2017 Korean Tour

2017 Korean Tour season
Duration20 April 2017 (2017-04-20) – 5 November 2017 (2017-11-05)
Number of official events19
Most winsSouth Korea Chang Yi-keun (2)
South Korea Kim Seung-hyuk (2)
Order of MeritSouth Korea Choi Jin-ho
Player of the YearSouth Korea Choi Jin-ho
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Chang Yi-keun
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The 2017 Korean Tour was the 40th season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.

European Tour strategic alliance

In May, it was announced that the European Tour had entered into a strategic alliance with the Korean PGA. As part of the alliance, it saw the leading player (not otherwise exempt) on the Korean Tour Order of Merit gain European Tour status for the following season.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2017 season.[2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(₩)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
23 Apr Dongbu Insurance Promy Open Gyeonggi 500,000,000 South Korea Maeng Dong-seop (2) 9
30 Apr Eugene Group/All for You Jeonnam Open South Jeolla 500,000,000 South Korea Kim Seng-yong (1) 9 New tournament
7 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open Gyeonggi 1,000,000,000 South Korea Lee Sang-hee (4) 9 ONE
21 May SK Telecom Open Gyeonggi 1,200,000,000 South Korea Choi Jin-ho (7) 9
28 May Caido Dream Open North Jeolla 300,000,000 South Korea Kim Woo-hyun (3) 9 New tournament
4 Jun Kolon Korea Open South Chungcheong 1,200,000,000 South Korea Chang Yi-keun (1) 8 ONE
11 Jun Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay South Gyeongsang 1,000,000,000 South Korea Kim Seung-hyuk (3) 9
18 Jun Caido Golden V1 Open South Chungcheong 300,000,000 South Korea Lee Jung-hwan (1) 9 New tournament
25 Jun KPGA Championship South Gyeongsang 1,000,000,000 South Korea Hwang Jung-gon (2) 9
2 Jul NS HomeShopping Gunsan CC Jeonbuk Open North Jeolla 500,000,000 South Korea Lee Hyung-joon (4) 9
16 Jul Jinju Savings Bank-Caido Male Open South Gyeongsang 300,000,000 South Korea Kang Kyung-nam (11) 9 New tournament
27 Aug Dong-A Membership Group Dynamic Busan Open South Gyeongsang 700,000,000 South Korea Kim Hong-taek (1) 9 New tournament
3 Sep DGB Financial Group Daegu Gyeongbuk Open North Gyeongsang 500,000,000 South Korea Seo Hyung-seok (1) 9
10 Sep T-up Gswing Mega Open Gyeonggi 500,000,000 South Korea Chang Yi-keun (2) 9 New tournament
17 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open Gyeonggi 1,200,000,000 Canada Richard T. Lee (1) 12 ASA
24 Sep Genesis Championship Gyeonggi 1,500,000,000 South Korea Kim Seung-hyuk (4) 9 New tournament
1 Oct Caido Only Jeju Open Jeju City 500,000,000 South Korea Lee Ji-hoon (1) 9 New tournament
29 Oct Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational South Gyeongsang 750,000,000 South Korea Hwang Inn-choon (5) 9
5 Nov Caido Tour Championship Gyeonggi 500,000,000 South Korea Choi Go-woong (1) 9

Order of Merit

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.[3] The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2018 European Tour.[4]

Position Player Points Status earned
1 South Korea Choi Jin-ho 5,246 Promoted to European Tour
2 South Korea Lee Jung-hwan 5,060
3 South Korea Lee Hyung-joon 4,566
4 South Korea Lee Seung-taek 4,364
5 South Korea Byun Jin-jae 4,109

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award) South Korea Choi Jin-ho [5]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award) South Korea Chang Yi-keun [6][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 Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.

References

  1. ^ "European Tour signs Strategic Alliance with Korea Professional Golfers' Association". Worldwide Golf. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. ^ "2017 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  3. ^ "2017 Points standings" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  4. ^ "최진호, 제네시스 대상 2년 연속 수상 ... 유러피언투어 진출해 저력 보여줄 것" [Choi Jin-ho wins the Genesis Grand Prize for the second consecutive year... Advances to the European Tour to show his strength] (in Korean). KPGA. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b "2017 KPGA 제네시스 대상 시상식" [2017 KPGA Genesis Grand Prize Awards] (in Korean). KPGA. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  6. ^ "2017 Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 9 January 2024.