2020 Korean Tour

2020 Korean Tour season

Duration	2 July 2020 (2020-07-02) – 8 November 2020 (2020-11-08)
Number of official events	11 [a]
Most wins	Kim Han-byeol (2)
Order of Merit	Kim Tae-hoon
Player of the Year	Kim Tae-hoon
Rookie of the Year	Won Joon Lee
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The 2020 Korean Tour was the 43rd 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 2020 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (₩)	Winner [b]	OWGR points	Other tours [c]	Notes
28 Jun	Kolon Korea Open	South Chungcheong	–	Cancelled [2]	–	ASA
5 Jul	Woosung Construction Aramir CC Busan Gyeongnam Open	South Gyeongsang	500,000,000	Lee Ji-hoon (2)	9
12 Jul	KPGA Gunsan CC Open	North Jeolla	500,000,000	Tom Kim (1)	9
19 Jul	KPGA Open	South Chungcheong	500,000,000	Lee Soo-min (4)	9		New tournament
9 Aug	KPGA Championship	South Gyeongsang	1,000,000,000	Kim Seong-hyeon (1)	9
23 Aug 3 May	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	Gangwon	1,000,000,000	Lee Tae-hee (4)	4	ASA
30 Aug	Hazzys Golf KPGA Open	Gyeonggi	500,000,000	Kim Han-byeol (1)	9		New tournament
13 Sep	Shinhan Donghae Open	Gyeonggi	1,400,000,000	Kim Han-byeol (2)	9	ASA, JPN
27 Sep	Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational	Gyeonggi	1,000,000,000	Lee Chang-woo (2)	9
11 Oct	Genesis Championship	Gyeonggi	1,500,000,000	Kim Tae-hoon (4)	9
25 Oct	Bizplay Electronic Times Open	Jeju	500,000,000	Won Joon Lee (2)	9		New tournament
8 Nov	LG Signature Players Championship	Gyeonggi	1,000,000,000	Seungsu Han (1)	9		New tournament

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. ^[3] The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2021 European Tour. ^[4]

Position	Player	Points	Status earned
1	Kim Tae-hoon	3,252	Promoted to European Tour
2	Kim Han-byeol	3,039
3	Lee Jae-kyeong	3,026
4	Lee Chang-woo	2,707
5	Moon Kyong-jun	2,631

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award)	Kim Tae-hoon	[4] [5]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award)	Won Joon Lee	[6] [5] [7]

Notes

1. One further tournament was scheduled but was cancelled.
2. 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.
3. ASA − Asian Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour.

References

1. "2020 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
2. Williams, Julie (16 May 2020). "Korea Open canceled for first time in event's 62-year history". Golfweek. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
3. "2020 Points standings" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
4. "김태훈, 2020 시즌 제네시스 대상, 제네시스 상금왕 동시 석권… "생애 최고의 한 해"" [Kim Tae-hoon wins the 2020 season Genesis Grand Prize and Genesis Prize King at the same time... "The best year of my life"] (in Korean). KPGA. 8 November 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2023. '제네시스 대상'을 수상한 김태훈은 보너스 상금 5천만원과 제네시스 차량 1대, 2021~2022년 유러피언투어 시드, 향후 5년간 KPGA 코리안투어 시드를 확보했다.[Kim Tae-hoon, who won the 'Genesis Grand Prize', secured a bonus prize of 5 million won, a Genesis car, a European Tour card for 2021 and a KPGA Korean Tour card for the next 5 years.]
5. "KPGA, '2020 KPGA 제네시스 대상 시상식' 대체 특집 프로그램 제작" [KPGA produces alternative special program for '2020 KPGA Genesis Awards'] (in Korean). KPGA. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
6. "2020 Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
7. "이원준, 2020 시즌 '까스텔바작 신인상(명출상)' 차지… '역대 최고령 수상자' 등극" [Won Joon Lee wins the 2020 season 'Castelbajac Rookie of the Year Award'... 'Oldest winner ever'] (in Korean). KPGA. 8 November 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2023.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)