2018 Korean Tour

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The 2018 Korean Tour was the eighth season of the Korean Tour to carry Official World Golf Ranking points. The season consisted of 17 events, three of which are co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour. All the tournaments had prize funds of at least 500 million won (approximately US$480,000). Nine have 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
22 Apr DB Insurance Promy Open Pocheon 500,000,000 South Korea (1) 9
6 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open Seongnam 1,000,000,000 South Korea Park Sang-hyun (6) 12 Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
20 May SK Telecom Open Incheon 1,200,000,000 South Korea (1) 9
27 May Genesis Championship Incheon 1,500,000,000 South Korea (2) 9
3 Jun Icheon 700,000,000 South Korea (3) 9 New tournament
10 Jun Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay Namhae 1,000,000,000 South Korea Kim Meen-whee (2) 9
17 Jun KEB Hana Bank Invitational Yongin 1,000,000,000 South Korea Park Sang-hyun (7) 9 New tournament
24 Jun Kolon Korea Open Cheonan 1,200,000,000 South Korea (1) 12 Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
1 Jul KPGA Championship Yangsan 1,000,000,000 South Korea (1) 9
8 Jul NS HomeShopping Gunsan CC Jeonbuk Open Gunsan 500,000,000 Canada (1) 9
19 Aug Yangsan 500,000,000 South Korea Kim Tae-hoon (3) 9
2 Sep Chilgok 500,000,000 South Korea (1) 9
16 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open Incheon 1,200,000,000 South Korea Park Sang-hyun (8) 12 Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
23 Sep Taean 500,000,000 South Korea (1) 9 New tournament
28 Oct Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational Gimhae 1,000,000,000 South Korea (1) 9
4 Nov Jeju 500,000,000 South Korea (1) 9
11 Nov Golfzon-DYB Education KPGA Tour Championship Anseong 500,000,000 South Korea (2) 9

Source: [1]

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. 1,000 points were awarded to the winner, 600 points for second place, down to 5 points for those finishing outside the top 60. All 17 events had the same points. did not win any tournaments but made the cut in all 17 events and was second twice and third three times.

Rank Player Points Events
1 South Korea 4662 17
2 South Korea 4524 17
3 South Korea Park Sang-hyun 4412 8
4 South Korea 3893 17
5 South Korea 3742 17

Source: [2]

Prize money leaders[]

Rank Player Money (KRW) Events
1 South Korea Park Sang-hyun 790,066,667 7
2 South Korea 443,353,333 11
3 South Korea 366,266,667 12
4 South Korea 365,558,333 17
5 South Korea 359,050,810 12

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

Source: [2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Korea Tour Schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Korean Tour Record" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 28 November 2018.[permanent dead link]

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