The 2023 Korean Tour was the 46th season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.

2023 Korean Tour season
Duration13 April 2023 (2023-04-13) – 12 November 2023 (2023-11-12)
Number of official events22
Most winsSouth Korea Koh Gun-taek (3)
Order of MeritSouth Korea Ham Jeong-woo
Player of the YearSouth Korea Ham Jeong-woo
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Park Sung-joon
2022
2024

European Tour strategic alliance extension

edit

Following the strategic alliance partnership signed with the European Tour in December 2022,[1] the season marked the inaugural edition of the Korea Championship, the first time the Korean Tour had co-sanctioned an event with the European Tour since 2013.[2] Following the conclusion of the event, a new extension to the strategic alliance was announced in May by the European Tour. As part of the extension, an additional two players (three in total) from the Korean Tour Order of Merit were awarded European Tour (DP World Tour) status for the following season.[3]

Schedule

edit

The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.[4][5]

Date Tournament Location Purse
()
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
16 Apr DB Insurance Promy Open Gangwon 700,000,000   Koh Gun-taek (1) 3.18
23 Apr Golfzon Open in Jeju Jeju 700,000,000   Cho Woo-young (a) (1) 3.57 New tournament
30 Apr Korea Championship Gyeonggi US$2,000,000   Pablo Larrazábal (n/a) 17.05 EUR New tournament
7 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open Jeju 1,300,000,000   Jung Chan-min (1) 6.29 ASA
14 May Woori Financial Group Championship Gyeonggi 1,500,000,000   Im Sung-jae (2) 5.56
21 May SK Telecom Open Jeju 1,300,000,000   Baek Seuk-hyun (1) 4.17
28 May KB Financial Liiv Championship Gyeonggi 700,000,000   Kim Dong-min (1) 3.58
4 Jun Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay North Chungcheong 800,000,000   Lee Jae-kyeong (3) 3.54
11 Jun KPGA Championship South Gyeongsang 1,500,000,000   Choi Seung-bin (1) 4.19
18 Jun Hana Bank Invitational Japan ¥100,000,000   Yang Ji-ho (2) 7.33 JPN
25 Jun Kolon Korea Open South Chungcheong 1,350,000,000   Seungsu Han (2) 6.43 ASA
23 Jul Honors K Sollago CC Han Jangsang Invitational South Chungcheong 500,000,000   Koh Gun-taek (2) 3.63
27 Aug KPGA Gunsan CC Open North Jeolla 500,000,000   Jang Yu-bin (a) (1) 3.66
3 Sep LX Championship Gyeonggi 600,000,000   Kim Bi-o (9) 3.78
10 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open Gyeonggi 1,400,000,000   Koh Gun-taek (3) 8.52 ASA, JPN
17 Sep Bizplay Electronic Times Open Gyeonggi 700,000,000   Kim Chan-woo (1) 2.91
24 Sep iMBank Open South Gyeongsang 500,000,000   Hur In-hoi (5) 3.27
8 Oct Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational Gyeonggi 1,250,000,000   Ham Jeong-woo (3) 3.37
15 Oct Genesis Championship Gyeonggi 1,500,000,000   Park Sang-hyun (12) 5.62
29 Oct Baeksang Holdings-Asiad CC Busan Open South Gyeongsang 1,000,000,000   Eom Jae-woong (2) 4.80
5 Nov Golfzon-Toray Open North Gyeongsang 700,000,000   Jung Chan-min (2) 3.64
12 Nov LG Signature Players Championship Gyeonggi 1,300,000,000   Shin Sang-hun (2) 2.86

Order of Merit

edit

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.[6] The top three players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2024 European Tour (DP World Tour).[7][8]

Position Player Points Status earned
1   Ham Jeong-woo 6,062 Promoted to European Tour
2   Lee Jung-hwan 5,205
3   Park Sang-hyun 5,136
4   Koh Gun-taek 5,108
5   Kang Kyung-nam 5,004

Awards

edit
Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award)   Ham Jeong-woo [8]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award)   Park Sung-joon [9]

Notes

edit
  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; JPN − Japan Golf Tour.

References

edit
  1. ^ "DP World Tour, PGA Tour announce expansion of relationship with Korea Professional Golfers' Association". European Tour. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  2. ^ "DP World Tour announces global 2023 schedule". PGA Tour. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  3. ^ "DP World Tour and KPGA formalise relationship with new Strategic Alliance". European Tour. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  4. ^ "2023 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Korean events confirmed on Asian Tour schedule". Asian Tour. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  6. ^ "2023 Points standings" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  7. ^ "PGA Tour Q-School 및 DPWT 특전 적용 시점 관련 안내" [PGA Tour Q-School and DPWT Benefits Applied] (in Korean). KPGA. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  8. ^ a b Kim, Dong-chan (12 November 2023). "KPGA 코리안투어 대상 함정우 "미국·유럽 무대 도전하겠다"" [KPGA Korean Tour Grand Prize winner Ham Jeong-woo "I will challenge the U.S. and European stage"]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 12 November 2023. 대상 수상으로 보너스 상금 1억원, 제네시스 차량, 투어 시드 5년, 미국프로골프(PGA) 투어 퀄리파잉스쿨 최종전 직행 자격, DP 월드투어 시드 1년 등의 특전을 확보한 함정우는 경기 후 인터뷰에서... [In a post-match interview, Ham Jeong-woo, who secured 100 million won in bonus prize money, a Genesis car, a five-year tour seed, a direct qualification to the final round of the PGA Tour Qualifying School, and a one-year DP World Tour seed...]
  9. ^ "2023 Castelbajac Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
edit