 South Korea (1) 9 New tournament
3 Sep Chilgok 500,000,000 South Korea (1) 9
10 Sep Incheon 500,000,000 South Korea (2) 9 New tournament
17 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open Incheon 1,200,000,000 Canada Richard T. Lee (1) 12 Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
24 Sep Genesis Championship Incheon 1,500,000,000 South Korea Kim Seung-hyuk (4) 9 New tournament
1 Oct Jeju City 500,000,000 South Korea (1) 9 New tournament
29 Oct Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational Gimhae 750,000,000 South Korea Hwang Inn-choon (5) 9
5 Nov Caido Series 8 – Caido Tour Championship Yeoju 500,000,000 South Korea (1) 9

Genesis Points table[]

The Order of Merit used a points system, called Genesis Points. Points were awarded based on the player's position in each event.

Rank Player Points Events
1 South Korea 5246 17
2 South Korea 5060 17
3 South Korea 4566 19
4 South Korea 4364 19
5 South Korea 4109 18

Source: [1]

Prize money leaders[]

Rank Player Money (KRW) Events
1 South Korea Kim Seung-hyuk 631,779,810 9
2 South Korea 506,696,254 17
3 South Korea 493,428,000 9
4 South Korea 363,699,619 15
5 South Korea 323,169,091 8

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

Source: [1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Korean Tour Record" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 28 November 2018.[permanent dead link]

External links[]

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