The 2000 Korean Tour was the 23rd season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.

2000 Korean Tour season
Duration20 April 2000 (2000-04-20) – 19 November 2000 (2000-11-19)
Number of official events14
Most winsSouth Korea Choi Gwang-soo (3)
South Korea Kang Wook-soon (3)
Order of MeritSouth Korea Choi Gwang-soo
Player of the YearSouth Korea Kang Wook-soon
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Suk Jong-yul
1999
2001

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
()
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
23 Apr Honam Open South Jeolla 200,000,000   Park Nam-sin (18) n/a
30 Apr Maekyung LG Fashion Open Gyeonggi US$350,000   Kang Wook-soon (5) 6 ASA
21 May Lance Field KPGA Championship South Gyeongsang 200,000,000   Park No-seok (3) n/a
28 May SK Telecom Classic Gyeonggi 350,000,000   Park Nam-sin (19) n/a
4 Jun Hyundai Motor Masters Gyeonggi US$250,000   Choi Gwang-soo (8) n/a
11 Jun Pocari Energy Open Gyeonggi 200,000,000   Choi Gwang-soo (9) n/a
30 Jul Bookyung Open South Chungcheong 200,000,000   Choi Gwang-soo (10) n/a
27 Aug Shinhan Donghae Open South Gyeongsang 200,000,000   Yoo Jae-chul (1) n/a
3 Sep Leading Investment & Securities Open Gyeonggi 200,000,000   Kang Wook-soon (6) n/a New tournament
9 Sep Chungcheong Open South Chungcheong 200,000,000   Mo Joong-kyung (1) n/a New tournament
8 Oct Kolon Cup Korea Open Gyeonggi 400,000,000   Thongchai Jaidee (n/a) 6 ASA
19 Oct Daekyung Open North Gyeongsang 200,000,000   Kang Wook-soon (7) n/a New tournament
12 Nov Superior Open South Gyeongsang 200,000,000   K. J. Choi (8) n/a
19 Nov Iksan Open North Jeolla 200,000,000   Kim Chang-min (1) n/a New tournament

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South Korean won.[2][3]

Position Player Prize money ()
1   Choi Gwang-soo 270,094,375
2   Kang Wook-soon 268,401,250
3   Park Nam-sin 180,355,800
4   Yoo Jae-chul 101,361,466
5   Mo Joong-kyung 101,042,089

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award)   Kang Wook-soon [4][5]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award)   Suk Jong-yul [4][5]

Notes

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  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 PGA Tour.

References

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  1. ^ "2000 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  2. ^ "2000 Order of Merit" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  3. ^ "최광수 씁쓸한 상금왕 .. 시즌도중 산정방식변경..강욱순에 2백만원 앞서" [Choi Gwang-soo, the bitter prize money king .. Calculation method changed during the season. 2 million won ahead of Kang Wook-soon]. The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). 12 December 2000. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b "KPGA Prize Awards history" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b "강욱순 KPGA 2000 최우수선수 영예" [Kang Wook-soon KPGA 2000 Most Valuable Player]. Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). Seoul, South Korea. 2 January 2001. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
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