2003 Korean Tour

2003 Korean Tour season
Duration1 May 2003 (2003-05-01) – 26 October 2003 (2003-10-26)
Number of official events11
Most winsSouth Korea Jang Ik-jae (2)
South Korea Ted Oh (2)
Order of MeritSouth Korea Shin Yong-jin
Player of the YearSouth Korea K. J. Choi
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Kim Sang-ki
← 2002
2004 →

The 2003 Korean Tour was the 26th 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 2003 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(₩)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
4 May Maekyung Open Gyeonggi 500,000,000 South Korea Chung Joon (2) 6 ASA
22 Jun Pocari Energy Open Gyeonggi 250,000,000 South Korea Kim Dae-sub (4) n/a
29 Jun SK Telecom Open Gyeonggi 500,000,000 South Korea K. J. Choi (9) 6 ASA
25 Jul TaylorMade Adidas Cup Cheongcheong Open South Chungcheong 200,000,000 South Korea Ted Oh (1) n/a
3 Aug Lancelot Cup Bookyung Open South Chungcheong 200,000,000 South Korea Kang Wook-soon (9) n/a
29 Aug Serastone Medical Instrument Honam Open South Jeolla 200,000,000 South Korea Ted Oh (2) n/a
21 Sep Samsung Securities KPGA Championship Gangwon 550,000,000 South Korea Park No-seok (4) n/a
26 Sep Yuseong Open Daejeon 200,000,000 South Korea Lee Yong-hun (1) n/a New tournament
12 Oct Kolon Korea Open South Chungcheong 500,000,000 United States John Daly (n/a) 6 ASA
19 Oct KTRD Open South Gyeongsang 300,000,000 South Korea Jang Ik-jae (1) n/a
26 Oct SBS Dongyang Fire Cup Gyeonggi 300,000,000 South Korea Jang Ik-jae (2) n/a

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South Korean won.[2][3]

Position Player Prize money (₩)
1 South Korea Shin Yong-jin 207,783,810
2 South Korea Chung Joon 177,420,000
3 South Korea Jang Ik-jae 169,964,000
4 South Korea Park No-seok 133,698,810
5 South Korea Kim Dae-sub 131,096,667

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award) South Korea K. J. Choi [4][5]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award) South Korea Kim Sang-ki [4][5]

Notes

  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 PGA Tour.

References

  1. ^ "2003 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. ^ "2003 Order of Merit" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  3. ^ "KPGA, 신용진 '우승컵 없는 상금왕'" [KPGA, Shin Yong-jin 'Prize Money King Without a Trophy']. JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 30 October 2003. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b "KPGA Prize Awards history" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b Lee, Jong-hyun (1 February 2004). "최경주 2003 KPGA대상" [Choi Kyung-ju 2003 KPGA Grand Prize]. golftimes.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 3 September 2024.