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2018 Korean Tour

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2018 Korean Tour season
Duration19 April 2018 (2018-04-19) – 11 November 2018 (2018-11-11)
Number of official events17
Most winsSouth Korea Park Sang-hyun (3)
Order of MeritSouth Korea Lee Hyung-joon
Player of the YearSouth Korea Lee Hyung-joon
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Ham Jeong-woo
2017
2019

The 2018 Korean Tour was the 41st 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 2018 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
()
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
22 Apr DB Insurance Promy Open Gyeonggi 500,000,000 South Korea Jeon Ga-lam (1) 9
6 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open Gyeonggi 1,000,000,000 South Korea Park Sang-hyun (6) 12 ASA
20 May SK Telecom Open Gyeonggi 1,200,000,000 South Korea Kwon Sung-yeol (1) 9
27 May Genesis Championship Gyeonggi 1,500,000,000 South Korea Lee Tae-hee (2) 9
3 Jun KB Financial Liiv Championship Gyeonggi 700,000,000 South Korea Maeng Dong-seop (3) 9 New tournament
10 Jun Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay South Gyeongsang 1,000,000,000 South Korea Kim Meen-whee (2) 9
17 Jun KEB Hana Bank Invitational Gyeonggi 1,000,000,000 South Korea Park Sang-hyun (7) 9 New tournament
24 Jun Kolon Korea Open South Chungcheong 1,200,000,000 South Korea Choi Min-chel (1) 12 ASA
1 Jul KPGA Championship South Gyeongsang 1,000,000,000 South Korea Mun Do-yeob (1) 9
8 Jul NS HomeShopping Gunsan CC Jeonbuk Open North Jeolla 500,000,000 Canada Sukwoan Ko (1) 9
19 Aug Dong-A Membership Group Busan Open South Gyeongsang 500,000,000 South Korea Kim Tae-hoon (3) 9
2 Sep DGB Financial Group Daegu Gyeongbuk Open North Gyeongsang 500,000,000 South Korea Kim Tae-woo (1) 9
16 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open Gyeonggi 1,200,000,000 South Korea Park Sang-hyun (8) 12 ASA
23 Sep Huons Celebrity Pro-Am South Chungcheong 500,000,000 South Korea Eom Jae-woong (1) 9 New Pro-Am tournament
28 Oct Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational South Gyeongsang 1,000,000,000 South Korea Park Sung-kug (1) 9
4 Nov A+Life Hyodam Jeju Open Jeju 500,000,000 South Korea Park Hyo-won (1) 9
11 Nov Golfzon-DYB Education KPGA Tour Championship Gyeonggi 500,000,000 South Korea Lee Jung-hwan (2) 9

Order of Merit

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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.[2] The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2019 European Tour.[3][4]

Position Player Points Status earned
1 South Korea Lee Hyung-joon 4,662 Forfeited promotion
2 South Korea Park Hyo-won 4,524 Promoted to European Tour
3 South Korea Park Sang-hyun 4,412 Promoted to European Tour[c]
4 South Korea Maeng Dong-seop 3,893
5 South Korea Mun Do-yeob 3,742

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award) South Korea Lee Hyung-joon [6]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award) South Korea Ham Jeong-woo [7][6]

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.
  3. ^ Earned European Tour status by finishing as the leading player (not otherwise exempt) on the 2018 Asian Tour Order of Merit.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "2018 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  2. ^ "2018 Points standings" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  3. ^ "'제네시스 대상' 이형준, 유러피언투어 안간다…"KPGA 코리안투어에 전념할 것"" ['Genesis Grand Prize' Lee Hyung-Joon won't go to the European Tour... "I will devote myself to the KPGA Korean Tour"] (in Korean). KPGA. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  4. ^ "박효원, '혼마 홍콩오픈'서 유러피언투어 정식 데뷔" [Park Hyo-won makes his European Tour official debut at the Honma Hong Kong Open] (in Korean). KPGA. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  5. ^ "박상현, 아시안투어 신인상 수상…유러피언투어 출전권도 획득" [Park Sang-hyun, Asian Tour Rookie Award winner... Qualified to play on the European Tour] (in Korean). KPGA. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  6. ^ a b "2018년 KPGA 코리안투어, 2018 KPGA 제네시스 대상 시상식으로 화려한 피날레" [KPGA Korean Tour 2018 Grand Finale at the 2018 Genesis Grand Prize Awards] (in Korean). KPGA. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  7. ^ "2018 Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
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