2011 Korean Tour

2011 Korean Tour season
Duration31 March 2011 (2011-03-31) – 30 October 2011 (2011-10-30)
Number of official events16[a]
Most winsSouth Korea Hong Soon-sang (2)
South Korea Kang Kyung-nam (2)
Order of MeritSouth Korea Hong Soon-sang
Player of the YearSouth Korea Hong Soon-sang
Rookie of the YearUnited States John Huh
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The 2011 Korean Tour was the 34th season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.

OWGR inclusion

In August 2010, it was announced that all Korean Tour events, beginning in 2011, would receive Official World Golf Ranking points at the minimum level of 6 points for the winner of a 72-hole event.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.[2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(₩)		 Winner[b] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[c]		 Notes
3 Apr Twayair Open Jeju 300,000,000 Australia Andrew Tschudin (2) 6
1 May Ballantine's Championship Gyeonggi €2,205,000 England Lee Westwood (n/a) 42 ASA, EUR
8 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open Gyeonggi 1,000,000,000 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (6) 10 ONE
15 May Volvik Gunsan CC Open North Jeolla 300,000,000 South Korea Lee Seong-ho (6) 6 New tournament
22 May SK Telecom Open Jeju 900,000,000 Australia Kurt Barnes (n/a) 14 ONE
29 May Lake Hills Open South Gyeongsang 300,000,000 South Korea Choi Ho-sung (2) 6
5 Jun Subaru Classic Gyeonggi 500,000,000 South Korea Hong Soon-sang (3) 6
26 Jun Dongbu Insurance Promy Open Gangwon 300,000,000 South Korea Kang Kyung-nam (8) 6
10 Jul Charity High 1 Resort Open Gangwon – Abandoned[d] – ONE New tournament
7 Aug Johnnie Walker Open Jeju 300,000,000 South Korea Park Do-kyu (5) 6
28 Aug Daishin Securities KPGA Championship Gyeonggi 500,000,000 South Korea Kim Byung-jun (1) 6
25 Sep Munsingwear Championship Gyeonggi 400,000,000 South Korea Hong Soon-sang (4) 6
2 Oct Shinhan Donghae Open Gyeonggi 1,000,000,000 England Paul Casey (n/a) 20
9 Oct Kolon Korea Open South Chungcheong 1,000,000,000 United States Rickie Fowler (n/a) 26 ONE
16 Oct Meritz Solmoro Open Gyeonggi 500,000,000 South Korea Kang Kyung-nam (9) 6
23 Oct CJ Invitational Gyeonggi US$750,000 South Korea K. J. Choi (15) 22 ASA New tournament
30 Oct NH Open Gyeonggi 500,000,000 South Korea Lee Sang-hee (1) 6 New tournament

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.[4]

Position Player Points
1 South Korea Hong Soon-sang 3,160
2 South Korea Kang Kyung-nam 3,125
3 South Korea Choi Ho-sung 3,095
4 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae 2,100
5 South Korea Ryu Hyun-woo 2,070

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award) South Korea Hong Soon-sang [5]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award) United States John Huh [6][5]

Notes

  1. ^ A further one tournament was scheduled but was abandoned.
  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; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
  4. ^ Tournament abandoned due to persistent bad weather.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Official World Golf Ranking board announces new directives". Official World Golf Ranking. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2023. The Board also agreed that the KPGA (Korean Golf Tour) and the TLA (Tour de Las Americas) should also be incorporated into the Ranking system from January 1 2011 on the same basis once the Technical Committee has liaised with the Tours concerned to establish their player listings and schedules.
  2. ^ "2011 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Weather forces cancellation of 2011 The Charity High1 Resort Open presented by SBS". OneAsia Tour. 10 July 2011. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  4. ^ "2011 Points standings" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b "KPGA Prize Awards history" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  6. ^ "2011 Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 9 January 2024.