2024 Korean Tour

2024 Korean Tour season
Duration11 April 2024 (2024-04-11) – 10 November 2024 (2024-11-10)
Number of official events22[a]
Most winsSouth Korea Jang Yu-bin (2)
South Korea Kim Min-kyu (2)
Order of MeritSouth Korea Jang Yu-bin
Player of the YearSouth Korea Jang Yu-bin
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Song Min-hyuk
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The 2024 Korean Tour was the 47th 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 2024 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(₩)		 Winner[b] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[c]		 Notes
14 Apr DB Insurance Promy Open Gangwon 700,000,000 South Korea Yoon Sang-pil (1) 4.91
21 Apr Korea Championship Gyeonggi – Removed[d] – EUR
21 Apr KPGA Founders Cup North Gyeongsang 700,000,000 South Korea Koh Gun-taek (4) 4.33 New tournament
28 Apr Woori Financial Group Championship Gyeonggi 1,500,000,000 South Korea Im Sung-jae (3) 5.34
5 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open Jeju 1,300,000,000 South Korea Kim Hong-taek (2) 7.51 ASA
12 May KPGA Classic North Gyeongsang 700,000,000 South Korea Kim Chan-woo (2) 4.08 New tournament
19 May SK Telecom Open Jeju 1,300,000,000 South Korea K. J. Choi (17) 4.96
26 May KB Financial Liiv Championship Gyeonggi 700,000,000 United States Seungsu Han (3) 4.64
2 Jun Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay North Chungcheong 800,000,000 South Korea Kim Min-kyu (2) 3.72
9 Jun KPGA Championship South Gyeongsang 1,500,000,000 South Korea Jeon Ga-lam (3) 5.14
16 Jun Hana Bank Invitational Gangwon 1,300,000,000 Japan Takashi Ogiso (n/a) 8.16 JPN
23 Jun Kolon Korea Open South Chungcheong 1,400,000,000 South Korea Kim Min-kyu (3) 7.74 ASA
30 Jun Bizplay-One The Club Open Gyeonggi 700,000,000 South Korea Hur In-hoi (6) 4.79 New tournament
14 Jul KPGA Gunsan CC Open North Jeolla 700,000,000 South Korea Jang Yu-bin (2) 4.42
1 Sep Lexus Masters South Gyeongsang 1,000,000,000 South Korea Lee Seung-taek (1) 5.07 New tournament
8 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open Gyeonggi 1,400,000,000 Japan Kensei Hirata (n/a) 9.05 ASA, JPN
15 Sep Golfzon-Toray Open North Gyeongsang 1,000,000,000 South Korea Ham Jeong-woo (4) 4.66
6 Oct Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational Gyeonggi 1,250,000,000 South Korea Lee Soo-min (5) 4.45
13 Oct Baeksang Holdings-Asiad CC Busan Open South Gyeongsang 1,000,000,000 South Korea Jang Yu-bin (3) 4.33
20 Oct The Charity Classic Gyeonggi 1,000,000,000 South Korea Cho Woo-young (2) 4.49 New tournament
27 Oct Genesis Championship Gyeonggi US$4,000,000 South Korea An Byeong-hun (2) 15.55 EUR
3 Nov Dong-A Membership Exchange Group Open North Jeolla 700,000,000 South Korea Lee Dong-min (3) 3.34 New tournament
10 Nov KPGA Tour Championship Jeju 1,100,000,000 South Korea Lee Dai-han (1) 4.68

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.[4] The top three players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2025 European Tour (DP World Tour).[5][6]

Position Player Points Status earned
1 South Korea Jang Yu-bin 8,002 Forfeited exemption
2 South Korea Kim Min-kyu 6,052 Promoted to European Tour
3 South Korea Hur In-hoi 4,995
4 South Korea Lee Jung-hwan 4,861 Forfeited exemption
5 South Korea Cho Woo-young 4,649 Promoted to European Tour

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award) South Korea Jang Yu-bin [7]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award) South Korea Song Min-hyuk [8][9]

Notes

  1. ^ One further tournament was removed from the schedule.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour.
  4. ^ In April 2024, the Korea Championship was merged with the Genesis Championship, which was added to the European Tour schedule as a co-sanctioned event.[3]

References

  1. ^ "2024 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  2. ^ "2024년 KPGA Tour 일정 발표, 22개 대회 개최 확정… 7개 대회 '신설'" [2024 KPGA Tour schedule announced, 22 tournaments confirmed... 7 tournaments 'newly established'] (in Korean). KPGA. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Genesis signs new tournament Title Partner agreement in Korea with the DP World Tour". European Tour. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  4. ^ "2024 Genesis Points" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  5. ^ "PGA Tour Q-School 및 DPWT 특전 적용 시점 관련 안내 (Q-school Presented by Korn Ferry 2nd Stage 예선면제 기준일 변경)" [PGA Tour Q-School and DPWT Privileges (Q-school Presented by Korn Ferry 2nd Stage Qualifier Exemption Date Changed)] (in Korean). KPGA. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  6. ^ "'DP월드투어 최연소 우승 기록'김민규 "DP월드투어 찍고 PGA투어 진출하겠다"" ['Youngest DP World Tour Winner' Kim Min-kyu "I will take a DP World Tour and advance to the PGA Tour"]. Kukmin Ilbo (in Korean). 19 November 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  7. ^ Kwon, Hoon (10 November 2024). "KPGA는 장유빈 천하…개인 타이틀 싹쓸이 후 "내년엔 미국에서"" [KPGA is Jang Yu-bin... After sweeping individual titles, "next year in the U.S."]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  8. ^ "2024 Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  9. ^ Kang, Myung-ju (11 November 2024). "신인상 송민혁 "지금 경기력 최고조인데.. 시즌 끝나 아쉬워요"" [Rookie of the Year Song Min-hyuk "I'm at the peak of my performance right now. It's a shame the season is over."]. Golf Hankook (in Korean). Retrieved 11 November 2024.