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The 2017 Korean Tour was the seventh season of the Korean Tour to carry Official World Golf Ranking points. The season consisted of 19 events, two of which were co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour and one by the Asian Tour. All the tournament had prize funds of at least 300 million won (approximately US$290,000). Seven had prize funds of 1 billion won ($960,000) or more.

Tournament schedule

The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Korean Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament.

Date Tournament Location Prize fund
(KRW)		 Winner OWGR
points		 Notes
23 Apr Dongbu Insurance Promy Open Pocheon 500,000,000 South Korea Maeng Dong-seop (2) 9
30 Apr Cadio Series 1 – Eugene Group/All for You Jeonnam Open Muan 500,000,000 South Korea Kim Seng-yong (1) 9 New tournament
7 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open Seongnam 1,000,000,000 South Korea Lee Sang-hee (4) 9 Co-sanctioned with the OneAsia Tour
21 May SK Telecom Open Incheon 1,200,000,000 South Korea Choi Jin-ho (7) 9
28 May Caido Series 2 – Caido Dream Open Jangsu 300,000,000 South Korea Kim Woo-hyun (3) 9 New tournament
4 Jun Kolon Korea Open Cheonan 1,200,000,000 South Korea Chang Yi-keun (1) 8 Co-sanctioned with the OneAsia Tour
11 Jun Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay Namhae 1,000,000,000 South Korea Kim Seung-hyuk (3) 9
18 Jun Caido Series 3 – Caido Golden V1 Open Taean 300,000,000 South Korea Lee Jung-hwan (1) 9 New tournament
25 Jun KPGA Championship Yangsan 1,000,000,000 South Korea Hwang Jung-gon (2) 9
2 Jul Caido Series 4 – NS HomeShopping Gunsan CC Jeonbuk Open Gunsan 500,000,000 South Korea Lee Hyung-joon (4) 9
16 Jul Caido Series 5 – Jinju Savings Bank-Caido Male Open Sacheon 300,000,000 South Korea Kang Kyung-nam (10) 9 New tournament
27 Aug Caido Series 6 – Dong-A Membership Group Dynamic Busan Open Busan 700,000,000 South Korea Kim Hong-taek (1) 9 New tournament
3 Sep DGB Financial Group Daegu Gyeongbuk Open Chilgok 500,000,000 South Korea Seo Hyung-seok (1) 9
10 Sep T-up Gswing Mega Open Incheon 500,000,000 South Korea Chang Yi-keun (2) 9 New tournament
17 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open Incheon 1,200,000,000 Canada Richard T. Lee (1) 12 Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
24 Sep Genesis Championship Incheon 1,500,000,000 South Korea Kim Seung-hyuk (4) 9 New tournament
1 Oct Caido Series 7 – Caido Only Jeju Open Jeju City 500,000,000 South Korea Lee Ji-hoon (1) 9 New tournament
29 Oct Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational Gimhae 750,000,000 South Korea Hwang Inn-choon (5) 9
5 Nov Caido Series 8 – Caido Tour Championship Yeoju 500,000,000 South Korea Choi Go-woong (1) 9

Genesis Points table

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

Rank Player Points Events
1 South Korea Choi Jin-ho 5246 17
2 South Korea Lee Jung-hwan 5060 17
3 South Korea Lee Hyung-joon 4566 19
4 South Korea Lee Seung-taek 4364 19
5 South Korea Byun Jin-jae 4109 18

Source: [1]

Prize money leaders

Rank Player Money (KRW) Events
1 South Korea Kim Seung-hyuk 631,779,810 9
2 South Korea Choi Jin-ho 506,696,254 17
3 South Korea Chang Yi-keun 493,428,000 9
4 South Korea Lee Hyung-joon 363,699,619 15
5 South Korea Lee Sang-hee 323,169,091 8

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

Source: [1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Korean Tour Record" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 28 November 2018.[permanent dead link]

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