2016 Korean Tour

The 2016 Korean Tour was the sixth season of the Korean Tour to carry Official World Golf Ranking points. Starting in 2016, each event is worth a minimum of nine points, up from six points previously.[1] The season consists of 12 events, three of which were co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour or the Asian Tour. All the tournament had prize funds of at least 300 million won (approximately US$290,000). Five had prize funds of 1 billion won ($960,000) or more.

Tournament schedule

The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Korean Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament.

DateTournamentPrize fund
(KRW)		WinnerOWGR
points		Notes
24 AprDongbu Insurance Promy Open500,000,000 Choi Jin-ho (5)9
8 MayGS Caltex Maekyung Open1,000,000,000 Park Sang-hyun (5)11Co-sanctioned with the OneAsia Tour
15 MayMaeil Dairies Open300,000,000 Mo Joong-kyung (5)9
22 MaySK Telecom Open1,000,000,000 Lee Sang-hee (3)10
29 MayNefs Heritage702,339,000 Choi Jin-ho (6)9
12 JunDescente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay800,000,000 Lee Sang-yeop (1)9
28 AugKPGA Championship1,000,000,000 Kim Jun-sung (1)9
4 SepNS HomeShopping Gunsan CC Jeonbuk Open500,000,000 Joo Heung-chol (2)9
11 SepKolon Korea Open1,200,000,000 Lee Kyoung-hoon (2)8Co-sanctioned with the OneAsia Tour
2 OctShinhan Donghae Open1,200,000,000 Gaganjeet Bhullar (n/a)18Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
9 OctHyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational500,000,000 Joo Heung-chol (3)9
23 OctDGB Financial Group Daegu Gyeongbuk Open500,000,000 Yoon Jung-ho (1)9
13 NovCaido Korea Tour Championship300,000,000 Lee Hyung-joon (3)9

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit used a points system. Points were awarded based on the player's position in each event.

RankPlayerPointsEvents
1 Choi Jin-ho400911
2 Lee Chang-woo367211
3 Lee Hyung-joon321513
4 Joo Heung-chol317910
5 Yoon Jung-ho289713

Source: [2]

Prize money leaders
RankPlayerMoney (KRW)Events
1 Choi Jin-ho423,927,8008
2 Park Sang-hyun359,270,0005
3 Lee Kyoung-hoon300,000,0001
4 Lee Sang-hee273,896,6675
5 Joo Heung-chol260,704,66710

'Events' refers to the number of tournaments in which the player won prize money.

Source: [2]

References
  1. "OWGR Board Announcement". OWGR. 15 April 2016.
  2. "Korean Tour Record" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
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