2012 Korean Tour

2012 Korean Tour season

Duration	26 April 2012 (2012-04-26) – 28 October 2012 (2012-10-28)
Number of official events	13
Most wins	Kim Bi-o (2) Kim Dae-sub (2)
Order of Merit	Lee Sang-hee
Player of the Year	Lee Sang-hee
Rookie of the Year	Kim Meen-whee
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The 2012 Korean Tour was the 35th 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 2012 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (₩)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
29 Apr	Ballantine's Championship	Gyeonggi	€2,205,000	Bernd Wiesberger (n/a)	32	ASA, EUR
13 May	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	Gyeonggi	1,000,000,000	Kim Bi-o (2)	10	ONE
20 May	SK Telecom Open	Jeju	900,000,000	Kim Bi-o (3)	10	ONE
3 Jun	Meritz Solmoro Open	Gyeonggi	500,000,000	Choi Jin-ho (3)	6
24 Jun	Volvik Hildesheim Open	North Chungcheong	US$300,000	Lee In-woo (2)	14	ASA	New tournament
2 Sep	SBS Tour Happiness KJB KPGA Championship	South Jeolla	500,000,000	Lee Sang-hee (2)	6
9 Sep	Charity High 1 Open	Gangwon	1,000,000,000	Matthew Griffin (1)	6	ONE
16 Sep	Dongbu Insurance Promy Open	Gangwon	400,000,000	Kim Dae-sub (9)	6
23 Sep	Munsingwear Matchplay Championship	Gangwon	600,000,000	Kim Dae-hyun (3)	6
7 Oct	CJ Invitational	Gyeonggi	US$750,000	K. J. Choi (16)	14	ASA
14 Oct	Shinhan Donghae Open	Gyeonggi	1,000,000,000	Kim Meen-whee (1)	12
21 Oct	Kolon Korea Open	South Chungcheong	1,000,000,000	Kim Dae-sub (10)	12	ONE
28 Oct	Windsor Classic	Gyeonggi	400,000,000	Baek Joo-yeob (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. ^[2]

Position	Player	Points
1	Lee Sang-hee	2,995
2	Kang Kyung-nam	2,720
3	Kim Dae-sub	2,620
4	Kim Bi-o	2,300
5	Kim Dae-hyun	2,180

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award)	Lee Sang-hee	[3]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award)	Kim Meen-whee	[4] [3]

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. "2012 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
2. "2012 Points standings" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
3. "2012 한국프로골프대상 시상식' 영광의 수상자 모습" [2012 Korea Professional Golf Awards] (in Korean). KPGA. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
4. "2012 Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)