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2012 Korean Tour

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2012 Korean Tour season
Duration26 April 2012 (2012-04-26) – 28 October 2012 (2012-10-28)
Number of official events13
Most winsSouth Korea Kim Bi-o (2)
South Korea Kim Dae-sub (2)
Order of MeritSouth Korea Lee Sang-hee
Player of the YearSouth Korea Lee Sang-hee
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Kim Meen-whee
2011
2013

The 2012 Korean Tour was the 35th season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
()
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
29 Apr Ballantine's Championship Gyeonggi €2,205,000 Austria Bernd Wiesberger (n/a) 32 ASA, EUR
13 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open Gyeonggi 1,000,000,000 South Korea Kim Bi-o (2) 10 ONE
20 May SK Telecom Open Jeju 900,000,000 South Korea Kim Bi-o (3) 10 ONE
3 Jun Meritz Solmoro Open Gyeonggi 500,000,000 South Korea Choi Jin-ho (3) 6
24 Jun Volvik Hildesheim Open North Chungcheong US$300,000 South Korea Lee In-woo (2) 14 ASA New tournament
2 Sep SBS Tour Happiness KJB KPGA Championship South Jeolla 500,000,000 South Korea Lee Sang-hee (2) 6
9 Sep Charity High 1 Open Gangwon 1,000,000,000 Australia Matthew Griffin (1) 6 ONE
16 Sep Dongbu Insurance Promy Open Gangwon 400,000,000 South Korea Kim Dae-sub (9) 6
23 Sep Munsingwear Matchplay Championship Gangwon 600,000,000 South Korea Kim Dae-hyun (3) 6
7 Oct CJ Invitational Gyeonggi US$750,000 South Korea K. J. Choi (16) 14 ASA
14 Oct Shinhan Donghae Open Gyeonggi 1,000,000,000 South Korea Kim Meen-whee (1) 12
21 Oct Kolon Korea Open South Chungcheong 1,000,000,000 South Korea Kim Dae-sub (10) 12 ONE
28 Oct Windsor Classic Gyeonggi 400,000,000 South Korea Baek Joo-yeob (1) 6 New tournament

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was titled as the Ballantine's Points and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2]

Position Player Points
1 South Korea Lee Sang-hee 2,995
2 South Korea Kang Kyung-nam 2,720
3 South Korea Kim Dae-sub 2,620
4 South Korea Kim Bi-o 2,300
5 South Korea Kim Dae-hyun 2,180

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award) South Korea Lee Sang-hee [3]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award) South Korea Kim Meen-whee [4][3]

Notes

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  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; EUR − European Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.

References

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  1. ^ "2012 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  2. ^ "2012 Points standings" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b "2012 한국프로골프대상 시상식' 영광의 수상자 모습" [2012 Korea Professional Golf Awards] (in Korean). KPGA. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  4. ^ "2012 Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
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