2024 Korean Tour

2024 Korean Tour season

Duration	11 April 2024 (2024-04-11) – 10 November 2024 (2024-11-10)
Number of official events	22 [a]
Most wins	Jang Yu-bin (2) Kim Min-kyu (2)
Order of Merit	Jang Yu-bin
Player of the Year	Jang Yu-bin
Rookie of the Year	Song Min-hyuk
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The 2024 Korean Tour was the 47th 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 2024 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (₩)	Winner [b]	OWGR points	Other tours [c]	Notes
14 Apr	DB Insurance Promy Open	Gangwon	700,000,000	Yoon Sang-pil (1)	4.89
21 Apr	Korea Championship	Gyeonggi	–	Removed [d]	–	EUR
21 Apr	KPGA Founders Cup	North Gyeongsang	700,000,000	Koh Gun-taek (4)	4.33		New tournament
28 Apr	Woori Financial Group Championship	Gyeonggi	1,500,000,000	Im Sung-jae (3)	5.34
5 May	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	Jeju	1,300,000,000	Kim Hong-taek (2)	7.51	ASA
12 May	KPGA Classic	North Gyeongsang	700,000,000	Kim Chan-woo (2)	4.08		New tournament
19 May	SK Telecom Open	Jeju	1,300,000,000	K. J. Choi (17)	4.96
26 May	KB Financial Liiv Championship	Gyeonggi	700,000,000	Seungsu Han (3)	4.64
2 Jun	Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay	North Chungcheong	800,000,000	Kim Min-kyu (2)	3.72
9 Jun	KPGA Championship	South Gyeongsang	1,500,000,000	Jeon Ga-lam (3)	5.14
16 Jun	Hana Bank Invitational	Gangwon	1,300,000,000	Takashi Ogiso (n/a)	8.16	JPN
23 Jun	Kolon Korea Open	South Chungcheong	1,400,000,000	Kim Min-kyu (3)	7.74	ASA
30 Jun	Bizplay-One The Club Open	Gyeonggi	700,000,000	Hur In-hoi (6)	4.79		New tournament
14 Jul	KPGA Gunsan CC Open	North Jeolla	700,000,000	Jang Yu-bin (2)	4.42
1 Sep	Lexus Masters	South Gyeongsang	1,000,000,000	Lee Seung-taek (1)	5.07		New tournament
8 Sep	Shinhan Donghae Open	Gyeonggi	1,400,000,000	Kensei Hirata (n/a)	9.05	ASA, JPN
15 Sep	Golfzon-Toray Open	North Gyeongsang	1,000,000,000	Ham Jeong-woo (4)	4.66
6 Oct	Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational	Gyeonggi	1,250,000,000	Lee Soo-min (5)	4.45
13 Oct	Baeksang Holdings-Asiad CC Busan Open	South Gyeongsang	1,000,000,000	Jang Yu-bin (3)	4.33
20 Oct	The Charity Classic	Gyeonggi	1,000,000,000	Cho Woo-young (2)	4.49		New tournament
27 Oct	Genesis Championship	Gyeonggi	US$4,000,000	An Byeong-hun (2)	15.55	EUR
3 Nov	Dong-A Membership Exchange Group Open	North Jeolla	700,000,000	Lee Dong-min (3)	3.34		New tournament
10 Nov	KPGA Tour Championship	Jeju	1,100,000,000	Lee Dai-han (1)	4.68

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. ^[4] The top three players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2025 European Tour (DP World Tour). ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Position	Player	Points	Status earned
1	Jang Yu-bin	8,002	Forfeited exemption [e]
2	Kim Min-kyu	6,052	Promoted to European Tour
3	Hur In-hoi	4,995
4	Lee Jung-hwan	4,861	Forfeited exemption
5	Cho Woo-young	4,649	Promoted to European Tour

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award)	Jang Yu-bin	[9]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award)	Song Min-hyuk	[10] [11]

Notes

1. One further tournament was removed from the schedule.
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; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour.
4. In April 2024, the Korea Championship was merged with the Genesis Championship, which was added to the European Tour schedule as a co-sanctioned event. ^[3]
5. Jang initially chose to forfeit his exemption for the 2025 European Tour season to focus on PGA Tour Qualifying School. He later became ineligible for this due to joining LIV Golf in December 2024. ^[8]

References

1. "2024 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
2. "2024년 KPGA Tour 일정 발표, 22개 대회 개최 확정… 7개 대회 '신설'" [2024 KPGA Tour schedule announced, 22 tournaments confirmed... 7 tournaments 'newly established'] (in Korean). KPGA. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
3. "Genesis signs new tournament Title Partner agreement in Korea with the DP World Tour". European Tour. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
4. "2024 Genesis Points" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
5. "PGA Tour Q-School 및 DPWT 특전 적용 시점 관련 안내 (Q-school Presented by Korn Ferry 2nd Stage 예선면제 기준일 변경)" [PGA Tour Q-School and DPWT Privileges (Q-school Presented by Korn Ferry 2nd Stage Qualifier Exemption Date Changed)] (in Korean). KPGA. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
6. "'DP월드투어 최연소 우승 기록'김민규 "DP월드투어 찍고 PGA투어 진출하겠다"" ['Youngest DP World Tour Winner' Kim Min-kyu "I will take a DP World Tour and advance to the PGA Tour"]. Kukmin Ilbo (in Korean). 19 November 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
7. "The fantastic four DP World Tour members making a Rolex Series debut at the Genesis Scottish Open". European Tour. 8 July 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
8. Cunningham, Kevin (11 December 2024). "Top-ranked pro quits PGA Tour Q-School to sign with LIV Golf". Golf Magazine. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
9. Kwon, Hoon (10 November 2024). "KPGA는 장유빈 천하…개인 타이틀 싹쓸이 후 "내년엔 미국에서"" [KPGA is Jang Yu-bin... After sweeping individual titles, "next year in the U.S."]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 11 November 2024.
10. "2024 Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
11. Kang, Myung-ju (11 November 2024). "신인상 송민혁 "지금 경기력 최고조인데.. 시즌 끝나 아쉬워요"" [Rookie of the Year Song Min-hyuk "I'm at the peak of my performance right now. It's a shame the season is over."]. Golf Hankook (in Korean). Retrieved 11 November 2024.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)