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2019 Korean Tour

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2019 Korean Tour season
Duration18 April 2019 (2019-04-18) – 13 October 2019 (2019-10-13)
Number of official events15
Most winsSouth Korea Kim Bi-o (2)
Order of MeritSouth Korea Moon Kyong-jun
Player of the YearSouth Korea Moon Kyong-jun
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Lee Jae-kyeong
2018
2020

The 2019 Korean Tour was the 42nd season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2019 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
()
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
21 Apr DB Insurance Promy Open Gyeonggi 500,000,000 Canada Richard T. Lee (2) 9
28 Apr NS HomeShopping Gunsan CC Jeonbuk Open North Jeolla 500,000,000 South Korea Kim Bi-o (4) 9
5 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open Gyeonggi 1,200,000,000 South Korea Lee Tae-hee (3) 12 ASA
12 May Huons Elravie Celebrity Pro-Am Gyeonggi 600,000,000 South Korea Jeon Ga-lam (2) 9 Pro-Am
19 May SK Telecom Open Gyeonggi 1,200,000,000 South Korea Ham Jeong-woo (1) 9
26 May KB Financial Liiv Championship Gyeonggi 700,000,000 South Korea Seo Hyung-seok (2) 9
9 Jun Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay South Gyeongsang 1,000,000,000 South Korea Lee Hyung-joon (5) 9
16 Jun KEB Hana Bank Invitational Gyeonggi 1,200,000,000 South Korea Seo Yo-seop (1) 9
23 Jun Kolon Korea Open South Chungcheong 1,200,000,000 Thailand Jazz Janewattananond (1) 13 ASA
30 Jun KPGA Championship South Gyeongsang 1,000,000,000 Australia Won Joon Lee (1) 9
1 Sep Woosung Construction Aramir CC Busan Gyeongnam Open South Gyeongsang 500,000,000 South Korea Lee Jae-kyeong (1) 9 New tournament
22 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open Gyeonggi 1,200,000,000 South Africa Jbe' Kruger (n/a) 14 ASA, JPN
29 Sep DGB Financial Group Volvik Daegu Gyeongbuk Open North Gyeongsang 500,000,000 South Korea Kim Bi-o (5) 9
6 Oct Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational South Gyeongsang 1,000,000,000 South Korea Lee Soo-min (3) 9
13 Oct Genesis Championship Gyeonggi 1,500,000,000 South Korea Im Sung-jae (1) 9

Order of Merit

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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.[2] The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2020 European Tour.[3]

Position Player Points Status earned
1 South Korea Moon Kyong-jun 4,126 Promoted to European Tour
2 South Korea Lee Soo-min 3,780
3 South Korea Ham Jeong-woo 3,529
4 South Korea Lee Hyung-joon 3,260
5 South Korea Seo Hyung-seok 3,127

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award) South Korea Moon Kyong-jun [4]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award) South Korea Lee Jae-kyeong [5][4]

Notes

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  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; JPN − Japan Golf Tour.

References

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  1. ^ "2019 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  2. ^ "2019 Points standings" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  3. ^ "생애 첫 '제네시스 대상' 품은 문경준, 유러피언투어 진출한다" [Moon Kyong-jun, the first Genesis Points prize in his life, advances to the European Tour] (in Korean). KPGA. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  4. ^ a b "2019 시즌 KPGA 코리안투어, 2019 KPGA 제네시스 대상 시상식으로 피날레" [2019 KPGA Korean Tour Finale at the 2019 Genesis Grand Prize Awards] (in Korean). KPGA. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  5. ^ "2019 Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
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