2009 Korean Tour

2009 Korean Tour season

Duration	2 April 2009 (2009-04-02) – 1 November 2009 (2009-11-01)
Number of official events	16
Most wins	Bae Sang-moon (2) Lee Seong-ho (2) Park Sang-hyun (2)
Order of Merit	Bae Sang-moon
Player of the Year	Bae Sang-moon
Rookie of the Year	Kim Do-hoon
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The 2009 Korean Tour, titled as the 2009 SBS Korean Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.

It was the fifth 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 2009 season. ^[2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (₩)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
5 Apr	KEB Invitational (1st)	China	400,000,000	Lee Tae-gyu (1)	n/a
12 Apr	SBS Tomato Savings Bank Open	South Gyeongsang	300,000,000	Kang Wook-soon (11)	n/a
26 Apr	Ballantine's Championship	Jeju	€2,100,000	Thongchai Jaidee (n/a)	32	ASA, EUR
17 May	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	Gyeonggi	600,000,000	Bae Sang-moon (5)	14	ASA
24 May	SK Telecom Open	Gyeonggi	600,000,000	Park Sang-hyun (1)	n/a
31 May	SBS Lake Hills Open	South Jeolla	300,000,000	Hong Chang-kyu (1)	n/a
7 Jun	SBS Kumho Asiana KPGA Championship	Gyeonggi	500,000,000	Hong Soon-sang (2)	n/a
14 Jun	SBS Ace Savings Bank Open	Gyeonggi	300,000,000	Lee Seong-ho (3)	n/a
6 Sep	SBS Samsung Benest Open	Gyeonggi	600,000,000	Lee Seong-ho (4)	n/a
13 Sep	Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open	South Chungcheong	1,000,000,000	Bae Sang-moon (6)	14	ONE
20 Sep	SBS Meritz Solmoro Open	Gyeonggi	500,000,000	Kim Dae-sub (7)	n/a
27 Sep	KEB Invitational (2nd)	Gangwon	400,000,000	Kim Dae-hyun (1)	n/a
11 Oct	SBS Johnnie Walker Blue Label Open	Jeju	300,000,000	Maeng Dong-seop (1)	n/a
18 Oct	Shinhan Donghae Open	Gyeonggi	700,000,000	Ryu Hyun-woo (1)	n/a
25 Oct	SBS Emerson Pacific Hilton Namhae Open	South Gyeongsang	300,000,000	Park Sang-hyun (2)	n/a		New tournament
1 Nov	SBS Dongbu Insurance Guncan CC Matchplay Championship	North Jeolla	300,000,000	Lee Ki-sang (1)	n/a

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Ballantine's Points and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. ^[3]

Position	Player	Points
1	Bae Sang-moon	4,770
2	Kim Dae-sub	4,395
3	Lee Seong-ho	3,115
4	Kim Dae-hyun	3,045
5	Park Sang-hyun	3,015

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award)	Bae Sang-moon	[4]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award)	Kim Do-hoon	[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; EUR − European Tour; ONE − OneAsia 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. "2009 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
3. "2009 Points standings" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
4. "KPGA Prize Awards history" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
5. "2009 Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)