2013 Korean Tour

2013 Korean Tour season

Duration	25 April 2013 (2013-04-25) – 1 November 2013 (2013-11-01)
Number of official events	14
Most wins	Kang Sung-hoon (2)
Order of Merit	Ryu Hyun-woo
Player of the Year	Ryu Hyun-woo
Rookie of the Year	Song Young-han
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The 2013 Korean Tour was the 36th 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 2013 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (₩)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
28 Apr	Ballantine's Championship	Gyeonggi	€2,205,000	Brett Rumford (n/a)	34	ASA, EUR
12 May	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	Gyeonggi	1,000,000,000	Ryu Hyun-woo (2)	8	ONE
19 May	SK Telecom Open	Jeju	900,000,000	Matthew Griffin (2)	6	ONE
26 May	Happiness Kwangju Bank Open	South Jeolla	500,000,000	Kang Kyung-nam (10)	6		New tournament
2 Jun	Gunsan CC Open	North Jeolla	300,000,000	Lee Soo-min (a) (1)	6
4 Aug	Bosung CC Classic	South Jeolla	300,000,000	Kim Tae-hoon (1)	6		New tournament
11 Aug	SolaSeaDo-Pine Beach Open	South Jeolla	300,000,000	Hong Soon-sang (5)	6		New tournament
18 Aug	Dongchon KPGA Championship	North Chungcheong	500,000,000	Kim Hyung-tae (5)	6
15 Sep	Dongbu Insurance Promy Open	Gangwon	400,000,000	Lee Chang-woo (a) (1)	6
29 Sep	Shinhan Donghae Open	Gyeonggi	1,000,000,000	Bae Sang-moon (8)	6
6 Oct	Munsingwear Matchplay Championship	Gangwon	600,000,000	Kim Do-hoon (2)	6
13 Oct	CJ Invitational	Gyeonggi	US$750,000	Kang Sung-hoon (3)	14	ASA
20 Oct	Kolon Korea Open	South Chungcheong	1,000,000,000	Kang Sung-hoon (4)	14	ONE
1 Nov	Herald KYJ Tour Championship	Jeju	300,000,000	Hur In-hoi (2)	6

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	Ryu Hyun-woo	3,555
2	Kim Hyung-tae	3,310
3	Kim Tae-hoon	3,215
4	Kim Do-hoon	3,160
T5	Kang Sung-hoon	2,540
	Lee Sang-hee

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award)	Ryu Hyun-woo	[3]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award)	Song Young-han	[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. "2013 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
2. "2013 Points standings" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
3. "발렌타인 2013 한국프로골프대상 시상식 영광의 수상자 모습" [Ballantine's 2013 Korea Professional Golf Awards Winners] (in Korean). KPGA. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
4. "2013 Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)