2007 Korean Tour

2007 Korean Tour season

Duration	2 April 2007 (2007-04-02) – 1 November 2007 (2007-11-01)
Number of official events	18
Most wins	Kang Kyung-nam (3) Kim Kyung-tae (3)
Order of Merit	Kim Kyung-tae
Player of the Year	Kim Kyung-tae
Rookie of the Year	Kim Kyung-tae
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The 2007 Korean Tour, titled as the 2007 SBS Korean Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.

It was the third season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Seoul Broadcasting System, that was announced in June 2004. ^[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2007 season. ^[2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (₩)	Winner [a]	OWGR points	Other tours [b]	Notes
29 Apr	SBS Tomato Savings Bank Open	Jeju	300,000,000	Kim Kyung-tae (3)	n/a
6 May	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	Gyeonggi	600,000,000	Kim Kyung-tae (4)	14	ASA
20 May	Xcanvas Open	Gyeonggi	400,000,000	Hong Soon-sang (1)	n/a		New tournament
27 May	SK Telecom Open	Gyeonggi	600,000,000	Bae Sang-moon (2)	14	ASA
3 Jun	SBS Kumho Asiana Open	Gyeonggi	500,000,000	Park Nam-sin (20)	n/a		New tournament
17 Jun	SBS Ace Savings Bank Montvert Open	Gyeonggi	300,000,000	Bae Sung-chul (1)	n/a		New tournament
1 Jul	SBS Yeonwoo Heavenland Open	North Gyeongsang	400,000,000	Park Do-kyu (4)	n/a		New tournament
12 Jul	SBS Samsung Apple City Open	China	300,000,000	Kim Kyung-tae (5)	n/a		New tournament
24 Aug	SBS Korea Golf and Art Village KPGA Championship	Gyeonggi	500,000,000	Kim Chang-yoon (1)	n/a
2 Sep	SBS Lake Hills Open	Jeju	300,000,000	Kang Kyung-nam (3)	n/a		New tournament
9 Sep	SBS Meritz Solmoro Open	Gyeonggi	300,000,000	Hwang Inn-choon (1)	n/a
16 Sep	SBS Samsung Benest Open	Gyeonggi	600,000,000	Lee Seong-ho (1)	n/a
23 Sep	SBS Eden Valley Ski Resort Open	South Gyeongsang	300,000,000	Kang Kyung-nam (4)	n/a		New tournament
7 Oct	Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open	South Chungcheong	1,000,000,000	Vijay Singh (n/a)	14	ASA
14 Oct	Shinhan Donghae Open	Gyeonggi	700,000,000	K. J. Choi (12)	n/a
28 Oct	SBS Kumgang Ananti NongHyup Open	Gyeonggi	300,000,000	Kim Hyung-tae (2)	n/a		New tournament
11 Nov	SBS Hana Tour Championship	South Gyeongsang	300,000,000	Kang Kyung-nam (5)	n/a
23 Nov	Dongbu Insurance Promy KPGA Invitational	North Gyeongsang	70,000,000	Lee Yong-hun (2)	n/a		New tournament

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. ^[3]

Position	Player	Points
1	Kim Kyung-tae	6,320
2	Kang Kyung-nam	5,595
3	Kim Hyung-tae	2,855
4	Kim Chang-yoon	2,605
5	Hwang Inn-choon	2,395

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award)	Kim Kyung-tae	[4]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award)	Kim Kyung-tae	[5] [4]

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 Tour.

References

1. "국내골프도 내년부터 '투어시대'" [Domestic golf will also enter the 'tour era' starting next year]. The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). Seoul, South Korea. 24 June 2004. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
2. "2007 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Archived from the original on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
3. "2007 Points standings" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
4. "KPGA Prize Awards history" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
5. "2007 Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)