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2013 Korean Tour

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2013 Korean Tour season
Duration25 April 2013 (2013-04-25) – 1 November 2013 (2013-11-01)
Number of official events14
Most winsSouth Korea Kang Sung-hoon (2)
Order of MeritSouth Korea Ryu Hyun-woo
Player of the YearSouth Korea Ryu Hyun-woo
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Song Young-han
2012
2014

The 2013 Korean Tour was the 36th 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 2013 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
()
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
28 Apr Ballantine's Championship Gyeonggi €2,205,000 Australia Brett Rumford (n/a) 34 ASA, EUR
12 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open Gyeonggi 1,000,000,000 South Korea Ryu Hyun-woo (2) 8 ONE
19 May SK Telecom Open Jeju 900,000,000 Australia Matthew Griffin (2) 6 ONE
26 May Happiness Kwangju Bank Open South Jeolla 500,000,000 South Korea Kang Kyung-nam (10) 6 New tournament
2 Jun Gunsan CC Open North Jeolla 300,000,000 South Korea Lee Soo-min (a) (1) 6
4 Aug Bosung CC Classic South Jeolla 300,000,000 South Korea Kim Tae-hoon (1) 6 New tournament
11 Aug SolaSeaDo-Pine Beach Open South Jeolla 300,000,000 South Korea Hong Soon-sang (5) 6 New tournament
18 Aug Dongchon KPGA Championship North Chungcheong 500,000,000 South Korea Kim Hyung-tae (5) 6
15 Sep Dongbu Insurance Promy Open Gangwon 400,000,000 South Korea Lee Chang-woo (a) (1) 6
29 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open Gyeonggi 1,000,000,000 South Korea Bae Sang-moon (8) 6
6 Oct Munsingwear Matchplay Championship Gangwon 600,000,000 South Korea Kim Do-hoon (2) 6
13 Oct CJ Invitational Gyeonggi US$750,000 South Korea Kang Sung-hoon (3) 14 ASA
20 Oct Kolon Korea Open South Chungcheong 1,000,000,000 South Korea Kang Sung-hoon (4) 14 ONE
1 Nov Herald KYJ Tour Championship Jeju 300,000,000 South Korea Hur In-hoi (2) 6

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 Ryu Hyun-woo 3,555
2 South Korea Kim Hyung-tae 3,310
3 South Korea Kim Tae-hoon 3,215
4 South Korea Kim Do-hoon 3,160
T5 South Korea Kang Sung-hoon 2,540
South Korea Lee Sang-hee

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award) South Korea Ryu Hyun-woo [3]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award) South Korea Song Young-han [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. ^ "2013 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  2. ^ "2013 Points standings" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b "발렌타인 2013 한국프로골프대상 시상식 영광의 수상자 모습" [Ballantine's 2013 Korea Professional Golf Awards Winners] (in Korean). KPGA. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  4. ^ "2013 Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
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