2019 Korean Tour

The 2019 Korean Tour was the ninth season of the Korean Tour to carry Official World Golf Ranking points. The season consisted of 15 official events Three events are co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour, one of which was also co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour. All the tournaments had prize funds of at least 500 million won (approximately US$500,000). Nine had prize funds of 1 billion won ($1,000,000) 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.

DateTournamentLocationPrize fund
(KRW)		WinnerOWGR
points		Notes
21 AprDB Insurance Promy OpenPocheon500,000,000 Richard T. Lee (2)9
28 AprNS HomeShopping Gunsan CC Jeonbuk OpenGunsan500,000,000 Kim Bi-o (4)9
5 MayGS Caltex Maekyung OpenSeongnam1,200,000,000 Lee Tae-hee (3)12Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
12 MayHuons Elravie Celebrity Pro-AmIncheon600,000,000 Jeon Ga-lam (2)9
19 MaySK Telecom OpenIncheon1,200,000,000 Ham Jeong-woo (1)9
26 MayKB Financial Liiv ChampionshipIcheon700,000,000 Seo Hyung-seok (2)9
9 JunDescente Korea Munsingwear MatchplayNamhae1,000,000,000 Lee Hyung-joon (5)9
16 JunKEB Hana Bank InvitationalYongin1,200,000,000 Seo Yo-seop (1)9
23 JunKolon Korea OpenCheonan1,200,000,000 Jazz Janewattananond (n/a)13Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
30 JunKPGA ChampionshipYangsan1,000,000,000 Won Joon Lee (1)9
1 SepWoosung Construction Aramir CC Busan Gyeongnam OpenChangwon500,000,000 Lee Jae-kyung (1)9New tournament
22 SepShinhan Donghae OpenIncheon1,200,000,000 Jbe' Kruger (n/a)14Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
and Japan Golf Tour
29 SepDGB Financial Group Volvik Daegu Gyeongbuk OpenGumi500,000,000 Kim Bi-o (5)9
6 OctHyundai Insurance KJ Choi InvitationalGimhae1,000,000,000 Lee Soo-min (3)9
13 OctGenesis ChampionshipIncheon1,500,000,000 Im Sung-jae (1)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 15 events had the same points. Moon Kyong-jun did not win any tournaments but had 7 top-10 finishes.

RankPlayerPointsEvents
1 Moon Kyong-jun412615
2 Lee Soo-min378015
3 Ham Jeong-woo352914
4 Lee Hyung-joon326015
5 Seo Hyung-seok312715

Source: [2]

Prize money leaders
RankPlayerMoney (KRW)Events
1 Lee Soo-min469,948,10115
2 Ham Jeong-woo404,922,93514
3 Seo Yo-seop378,703,24115
4 Lee Hyung-joon358,730,91815
5 Lee Tae-hee345,203,71311

Source: [3]

References
  1. "Korean Tour Schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  2. "Genesis Points" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  3. "Genesis Prize Ranking" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
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