2018 Korean Tour

2018 Korean Tour season

Duration	19 April 2018 (2018-04-19) – 11 November 2018 (2018-11-11)
Number of official events	17
Most wins	Park Sang-hyun (3)
Order of Merit	Lee Hyung-joon
Player of the Year	Lee Hyung-joon
Rookie of the Year	Ham Jeong-woo
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The 2018 Korean Tour was the 41st 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 2018 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (₩)	Winner [a]	OWGR points	Other tours [b]	Notes
22 Apr	DB Insurance Promy Open	Gyeonggi	500,000,000	Jeon Ga-lam (1)	9
6 May	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	Gyeonggi	1,000,000,000	Park Sang-hyun (6)	12	ASA
20 May	SK Telecom Open	Gyeonggi	1,200,000,000	Kwon Sung-yeol (1)	9
27 May	Genesis Championship	Gyeonggi	1,500,000,000	Lee Tae-hee (2)	9
3 Jun	KB Financial Liiv Championship	Gyeonggi	700,000,000	Maeng Dong-seop (3)	9		New tournament
10 Jun	Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay	South Gyeongsang	1,000,000,000	Kim Meen-whee (2)	9
17 Jun	KEB Hana Bank Invitational	Gyeonggi	1,000,000,000	Park Sang-hyun (7)	9		New tournament
24 Jun	Kolon Korea Open	South Chungcheong	1,200,000,000	Choi Min-chel (1)	12	ASA
1 Jul	KPGA Championship	South Gyeongsang	1,000,000,000	Mun Do-yeob (1)	9
8 Jul	NS HomeShopping Gunsan CC Jeonbuk Open	North Jeolla	500,000,000	Sukwoan Ko (1)	9
19 Aug	Dong-A Membership Group Busan Open	South Gyeongsang	500,000,000	Kim Tae-hoon (3)	9
2 Sep	DGB Financial Group Daegu Gyeongbuk Open	North Gyeongsang	500,000,000	Kim Tae-woo (1)	9
16 Sep	Shinhan Donghae Open	Gyeonggi	1,200,000,000	Park Sang-hyun (8)	12	ASA
23 Sep	Huons Celebrity Pro-Am	South Chungcheong	500,000,000	Eom Jae-woong (1)	9		New Pro-Am tournament
28 Oct	Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational	South Gyeongsang	1,000,000,000	Park Sung-kug (1)	9
4 Nov	A+Life Hyodam Jeju Open	Jeju	500,000,000	Park Hyo-won (1)	9
11 Nov	Golfzon-DYB Education KPGA Tour Championship	Gyeonggi	500,000,000	Lee Jung-hwan (2)	9

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Genesis Points and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. ^[2] The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2019 European Tour. ^{[3] [4]}

Position	Player	Points	Status earned
1	Lee Hyung-joon	4,662	Forfeited exemption
2	Park Hyo-won	4,524	Promoted to European Tour
3	Park Sang-hyun	4,412	Promoted to European Tour [c]
4	Maeng Dong-seop	3,893
5	Mun Do-yeob	3,742

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award)	Lee Hyung-joon	[6]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award)	Ham Jeong-woo	[7] [6]

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.
3. Park earned European Tour status by finishing as the leading player (not otherwise exempt) on the 2018 Asian Tour Order of Merit. ^[5]

References

1. "2018 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
2. "2018 Points standings" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
3. "'제네시스 대상' 이형준, 유러피언투어 안간다…"KPGA 코리안투어에 전념할 것"" ['Genesis Grand Prize' Lee Hyung-Joon won't go to the European Tour... "I will devote myself to the KPGA Korean Tour"] (in Korean). KPGA. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
4. "박효원, '혼마 홍콩오픈'서 유러피언투어 정식 데뷔" [Park Hyo-won makes his European Tour official debut at the Honma Hong Kong Open] (in Korean). KPGA. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
5. "박상현, 아시안투어 신인상 수상…유러피언투어 출전권도 획득" [Park Sang-hyun, Asian Tour Rookie Award winner... Qualified to play on the European Tour] (in Korean). KPGA. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
6. "2018년 KPGA 코리안투어, 2018 KPGA 제네시스 대상 시상식으로 화려한 피날레" [KPGA Korean Tour 2018 Grand Finale at the 2018 Genesis Grand Prize Awards] (in Korean). KPGA. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
7. "2018 Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)