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2020 Korean Tour season
Duration2 July 2020 (2020-07-02) – 8 November 2020 (2020-11-08)
Number of official events11[a]
Most wins2:
South Korea Kim Han-byeol
Order of MeritSouth Korea Kim Tae-hoon
2019
2021

The 2020 Korean Tour was the tenth season of the Korean Tour to carry Official World Golf Ranking points. The season consisted of 11 official events. All the tournaments had prize funds of at least 500 million won (approximately US$500,000). Six had prize funds of 1 billion won ($1,000,000) or more.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2020 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
()
Winner[b] OWGR
points
Other
tours[c]
Notes
28 Jun Kolon Korea Open South Chungcheong Cancelled ASA
5 Jul Woosung Construction Aramir CC Busan Gyeongnam Open South Gyeongsang 500,000,000 South Korea Lee Ji-hoon (2) 9
12 Jul KPGA Gunsan CC Open North Jeolla 500,000,000 South Korea Kim Joo-hyung (1) 9
19 Jul KPGA Open South Chungcheong 500,000,000 South Korea Lee Soo-min (4) 9 New tournament
9 Aug KPGA Championship South Gyeongsang 1,000,000,000 South Korea Kim Seong-hyeon (1) 9
23 Aug
3 May
GS Caltex Maekyung Open Gangwon 1,000,000,000 South Korea Lee Tae-hee (4) 4 ASA
30 Aug Hazzys Golf KPGA Open Gyeonggi 500,000,000 South Korea Kim Han-byeol (1) 9 New tournament
13 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open Gyeonggi 1,400,000,000 South Korea Kim Han-byeol (2) 9 ASA, JPN
27 Sep Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational Gyeonggi 1,000,000,000 South Korea Lee Chang-woo (2) 9
11 Oct Genesis Championship Gyeonggi 1,500,000,000 South Korea Kim Tae-hoon (4) 9
25 Oct Bizplay Electronic Times Open Jeju 500,000,000 Australia Won Joon Lee (2) 9 New tournament
8 Nov LG Signature Players Championship Gyeonggi 1,000,000,000 United States Seungsu Han (1) 9 New tournament

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Genesis Points and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2][3] The leading player on the tour earned status to play on the 2021 European Tour.

Position Player Points
1 South Korea Kim Tae-hoon 3,252
2 South Korea Kim Han-byeol 3,039
3 South Korea Lee Jae-kyeong 3,026
4 South Korea Lee Chang-woo 2,707
5 South Korea Moon Kyong-jun 2,631

Notes

  1. ^ A further one tournament was scheduled but was canceled.
  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; JPN − Japan Golf Tour.

References

  1. ^ "Korean Tour Schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Genesis Points" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Genesis Prize Ranking" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 8 November 2020.