2018 Korean Tour
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 |
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22 Apr | DB Insurance Promy Open | Pocheon | 500,000,000 | 9 | ||
6 May | GS Caltex Maekyung Open | Seongnam | 1,000,000,000 | 12 | Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour | |
20 May | SK Telecom Open | Incheon | 1,200,000,000 | 9 | ||
27 May | Genesis Championship | Incheon | 1,500,000,000 | 9 | ||
3 Jun | KB Financial Liiv Championship | Icheon | 700,000,000 | 9 | New tournament | |
10 Jun | Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay | Namhae | 1,000,000,000 | 9 | ||
17 Jun | KEB Hana Bank Invitational | Yongin | 1,000,000,000 | 9 | New tournament | |
24 Jun | Kolon Korea Open | Cheonan | 1,200,000,000 | 12 | Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour | |
1 Jul | KPGA Championship | Yangsan | 1,000,000,000 | 9 | ||
8 Jul | NS HomeShopping Gunsan CC Jeonbuk Open | Gunsan | 500,000,000 | 9 | ||
19 Aug | Dong-A Membership Group Busan Open | Yangsan | 500,000,000 | 9 | ||
2 Sep | DGB Financial Group Daegu Gyeongbuk Open | Chilgok | 500,000,000 | 9 | ||
16 Sep | Shinhan Donghae Open | Incheon | 1,200,000,000 | 12 | Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour | |
23 Sep | Huons Celebrity Pro-Am | Taean | 500,000,000 | 9 | New tournament | |
28 Oct | Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational | Gimhae | 1,000,000,000 | 9 | ||
4 Nov | A+Life Hyodam Jeju Open | Jeju | 500,000,000 | 9 | ||
11 Nov | Golfzon-DYB Education KPGA Tour Championship | Anseong | 500,000,000 | 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. Lee Hyung-joon 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 | 4662 | 17 | |
2 | 4524 | 17 | |
3 | 4412 | 8 | |
4 | 3893 | 17 | |
5 | 3742 | 17 |
Source: [2]
Prize money leaders
Rank | Player | Money (KRW) | Events |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 790,066,667 | 7 | |
2 | 443,353,333 | 11 | |
3 | 366,266,667 | 12 | |
4 | 365,558,333 | 17 | |
5 | 359,050,810 | 12 |
'Events' refers to the number of tournaments in which the player won prize money.
Source: [2]
References
- "Korea Tour Schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- "Korean Tour Record" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 28 November 2018.