2012 Korean Tour
The 2012 Korean Tour was the second season of the Korean Tour to carry Official World Golf Ranking points. The season consisted of 13 events, seven of which were co-sanctioned by other tours. All the tournament had prize funds of at least 400 million won (approximately US$350,000). Four had prize funds of 1 billion won (US$900,000) while the Ballantine's Championship has a prize fund of 2.2 million euros (approximately US$2.9 million).
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 |
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29 Apr | Ballantine's Championship | Icheon | €2,205,000 | 32 | Co-sanctioned by European Tour and Asian Tour | |
13 May | GS Caltex Maekyung Open | Seongnam | 1,000,000,000 | 10 | Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour | |
20 May | SK Telecom Open | Seogwipo | 900,000,000 | 10 | Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour | |
3 Jun | Meritz Solmoro Open | Yeoju | 500,000,000 | 6 | ||
24 Jun | Volvik Hildesheim Open | Jecheon | $300,000 | 14 | Co-sanctioned by Asian Tour | |
1 Jul | Million Yard Cup | Nagasaki | $200,000 | Korea | n/a | Team match between Korea and Japan |
2 Sep | SBS Tour Happiness KJB KPGA Championship | Naju | 500,000,000 | 6 | ||
9 Sep | The Charity High 1 Open | Jeongseon | 1,000,000,000 | 6 | Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour | |
16 Sep | Dongbu Insurance Promy Open | Hoengseong | 400,000,000 | 6 | ||
23 Sep | Munsingwear Matchplay Championship | Pyeongchang | 600,000,000 | 6 | ||
7 Oct | CJ Invitational | Yeoju | $750,000 | 14 | Co-sanctioned by Asian Tour | |
14 Oct | Shinhan Donghae Open | Incheon | 1,000,000,000 | 12 | ||
21 Oct | Kolon Korea Open | Cheonan | 1,000,000,000 | 12 | Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour | |
28 Oct | Windsor Classic | Pocheon | 400,000,000 | 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 | 2995 | 13 | |
2 | 2720 | 14 | |
3 | 2620 | 7 | |
4 | 2300 | 3 | |
5 | 2180 | 12 |
Source: [1]
Prize money leaders
Rank | Player | Money (KRW) | Events |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 444,000,000 | 3 | |
2 | 398,493,137 | 5 | |
3 | 332,562,772 | 12 | |
4 | 308,326,923 | 10 | |
5 | 307,189,457 | 6 |
'Events' refers to the number of tournaments in which the player won prize money.
Source: [1]
References
- "Korean Tour Record" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 28 November 2018.