2019 Korean Tour

2019 Korean Tour season

Duration	18 April 2019 (2019-04-18) – 13 October 2019 (2019-10-13)
Number of official events	15
Most wins	Kim Bi-o (2)
Order of Merit	Moon Kyong-jun
Player of the Year	Moon Kyong-jun
Rookie of the Year	Lee Jae-kyeong
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The 2019 Korean Tour was the 42nd 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 2019 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (₩)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
21 Apr	DB Insurance Promy Open	Gyeonggi	500,000,000	Richard T. Lee (2)	9
28 Apr	NS HomeShopping Gunsan CC Jeonbuk Open	North Jeolla	500,000,000	Kim Bi-o (4)	9
5 May	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	Gyeonggi	1,200,000,000	Lee Tae-hee (3)	12	ASA
12 May	Huons Elravie Celebrity Pro-Am	Gyeonggi	600,000,000	Jeon Ga-lam (2)	9		Pro-Am
19 May	SK Telecom Open	Gyeonggi	1,200,000,000	Ham Jeong-woo (1)	9
26 May	KB Financial Liiv Championship	Gyeonggi	700,000,000	Seo Hyung-seok (2)	9
9 Jun	Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay	South Gyeongsang	1,000,000,000	Lee Hyung-joon (5)	9
16 Jun	KEB Hana Bank Invitational	Gyeonggi	1,200,000,000	Seo Yo-seop (1)	9
23 Jun	Kolon Korea Open	South Chungcheong	1,200,000,000	Jazz Janewattananond (n/a)	13	ASA
30 Jun	KPGA Championship	South Gyeongsang	1,000,000,000	Won Joon Lee (1)	9
1 Sep	Woosung Construction Aramir CC Busan Gyeongnam Open	South Gyeongsang	500,000,000	Lee Jae-kyeong (1)	9		New tournament
22 Sep	Shinhan Donghae Open	Gyeonggi	1,200,000,000	Jbe' Kruger (n/a)	14	ASA, JPN
29 Sep	DGB Financial Group Volvik Daegu Gyeongbuk Open	North Gyeongsang	500,000,000	Kim Bi-o (5)	9
6 Oct	Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational	South Gyeongsang	1,000,000,000	Lee Soo-min (3)	9
13 Oct	Genesis Championship	Gyeonggi	1,500,000,000	Im Sung-jae (1)	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 2020 European Tour. ^[3]

Position	Player	Points	Status earned
1	Moon Kyong-jun	4,126	Promoted to European Tour
2	Lee Soo-min	3,780
3	Ham Jeong-woo	3,529
4	Lee Hyung-joon	3,260
5	Seo Hyung-seok	3,127

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award)	Moon Kyong-jun	[4]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award)	Lee Jae-kyeong	[5] [4]

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; JPN − Japan Golf Tour.

References

1. "2019 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
2. "2019 Points standings" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
3. "생애 첫 '제네시스 대상' 품은 문경준, 유러피언투어 진출한다" [Moon Kyong-jun, the first Genesis Points prize in his life, advances to the European Tour] (in Korean). KPGA. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
4. "2019 시즌 KPGA 코리안투어, 2019 KPGA 제네시스 대상 시상식으로 피날레" [2019 KPGA Korean Tour Finale at the 2019 Genesis Grand Prize Awards] (in Korean). KPGA. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
5. "2019 Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)