2011 Korean Tour

The 2011 Korean Tour was the first season of the Korean Tour to carry Official World Golf Ranking points. The season consisted of 17 events, five of which were co-sanctioned by other tours. All the tournament had prize funds of at least 300 million won (approximately US$300,000). Four had prize funds of 1 billion won (US$1 million) while the Ballantine's Championship has a prize fund of 2.2 million euros (approximately US$3.1 million). Total prize money for the tour was approximately 12 billion won (US$12 million).

Tournament schedule

DateTournamentLocationPrize fund
(KRW)
WinnerOWGR
points
Notes
Apr 3Twayair OpenJeju City300,000,000Australia Andrew Tschudin (2)6
May 1Ballantine's ChampionshipIcheon€2,205,000England Lee Westwood (n/a)42Co-sanctioned by European Tour and Asian Tour
May 8GS Caltex Maekyung OpenSeongnam1,000,000,000South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (6)10Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour
May 15Volvik Gunsan CC OpenGunsan300,000,000South Korea Lee Seong-ho (6)6
May 22SK Telecom OpenSeogwipo900,000,000Australia Kurt Barnes (n/a)14Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour
May 29Lake Hills OpenHaman300,000,000South Korea Choi Ho-sung (2)6
Jun 5Subaru ClassicYongin500,000,000South Korea Hong Soon-sang (3)6
Jun 26Dongbu Insurance Promy OpenHoengseong300,000,000South Korea Kang Kyung-nam (7)6
Jul 3Million Yard CupGimhaen/aKorean/aTeam match between Korea and Japan
Jul 10The Charity High1 Resort OpenJeongseon1,000,000,000Abandoned[1]Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour.
Abandoned after one round because of weather.
Aug 7Johnnie Walker OpenJeju City300,000,000South Korea Park Do-kyu (5)6
Aug 28Daishin Securities KPGA ChampionshipYongin500,000,000South Korea Kim Byung-jun (1)6
Sep 25Munsingwear ChampionshipYeoju400,000,000South Korea Hong Soon-sang (4)6
Oct 2Shinhan Donghae OpenIncheon1,000,000,000England Paul Casey (n/a)20
Oct 9Kolon Korea OpenCheonan1,000,000,000United States Rickie Fowler (n/a)26Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour
Oct 16Meritz Solmoro OpenYeoju500,000,000South Korea Kang Kyung-nam (8)6
Oct 23CJ InvitationalYeoju$750,000South Korea K. J. Choi (15)22Co-sanctioned by Asian Tour
Oct 30NH OpenYeoju500,000,000South Korea Lee Sang-hee (1)6

References

  1. "Weather forces cancellation of 2011 The Charity High1 Resort Open presented by SBS". OneAsia. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
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