2024 Korean Tour

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2024 Korean Tour season
Duration11 April 2024 (2024-04-11) – 10 November 2024 (2024-11-10)
Number of official events22 [a]
Most wins Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Yu-bin (2)
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Min-kyu (2)
Order of Merit Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Yu-bin
Player of the Year Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Yu-bin
Rookie of the Year Flag of South Korea.svg Song Min-hyuk
2023
2025

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.

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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2024 season. [1] [2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
()
Winner [b] OWGR
points
Other
tours [c]
Notes
14 Apr DB Insurance Promy Open Gangwon700,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Yoon Sang-pil (1)4.91
21 Apr Korea Championship GyeonggiRemoved [d] EUR
21 Apr KPGA Founders Cup North Gyeongsang700,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Koh Gun-taek (4)4.33New tournament
28 Apr Woori Financial Group Championship Gyeonggi1,500,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Im Sung-jae (3)5.34
5 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open Jeju1,300,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Hong-taek (2)7.51 ASA
12 May KPGA Classic North Gyeongsang700,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Chan-woo (2)4.08New tournament
19 May SK Telecom Open Jeju1,300,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg K. J. Choi (17)4.96
26 May KB Financial Liiv Championship Gyeonggi700,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg Seungsu Han (3)4.64
2 Jun Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay North Chungcheong800,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Min-kyu (2)3.72
9 Jun KPGA Championship South Gyeongsang1,500,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Jeon Ga-lam (3)5.14
16 Jun Hana Bank Invitational Gangwon1,300,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Ogiso (n/a)8.16 JPN
23 Jun Kolon Korea Open South Chungcheong1,400,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Min-kyu (3)7.74 ASA
30 Jun Bizplay-One The Club Open Gyeonggi700,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Hur In-hoi (6)4.79New tournament
14 Jul KPGA Gunsan CC Open North Jeolla700,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Yu-bin (2)4.42
1 Sep Lexus Masters South Gyeongsang1,000,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Seung-taek (1)5.07New tournament
8 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open Gyeonggi1,400,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Kensei Hirata (n/a)9.05 ASA, JPN
15 Sep Golfzon-Toray Open North Gyeongsang1,000,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Ham Jeong-woo (4)4.66
6 Oct Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational Gyeonggi1,250,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Soo-min (5)4.45
13 Oct Baeksang Holdings-Asiad CC Busan Open South Gyeongsang1,000,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Yu-bin (3)4.33
20 Oct The Charity Classic Gyeonggi1,000,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Woo-young (2)4.49New tournament
27 Oct Genesis Championship GyeonggiUS$4,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg An Byeong-hun (2)15.55 EUR
3 Nov Dong-A Membership Exchange Group Open North Jeolla700,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Dong-min (3)3.34New tournament
10 Nov KPGA Tour Championship Jeju1,100,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg 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]

PositionPlayerPointsStatus earned
1 Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Yu-bin 8,002Forfeited exemption
2 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Min-kyu 6,052Promoted to European Tour
3 Flag of South Korea.svg Hur In-hoi 4,995
4 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Jung-hwan 4,861Forfeited exemption
5 Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Woo-young 4,649Promoted to European Tour

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award) Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Yu-bin [7]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award) Flag of South Korea.svg Song Min-hyuk [8] [9]

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]

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