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The 2011 Korean Tour was the first season of the Korean Tour to carry Official World Golf Ranking points. The season consisted of 17 events, five of which were co-sanctioned by other tours. All the tournament had prize funds of at least 300 million won (approximately US$300,000). Four had prize funds of 1 billion won (US$1 million) while the Ballantine's Championship has a prize fund of 2.2 million euros (approximately US$3.1 million). Total prize money for the tour was approximately 12 billion won (US$12 million).

Tournament schedule

Date Tournament Location Prize fund
(KRW)		 Winner OWGR
points		 Notes
Apr 3 Twayair Open Jeju City 300,000,000 Australia Andrew Tschudin (2) 6
May 1 Ballantine's Championship Icheon €2,205,000 England Lee Westwood (n/a) 42 Co-sanctioned by European Tour and Asian Tour
May 8 GS Caltex Maekyung Open Seongnam 1,000,000,000 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (6) 10 Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour
May 15 Volvik Gunsan CC Open Gunsan 300,000,000 South Korea Lee Seong-ho (6) 6
May 22 SK Telecom Open Seogwipo 900,000,000 Australia Kurt Barnes (n/a) 14 Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour
May 29 Lake Hills Open Haman 300,000,000 South Korea Choi Ho-sung (2) 6
Jun 5 Subaru Classic Yongin 500,000,000 South Korea Hong Soon-sang (3) 6
Jun 26 Dongbu Insurance Promy Open Hoengseong 300,000,000 South Korea Kang Kyung-nam (7) 6
Jul 3 Million Yard Cup Gimhae n/a Korea n/a Team match between Korea and Japan
Jul 10 The Charity High1 Resort Open Jeongseon 1,000,000,000 Abandoned[1] Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour.
Abandoned after one round because of weather.
Aug 7 Johnnie Walker Open Jeju City 300,000,000 South Korea Park Do-kyu (5) 6
Aug 28 Daishin Securities KPGA Championship Yongin 500,000,000 South Korea Kim Byung-jun (1) 6
Sep 25 Munsingwear Championship Yeoju 400,000,000 South Korea Hong Soon-sang (4) 6
Oct 2 Shinhan Donghae Open Incheon 1,000,000,000 England Paul Casey (n/a) 20
Oct 9 Kolon Korea Open Cheonan 1,000,000,000 United States Rickie Fowler (n/a) 26 Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour
Oct 16 Meritz Solmoro Open Yeoju 500,000,000 South Korea Kang Kyung-nam (8) 6
Oct 23 CJ Invitational Yeoju $750,000 South Korea K. J. Choi (15) 22 Co-sanctioned by Asian Tour
Oct 30 NH Open Yeoju 500,000,000 South Korea Lee Sang-hee (1) 6

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit used a points system. Points were awarded based on the player's position in each event.

Rank Player Points Events
1 South Korea Hong Soon-sang 3160 18
2 South Korea Kang Kyung-nam 3125 18
3 South Korea Choi Ho-sung 3095 18
4 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae 2100 6
5 South Korea Ryu Hyun-woo 2070 17

Source: [2]

Prize money leaders

Rank Player Money (KRW) Events
1 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae 451,773,549 5
2 South Korea Park Sang-hyun 398,473,067 15
3 South Korea Hong Soon-sang 392,266,942 11
4 South Korea Kang Kyung-nam 267,197,921 13
5 South Korea Choi Ho-sung 198,798,333 11

'Events' refers to the number of tournaments in which the player won prize money.

Source: [2]

References

  1. ^ "Weather forces cancellation of 2011 The Charity High1 Resort Open presented by SBS". OneAsia. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Korean Tour Record" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 28 November 2018.[permanent dead link‍]
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