2007 Korean Tour season
Duration2 April 2007 (2007-04-02) – 1 November 2007 (2007-11-01)
Number of official events18
Most winsSouth Korea Kang Kyung-nam (3)
South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (3)
Order of MeritSouth Korea Kim Kyung-tae
Player of the YearSouth Korea Kim Kyung-tae
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Kim Kyung-tae
2006
2008

The 2007 Korean Tour, titled as the 2007 SBS Korean Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.

It was the third season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Seoul Broadcasting System, that was announced in June 2004.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2007 season.[2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
()
Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points
Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]
Notes
29 AprSBS Tomato Savings Bank OpenJeju300,000,000South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (3)n/a
6 MayGS Caltex Maekyung OpenGyeonggi600,000,000South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (4)14ASA
20 MayXcanvas OpenGyeonggi400,000,000South Korea Hong Soon-sang (1)n/aNew tournament
27 MaySK Telecom OpenGyeonggi600,000,000South Korea Bae Sang-moon (2)14ASA
3 JunSBS Kumho Asiana OpenGyeonggi500,000,000South Korea Park Nam-sin (20)n/aNew tournament
17 JunSBS Ace Savings Bank Montvert OpenGyeonggi300,000,000South Korea Bae Sung-chul (1)n/aNew tournament
1 JulSBS Yeonwoo Heavenland OpenNorth Gyeongsang400,000,000South Korea Park Do-kyu (4)n/aNew tournament
12 JulSBS Samsung Apple City OpenChina300,000,000South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (5)n/aNew tournament
24 AugSBS Korea Golf and Art Village KPGA ChampionshipGyeonggi500,000,000South Korea Kim Chang-yoon (1)n/a
2 SepSBS Lake Hills OpenJeju300,000,000South Korea Kang Kyung-nam (3)n/aNew tournament
9 SepSBS Meritz Solmoro OpenGyeonggi300,000,000South Korea Hwang Inn-choon (1)n/a
16 SepSBS Samsung Benest OpenGyeonggi600,000,000South Korea Lee Seong-ho (1)n/a
23 SepSBS Eden Valley Ski Resort OpenSouth Gyeongsang300,000,000South Korea Kang Kyung-nam (4)n/aNew tournament
7 OctKolon-Hana Bank Korea OpenSouth Chungcheong1,000,000,000Fiji Vijay Singh (n/a)14ASA
14 OctShinhan Donghae OpenGyeonggi700,000,000South Korea K. J. Choi (12)n/a
28 OctSBS Kumgang Ananti NongHyup OpenGyeonggi300,000,000South Korea Kim Hyung-tae (2)n/aNew tournament
11 NovSBS Hana Tour ChampionshipSouth Gyeongsang300,000,000South Korea Kang Kyung-nam (5)n/a
23 NovDongbu Insurance Promy KPGA InvitationalNorth Gyeongsang70,000,000South Korea Lee Yong-hun (2)n/aNew tournament

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3]

PositionPlayerPoints
1South Korea Kim Kyung-tae6,320
2South Korea Kang Kyung-nam5,595
3South Korea Kim Hyung-tae2,855
4South Korea Kim Chang-yoon2,605
5South Korea Hwang Inn-choon2,395

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award)South Korea Kim Kyung-tae[4]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award)South Korea Kim Kyung-tae[5][4]

Notes

  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.

References

  1. "국내골프도 내년부터 '투어시대'" [Domestic golf will also enter the 'tour era' starting next year]. The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). Seoul, South Korea. 24 June 2004. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. "2007 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Archived from the original on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  3. "2007 Points standings" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  4. 1 2 "KPGA Prize Awards history" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  5. "2007 Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
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