2020 Korean Tour season
Duration2 July 2020 (2020-07-02) – 8 November 2020 (2020-11-08)
Number of official events11[lower-alpha 1]
Most winsSouth Korea Kim Han-byeol (2)
Order of MeritSouth Korea Kim Tae-hoon
Player of the YearSouth Korea Kim Tae-hoon
Rookie of the YearAustralia Won Joon Lee
2019
2021

The 2020 Korean Tour was the 43rd 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 2020 season.[1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
()
Winner[lower-alpha 2]OWGR
points
Other
tours[lower-alpha 3]
Notes
28 JunKolon Korea OpenSouth ChungcheongCancelledASA
5 JulWoosung Construction Aramir CC Busan Gyeongnam OpenSouth Gyeongsang500,000,000South Korea Lee Ji-hoon (2)9
12 JulKPGA Gunsan CC OpenNorth Jeolla500,000,000South Korea Tom Kim (1)9
19 JulKPGA OpenSouth Chungcheong500,000,000South Korea Lee Soo-min (4)9New tournament
9 AugKPGA ChampionshipSouth Gyeongsang1,000,000,000South Korea Kim Seong-hyeon (1)9
23 Aug
3 May
GS Caltex Maekyung OpenGangwon1,000,000,000South Korea Lee Tae-hee (4)4ASA
30 AugHazzys Golf KPGA OpenGyeonggi500,000,000South Korea Kim Han-byeol (1)9New tournament
13 SepShinhan Donghae OpenGyeonggi1,400,000,000South Korea Kim Han-byeol (2)9ASA, JPN
27 SepHyundai Insurance KJ Choi InvitationalGyeonggi1,000,000,000South Korea Lee Chang-woo (2)9
11 OctGenesis ChampionshipGyeonggi1,500,000,000South Korea Kim Tae-hoon (4)9
25 OctBizplay Electronic Times OpenJeju500,000,000Australia Won Joon Lee (2)9New tournament
8 NovLG Signature Players ChampionshipGyeonggi1,000,000,000United States Seungsu Han (1)9New tournament

Order of Merit

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 2021 European Tour.[3]

PositionPlayerPointsStatus earned
1South Korea Kim Tae-hoon3,252Promoted to European Tour
2South Korea Kim Han-byeol3,039
3South Korea Lee Jae-kyeong3,026
4South Korea Lee Chang-woo2,707
5South Korea Moon Kyong-jun2,631

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award)South Korea Kim Tae-hoon[3][4]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award)Australia Won Joon Lee[5][4][6]

Notes

  1. A further one tournament was scheduled but was cancelled.
  2. 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.
  3. ASA − Asian Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour.

References

  1. "2020 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  2. "2020 Points standings" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  3. 1 2 "김태훈, 2020 시즌 제네시스 대상, 제네시스 상금왕 동시 석권… "생애 최고의 한 해"" [Kim Tae-hoon wins the 2020 season Genesis Grand Prize and Genesis Prize King at the same time... "The best year of my life"] (in Korean). KPGA. 8 November 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2023. '제네시스 대상'을 수상한 김태훈은 보너스 상금 5천만원과 제네시스 차량 1대, 2021~2022년 유러피언투어 시드, 향후 5년간 KPGA 코리안투어 시드를 확보했다. [Kim Tae-hoon, who won the 'Genesis Grand Prize', secured a bonus prize of 5 million won, a Genesis car, a European Tour card for 2021 and a KPGA Korean Tour card for the next 5 years.]
  4. 1 2 "KPGA, '2020 KPGA 제네시스 대상 시상식' 대체 특집 프로그램 제작" [KPGA produces alternative special program for '2020 KPGA Genesis Awards'] (in Korean). KPGA. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  5. "2020 Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  6. "이원준, 2020 시즌 '까스텔바작 신인상(명출상)' 차지… '역대 최고령 수상자' 등극" [Won Joon Lee wins the 2020 season 'Castelbajac Rookie of the Year Award'... 'Oldest winner ever'] (in Korean). KPGA. 8 November 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
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