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2020 Korean Tour

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2020 Korean Tour season
Duration2 July 2020 (2020-07-02) – 8 November 2020 (2020-11-08)
Number of official events11[a]
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

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The following table lists official events during the 2020 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
()
Winner[b] OWGR
points
Other
tours[c]
Notes
28 Jun Kolon Korea Open South Chungcheong Cancelled[2] ASA
5 Jul Woosung Construction Aramir CC Busan Gyeongnam Open South Gyeongsang 500,000,000 South Korea Lee Ji-hoon (2) 9
12 Jul KPGA Gunsan CC Open North Jeolla 500,000,000 South Korea Tom Kim (1) 9
19 Jul KPGA Open South Chungcheong 500,000,000 South Korea Lee Soo-min (4) 9 New tournament
9 Aug KPGA Championship South Gyeongsang 1,000,000,000 South Korea Kim Seong-hyeon (1) 9
23 Aug
3 May
GS Caltex Maekyung Open Gangwon 1,000,000,000 South Korea Lee Tae-hee (4) 4 ASA
30 Aug Hazzys Golf KPGA Open Gyeonggi 500,000,000 South Korea Kim Han-byeol (1) 9 New tournament
13 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open Gyeonggi 1,400,000,000 South Korea Kim Han-byeol (2) 9 ASA, JPN
27 Sep Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational Gyeonggi 1,000,000,000 South Korea Lee Chang-woo (2) 9
11 Oct Genesis Championship Gyeonggi 1,500,000,000 South Korea Kim Tae-hoon (4) 9
25 Oct Bizplay Electronic Times Open Jeju 500,000,000 Australia Won Joon Lee (2) 9 New tournament
8 Nov LG Signature Players Championship Gyeonggi 1,000,000,000 United States Seungsu Han (1) 9 New tournament

Order of Merit

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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.[3] The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2021 European Tour.[4]

Position Player Points Status earned
1 South Korea Kim Tae-hoon 3,252 Promoted to European Tour
2 South Korea Kim Han-byeol 3,039
3 South Korea Lee Jae-kyeong 3,026
4 South Korea Lee Chang-woo 2,707
5 South Korea Moon Kyong-jun 2,631

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award) South Korea Kim Tae-hoon [4][5]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award) Australia Won Joon Lee [6][5][7]

Notes

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  1. ^ One further 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

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  1. ^ "2020 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  2. ^ Williams, Julie (16 May 2020). "Korea Open canceled for first time in event's 62-year history". Golfweek. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  3. ^ "2020 Points standings" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  4. ^ a b "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.]
  5. ^ a b "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.
  6. ^ "2020 Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  7. ^ "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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