2000 Korean Tour

2000 Korean Tour season

Duration	20 April 2000 (2000-04-20) – 19 November 2000 (2000-11-19)
Number of official events	14
Most wins	Choi Gwang-soo (3) Kang Wook-soon (3)
Order of Merit	Choi Gwang-soo
Player of the Year	Kang Wook-soon
Rookie of the Year	Suk Jong-yul
← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 Korean Tour was the 23rd season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2000 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (₩)	Winner [a]	OWGR points	Other tours [b]	Notes
23 Apr	Honam Open	South Jeolla	200,000,000	Park Nam-sin (18)	n/a
30 Apr	Maekyung LG Fashion Open	Gyeonggi	US$350,000	Kang Wook-soon (5)	6	ASA
21 May	Lance Field KPGA Championship	South Gyeongsang	200,000,000	Park No-seok (3)	n/a
28 May	SK Telecom Classic	Gyeonggi	350,000,000	Park Nam-sin (19)	n/a
4 Jun	Hyundai Motor Masters	Gyeonggi	US$250,000	Choi Gwang-soo (8)	n/a
11 Jun	Pocari Energy Open	Gyeonggi	200,000,000	Choi Gwang-soo (9)	n/a
30 Jul	Bookyung Open	South Chungcheong	200,000,000	Choi Gwang-soo (10)	n/a
27 Aug	Shinhan Donghae Open	South Gyeongsang	200,000,000	Yoo Jae-chul (1)	n/a
3 Sep	Leading Investment & Securities Open	Gyeonggi	200,000,000	Kang Wook-soon (6)	n/a		New tournament
9 Sep	Chungcheong Open	South Chungcheong	200,000,000	Mo Joong-kyung (1)	n/a		New tournament
8 Oct	Kolon Cup Korea Open	Gyeonggi	400,000,000	Thongchai Jaidee (n/a)	6	ASA
19 Oct	Daekyung Open	North Gyeongsang	200,000,000	Kang Wook-soon (7)	n/a		New tournament
12 Nov	Superior Open	South Gyeongsang	200,000,000	K. J. Choi (8)	n/a
19 Nov	Iksan Open	North Jeolla	200,000,000	Kim Chang-min (1)	n/a		New tournament

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South Korean won. ^{[2] [3]}

Position	Player	Prize money (₩)
1	Choi Gwang-soo	270,094,375
2	Kang Wook-soon	268,401,250
3	Park Nam-sin	180,355,800
4	Yoo Jae-chul	101,361,466
5	Mo Joong-kyung	101,042,089

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award)	Kang Wook-soon	[4] [5]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award)	Suk Jong-yul	[4] [5]

Notes

1. 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.
2. ASA − Asian PGA Tour.

References

1. "2000 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
2. "2000 Order of Merit" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
3. "최광수 씁쓸한 상금왕 .. 시즌도중 산정방식변경..강욱순에 2백만원 앞서" [Choi Gwang-soo, the bitter prize money king .. Calculation method changed during the season. 2 million won ahead of Kang Wook-soon]. The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). 12 December 2000. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
4. "KPGA Prize Awards history" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
5. "강욱순 KPGA 2000 최우수선수 영예" [Kang Wook-soon KPGA 2000 Most Valuable Player]. Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). Seoul, South Korea. 2 January 2001. Retrieved 3 September 2024.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)