2011 Korean Tour

2011 Korean Tour season

Duration	31 March 2011 (2011-03-31) – 30 October 2011 (2011-10-30)
Number of official events	16 [a]
Most wins	Hong Soon-sang (2) Kang Kyung-nam (2)
Order of Merit	Hong Soon-sang
Player of the Year	Hong Soon-sang
Rookie of the Year	John Huh
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The 2011 Korean Tour was the 34th season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.

OWGR inclusion

In August 2010, it was announced that all Korean Tour events, beginning in 2011, would receive Official World Golf Ranking points at the minimum level of 6 points for the winner of a 72-hole event. ^[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2011 season. ^[2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (₩)	Winner [b]	OWGR points	Other tours [c]	Notes
3 Apr	Twayair Open	Jeju	300,000,000	Andrew Tschudin (2)	6
1 May	Ballantine's Championship	Gyeonggi	€2,205,000	Lee Westwood (n/a)	42	ASA, EUR
8 May	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	Gyeonggi	1,000,000,000	Kim Kyung-tae (6)	10	ONE
15 May	Volvik Gunsan CC Open	North Jeolla	300,000,000	Lee Seong-ho (6)	6		New tournament
22 May	SK Telecom Open	Jeju	900,000,000	Kurt Barnes (n/a)	14	ONE
29 May	Lake Hills Open	South Gyeongsang	300,000,000	Choi Ho-sung (2)	6
5 Jun	Subaru Classic	Gyeonggi	500,000,000	Hong Soon-sang (3)	6
26 Jun	Dongbu Insurance Promy Open	Gangwon	300,000,000	Kang Kyung-nam (8)	6
10 Jul	Charity High 1 Resort Open	Gangwon	–	Abandoned [d]	–	ONE	New tournament
7 Aug	Johnnie Walker Open	Jeju	300,000,000	Park Do-kyu (5)	6
28 Aug	Daishin Securities KPGA Championship	Gyeonggi	500,000,000	Kim Byung-jun (1)	6
25 Sep	Munsingwear Championship	Gyeonggi	400,000,000	Hong Soon-sang (4)	6
2 Oct	Shinhan Donghae Open	Gyeonggi	1,000,000,000	Paul Casey (n/a)	20
9 Oct	Kolon Korea Open	South Chungcheong	1,000,000,000	Rickie Fowler (n/a)	26	ONE
16 Oct	Meritz Solmoro Open	Gyeonggi	500,000,000	Kang Kyung-nam (9)	6
23 Oct	CJ Invitational	Gyeonggi	US$750,000	K. J. Choi (15)	22	ASA	New tournament
30 Oct	NH Open	Gyeonggi	500,000,000	Lee Sang-hee (1)	6		New tournament

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. ^[4]

Position	Player	Points
1	Hong Soon-sang	3,160
2	Kang Kyung-nam	3,125
3	Choi Ho-sung	3,095
4	Kim Kyung-tae	2,100
5	Ryu Hyun-woo	2,070

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award)	Hong Soon-sang	[5]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award)	John Huh	[6] [5]

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. ^[3]

References

1. "Official World Golf Ranking board announces new directives". Official World Golf Ranking. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2023. The Board also agreed that the KPGA (Korean Golf Tour) and the TLA (Tour de Las Americas) should also be incorporated into the Ranking system from January 1 2011 on the same basis once the Technical Committee has liaised with the Tours concerned to establish their player listings and schedules.
2. "2011 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
3. "Weather forces cancellation of 2011 The Charity High1 Resort Open presented by SBS". OneAsia Tour. 10 July 2011. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
4. "2011 Points standings" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
5. "KPGA Prize Awards history" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
6. "2011 Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)