2011 Korean Tour

The 2011 Korean Tour was the first season of the Korean Tour to carry Official World Golf Ranking points. The season consisted of 17 events, five of which were co-sanctioned by other tours. All the tournament had prize funds of at least 300 million won (approximately US$300,000). Four had prize funds of 1 billion won (US$1 million) while the Ballantine's Championship has a prize fund of 2.2 million euros (approximately US$3.1 million). Total prize money for the tour was approximately 12 billion won (US$12 million).

2011 Korean Tour season
Duration31 March 2011 (2011-03-31) – 30 October 2011 (2011-10-30)
Number of official events16[lower-alpha 1]
Most wins2:
South Korea Hong Soon-sang
South Korea Kang Kyung-nam
Order of MeritSouth Korea Hong Soon-sang
2010
2012

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
()
Winner[lower-alpha 2]OWGR
points
Other
tours[lower-alpha 3]
Notes
3 AprTwayair OpenJeju300,000,000Australia Andrew Tschudin (2)6
1 MayBallantine's ChampionshipGyeonggi€2,205,000England Lee Westwood (n/a)42ASA, EUR
8 MayGS Caltex Maekyung OpenGyeonggi1,000,000,000South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (6)10ONE
15 MayVolvik Gunsan CC OpenNorth Jeolla300,000,000South Korea Lee Seong-ho (6)6
22 MaySK Telecom OpenJeju900,000,000Australia Kurt Barnes (n/a)14ONE
29 MayLake Hills OpenSouth Gyeongsang300,000,000South Korea Choi Ho-sung (2)6
5 JunSubaru ClassicGyeonggi500,000,000South Korea Hong Soon-sang (3)6
26 JunDongbu Insurance Promy OpenGangwon300,000,000South Korea Kang Kyung-nam (7)6
10 JulCharity High 1 Resort OpenGangwonAbandoned[lower-alpha 4]ONENew tournament
7 AugJohnnie Walker OpenJeju300,000,000South Korea Park Do-kyu (5)6
28 AugDaishin Securities KPGA ChampionshipGyeonggi500,000,000South Korea Kim Byung-jun (1)6
25 SepMunsingwear ChampionshipGyeonggi400,000,000South Korea Hong Soon-sang (4)6
2 OctShinhan Donghae OpenGyeonggi1,000,000,000England Paul Casey (n/a)20
9 OctKolon Korea OpenSouth Chungcheong1,000,000,000United States Rickie Fowler (n/a)26ONE
16 OctMeritz Solmoro OpenGyeonggi500,000,000South Korea Kang Kyung-nam (8)6
23 OctCJ InvitationalGyeonggiUS$750,000South Korea K. J. Choi (15)22ASANew tournament
30 OctNH OpenGyeonggi500,000,000South Korea Lee Sang-hee (1)6New tournament

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2]

PositionPlayerPoints
1South Korea Hong Soon-sang3,160
2South Korea Kang Kyung-nam3,125
3South Korea Choi Ho-sung3,095
4South Korea Kim Kyung-tae2,100
5South Korea Ryu Hyun-woo2,070

Notes

  1. A further one tournament was scheduled but was abandoned.
  2. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Korean Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Korean Tour members.
  3. ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
  4. Tournament abandoned due to persistent bad weather.[1]

References

  1. "Weather forces cancellation of 2011 The Charity High1 Resort Open presented by SBS". OneAsia. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  2. "Korean Tour Record" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
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