2009 Korean Tour

2009 Korean Tour season
Duration2 April 2009 (2009-04-02) – 1 November 2009 (2009-11-01)
Number of official events16
Most winsSouth Korea Bae Sang-moon (2)
South Korea Lee Seong-ho (2)
South Korea Park Sang-hyun (2)
Order of MeritSouth Korea Bae Sang-moon
Player of the YearSouth Korea Bae Sang-moon
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Kim Do-hoon
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The 2009 Korean Tour, titled as the 2009 SBS Korean Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.

It was the fifth season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Seoul Broadcasting System, that was announced in June 2004.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.[2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(₩)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
5 Apr KEB Invitational (1st) China 400,000,000 South Korea Lee Tae-gyu (1) n/a
12 Apr SBS Tomato Savings Bank Open South Gyeongsang 300,000,000 South Korea Kang Wook-soon (11) n/a
26 Apr Ballantine's Championship Jeju €2,100,000 Thailand Thongchai Jaidee (n/a) 32 ASA, EUR
17 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open Gyeonggi 600,000,000 South Korea Bae Sang-moon (5) 14 ASA
24 May SK Telecom Open Gyeonggi 600,000,000 South Korea Park Sang-hyun (1) n/a
31 May SBS Lake Hills Open South Jeolla 300,000,000 United States Hong Chang-kyu (1) n/a
7 Jun SBS Kumho Asiana KPGA Championship Gyeonggi 500,000,000 South Korea Hong Soon-sang (2) n/a
14 Jun SBS Ace Savings Bank Open Gyeonggi 300,000,000 South Korea Lee Seong-ho (3) n/a
6 Sep SBS Samsung Benest Open Gyeonggi 600,000,000 South Korea Lee Seong-ho (4) n/a
13 Sep Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open South Chungcheong 1,000,000,000 South Korea Bae Sang-moon (6) 14 ONE
20 Sep SBS Meritz Solmoro Open Gyeonggi 500,000,000 South Korea Kim Dae-sub (7) n/a
27 Sep KEB Invitational (2nd) Gangwon 400,000,000 South Korea Kim Dae-hyun (1) n/a
11 Oct SBS Johnnie Walker Blue Label Open Jeju 300,000,000 South Korea Maeng Dong-seop (1) n/a
18 Oct Shinhan Donghae Open Gyeonggi 700,000,000 South Korea Ryu Hyun-woo (1) n/a
25 Oct SBS Emerson Pacific Hilton Namhae Open South Gyeongsang 300,000,000 South Korea Park Sang-hyun (2) n/a New tournament
1 Nov SBS Dongbu Insurance Guncan CC Matchplay Championship North Jeolla 300,000,000 South Korea Lee Ki-sang (1) n/a

Order of Merit

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.[3]

Position Player Points
1 South Korea Bae Sang-moon 4,770
2 South Korea Kim Dae-sub 4,395
3 South Korea Lee Seong-ho 3,115
4 South Korea Kim Dae-hyun 3,045
5 South Korea Park Sang-hyun 3,015

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award) South Korea Bae Sang-moon [4]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award) South Korea Kim Do-hoon [5][4]

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 Tour; EUR − European Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.

References

  1. ^ "국내골프도 내년부터 '투어시대'" [Domestic golf will also enter the 'tour era' starting next year]. The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). Seoul, South Korea. 24 June 2004. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. ^ "2009 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  3. ^ "2009 Points standings" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  4. ^ a b "KPGA Prize Awards history" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  5. ^ "2009 Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 9 January 2024.