LPGA of Korea Tour

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The LPGA of Korea Tour is a South Korean professional golf tour for women. LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association; it is the independent LPGA of Korea which runs this tour, not the American LPGA. It is one of the world's five leading women's golf tours.

In 2007 there were 25 events on the main tour, including one co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour and one co-sanctioned by the Ladies Asian Tour, plus a Korea versus Japan team match at the end of the season. The LPGA sanctioned event has a US$1.5 million prize fund and prize funds at the other individual events range from 200 million to 500 million South Korean Won.

Based on April 2011 exchange rates, in 2011 the main tour has total prize fund of roughly 11.4 million USD.

Contents

[edit] 2011 schedule

Dates Tournament Host City Prize Fund (KRW) Winner
Dec 17–19 2010 Hyundai China Ladies Open China Xiamen $250,000 South Korea Kim Hye-youn (3)
Apr 14–17 Lotte Mart Ladies Open South Korea Seogwipo 500,000,000 South Korea Shim Hyun-hwa (1)
Apr 22–24 Hyundai E&C Seokyung Ladies Open South Korea Suwon 600,000,000 South Korea Kim Ha-neul (4)
May 12–15 Taeyoung Cup Korea Women's Open South Korea Gyeongju 500,000,000 South Korea Jeong Yeon-joo (1)
May 20–22 Rush & Cash Charity Classic South Korea Jeju City 500,000,000 South Korea Lee Seung-hyun (1)
May 26–29 Doosan Match Play Championship South Korea Chuncheon 500,000,000 South Korea Yang Soo-jin (3)
Jun 3–5 Woori Investment & Securities Ladies Championship South Korea Pocheon 500,000,000 South Korea Yoon Seul-A (1)
Jun 17–19 SBS Tour Lotte Cantata Ladies Open South Korea Seogwipo 500,000,000 South Korea Ryu So-yeon (7)
Jun 17–19 S-Oil Champions Invitational South Korea Jeju City 400,000,000 South Korea Lee Mi-rim (1)
Jul 29–31 SBS Tour Hidden Valley Ladies Open South Korea Jincheon 300,000,000 South Korea Byun Hyun-min (1)
Aug 18–21 Nefs Masterpiece South Korea Jeju City 600,000,000 South Korea Lee Jeong-eun (4)
Aug 26–28 LIG Classic South Korea Pocheon 400,000,000 South Korea Moon Hyun-hee (2)
Sep 1–4 Hanwha Finance Classic South Korea Taean 1,000,000,000 South Korea Na Yeon Choi (7)
Sep 22–25 MetLife-Hankyung KLPGA Championship South Korea Pyeongchang 700,000,000 South Korea Choi Hye-jung (2)
Sep 30–Oct 2 GoldenAge Cup Daewoo Securities Classic South Korea Icheon 500,000,000 South Korea Park Yu-na (1)
Oct 7–9 LPGA Hana Bank Championship South Korea Incheon $1,800,000 Republic of China Yani Tseng (n/a)
Oct 13–16 Hite Jinro Championship South Korea Yeoju 600,000,000 South Korea Kim Ha-neul (5)
Oct 27-30 KB Star Championship South Korea Incheon 700,000,000 South Korea Amy Yang (1)
Nov 4–6 eDaily-KYJ Golf Ladies Open South Korea Seogwipo 400,000,000 South Korea Kim Ha-neul (6)
Nov 18–20 ADT CAPS Championship South Korea Seogwipo 400,000,000 South Korea Cho Young-ran (2)

Events in bold are majors.

LPGA Hana Bank Championship is co-sanctioned with LPGA.

[edit] Historical tour schedules and results

Year Number of
official tournaments
2011 Tour 20
2010 Tour 22
2009 Tour 20
2008 Tour 26

[edit] Season money leaders

Year Player Earnings (KRW) Most wins
2011 South Korea Kim Ha-neul 524,297,417 3 – Kim Ha-neul
2010 South Korea Lee Bo-mee 557,276,856 3 – Lee Bo-mee
2009 South Korea Hee Kyung Seo 663,759,286 5 – Hee Kyung Seo
2008 South Korea Jiyai Shin 765,184,500 7 – Jiyai Shin
2007 South Korea Jiyai Shin 716,396,167 9 – Jiyai Shin
2006 South Korea Jiyai Shin 374,054,333 3 – Jiyai Shin
2005 South Korea Kyeong Bae 195,237,450 2 – Jee Young Lee, Bo Bae Song

[edit] See also

[edit] External links
Major tours
LPGA Tour · Ladies European Tour · LPGA of Japan Tour · LPGA of Korea Tour · ALPG Tour
Development tours
Other tours
Senior tours
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