2015 Korean Tour

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2015 Korean Tour season
Duration23 April 2015 (2015-04-23) – 8 November 2015 (2015-11-08)
Number of official events12
Order of Merit Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Tae-hee
Player of the Year Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Tae-hee
Rookie of the Year Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Soo-min
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The 2015 Korean Tour was the 38th season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.

Contents

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2015 season. [1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
()
Winner [lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points
Other
tours [lower-alpha 2]
Notes
26 Apr Dongbu Insurance Promy Open Gyeonggi400,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Hur In-hoi (3)7
17 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open Gyeonggi1,000,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Moon Kyong-jun (1)7 ONE
24 May SK Telecom Open Gyeonggi1,000,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Jin-ho (4)8 ONE
7 Jun Nefs Heritage Gangwon632,367,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Tae-hee (1)7New tournament
21 Jun Vainer Open Jeju500,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Park Jae-bum (1)7
28 Jun Gunsan CC Open North Jeolla500,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Soo-min (2)7
30 Aug KPGA Championship South Gyeongsang800,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Dong-kyu (1)7
6 Sep Maeil Dairies Open South Chungcheong300,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Dae-hyun (4)6
13 Sep Kolon Korea Open South Chungcheong1,200,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Kyoung-hoon (1)7 ONE
20 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open Gyeonggi1,000,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg An Byeong-hun (1)9
4 Oct Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay Championship South Gyeongsang800,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Hyung-joon (2)6
8 Nov Caido Golf LIS Tour Championship South Jeolla300,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Tae-hoon (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]

PositionPlayerPoints
1 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Tae-hee 2,190
2 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Soo-min 2,185
3 Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Jin-ho 1,830
4 Flag of South Korea.svg Moon Kyong-jun 1,730
5 Flag of South Korea.svg Park Jae-bum 1,665

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award) Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Tae-hee [3]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award) Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Soo-min [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. ONE − OneAsia Tour.

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References

  1. "2015 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  2. "2015 Points standings" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  3. 1 2 "발렌타인 한국프로골프대상 시상식" [Ballantine's 2015 Korea Professional Golf Awards Ceremony] (in Korean). KPGA. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  4. "2015 Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 9 January 2024.