2012 Korean Tour season
Duration26 April 2012 (2012-04-26) – 28 October 2012 (2012-10-28)
Number of official events13
Most winsSouth Korea Kim Bi-o (2)
South Korea Kim Dae-sub (2)
Order of MeritSouth Korea Lee Sang-hee
Player of the YearSouth Korea Lee Sang-hee
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Kim Meen-whee
2011
2013

The 2012 Korean Tour was the 35th season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.[1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
()
Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points
Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]
Notes
29 AprBallantine's ChampionshipGyeonggi€2,205,000Austria Bernd Wiesberger (n/a)32ASA, EUR
13 MayGS Caltex Maekyung OpenGyeonggi1,000,000,000South Korea Kim Bi-o (2)10ONE
20 MaySK Telecom OpenJeju900,000,000South Korea Kim Bi-o (3)10ONE
3 JunMeritz Solmoro OpenGyeonggi500,000,000South Korea Choi Jin-ho (3)6
24 JunVolvik Hildesheim OpenNorth ChungcheongUS$300,000South Korea Lee In-woo (2)14ASANew tournament
2 SepSBS Tour Happiness KJB KPGA ChampionshipSouth Jeolla500,000,000South Korea Lee Sang-hee (2)6
9 SepCharity High 1 OpenGangwon1,000,000,000Australia Matthew Griffin (1)6ONE
16 SepDongbu Insurance Promy OpenGangwon400,000,000South Korea Kim Dae-sub (9)6
23 SepMunsingwear Matchplay ChampionshipGangwon600,000,000South Korea Kim Dae-hyun (3)6
7 OctCJ InvitationalGyeonggiUS$750,000South Korea K. J. Choi (16)14ASA
14 OctShinhan Donghae OpenGyeonggi1,000,000,000South Korea Kim Meen-whee (1)12
21 OctKolon Korea OpenSouth Chungcheong1,000,000,000South Korea Kim Dae-sub (10)12ONE
28 OctWindsor ClassicGyeonggi400,000,000South Korea Baek Joo-yeob (1)6New tournament

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Ballantine's Points and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2]

PositionPlayerPoints
1South Korea Lee Sang-hee2,995
2South Korea Kang Kyung-nam2,720
3South Korea Kim Dae-sub2,620
4South Korea Kim Bi-o2,300
5South Korea Kim Dae-hyun2,180

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award)South Korea Lee Sang-hee[3]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award)South Korea Kim Meen-whee[4][3]

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; EUR − European Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.

References

  1. "2012 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  2. "2012 Points standings" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  3. 1 2 "2012 한국프로골프대상 시상식' 영광의 수상자 모습" [2012 Korea Professional Golf Awards] (in Korean). KPGA. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  4. "2012 Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
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