2002 Korean Tour

2002 Korean Tour season

Duration	25 April 2002 (2002-04-25) – 16 November 2002 (2002-11-16)
Number of official events	12
Order of Merit	Kang Wook-soon
Player of the Year	K. J. Choi
Rookie of the Year	Kim Dae-sub
← 2001 2003 →

The 2002 Korean Tour was the 25th 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 2002 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (₩)	Winner [a]	OWGR points	Other tours [b]	Notes
28 Apr	SK Telecom Open	Gyeonggi	500,000,000	Charlie Wi (3)	6	ASA
4 May	Maekyung LG Fashion Open	Gyeonggi	500,000,000	Eddie Lee (a) (n/a)	6	ASA
12 May	Maestro Open	Gyeonggi	200,000,000	Park Do-kyu (2)	n/a
19 May	Pocari Energy Open	Gyeonggi	250,000,000	Kang Wook-soon (8)	n/a
26 Jul	Honam Open	South Jeolla	200,000,000	Shin Yong-jin (6)	n/a
25 Aug	Bookyung Open	South Chungcheong	200,000,000	Choi Gwang-soo (13)	n/a
1 Sep	Shinhan Donghae Open	Gyeonggi	500,000,000	Hur Suk-ho (2)	6	ASA
8 Sep	Kolon Cup Korea Open	Gyeonggi	500,000,000	Sergio García (n/a)	14	ASA
15 Sep	Samsung Securities KPGA Championship	Gangwon	550,000,000	Kim Dae-sub (3)	n/a
3 Nov	SBS Oriental Fire Cup	Gyeonggi	150,000,000	Yang Yong-eun (1)	n/a		New tournament
10 Nov	KTRD Open	Gyeonggi	300,000,000	Mo Joong-kyung (2)	n/a		New tournament
16 Nov	Iksan Open	North Jeolla	200,000,000	Suk Jong-yul (1)	n/a

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	Kang Wook-soon	204,166,667
2	Kim Dae-sub	176,168,333
3	Choi Gwang-soo	168,295,000
4	Park Nam-sin	139,305,667
5	Park Do-kyu	136,224,750

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award)	K. J. Choi	[4] [5]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award)	Kim Dae-sub	[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. "2002 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
2. "2002 Order of Merit" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
3. "[골프] 강욱순 3년 만에 상금왕 등극" [Kang Wook-soon becomes the prize money king for the first time in 3 years]. Economy21 (in Korean). 29 November 2002. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
4. "KPGA Prize Awards history" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
5. "최경주 KPGA '최우수선수상'" [Choi Kyung-ju KPGA 'Most Valuable Player Award']. The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). Seoul, South Korea. 10 January 2003. Retrieved 3 September 2024.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)