2018 Korean Tour

The 2018 Korean Tour was the eighth season of the Korean Tour to carry Official World Golf Ranking points. The season consisted of 17 events, three of which are co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour. All the tournaments had prize funds of at least 500 million won (approximately US$480,000). Nine have 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.

DateTournamentLocationPrize fund
(KRW)		WinnerOWGR
points		Notes
22 AprDB Insurance Promy OpenPocheon500,000,000 Jeon Ga-lam (1)9
6 MayGS Caltex Maekyung OpenSeongnam1,000,000,000 Park Sang-hyun (6)12Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
20 MaySK Telecom OpenIncheon1,200,000,000 Kwon Sung-yeol (1)9
27 MayGenesis ChampionshipIncheon1,500,000,000 Lee Tae-hee (2)9
3 JunKB Financial Liiv ChampionshipIcheon700,000,000 Maeng Dong-seop (3)9New tournament
10 JunDescente Korea Munsingwear MatchplayNamhae1,000,000,000 Kim Meen-whee (2)9
17 JunKEB Hana Bank InvitationalYongin1,000,000,000 Park Sang-hyun (7)9New tournament
24 JunKolon Korea OpenCheonan1,200,000,000 Choi Min-chel (1)12Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
1 JulKPGA ChampionshipYangsan1,000,000,000 Mun Do-yeob (1)9
8 JulNS HomeShopping Gunsan CC Jeonbuk OpenGunsan500,000,000 Sukwoan Ko (1)9
19 AugDong-A Membership Group Busan OpenYangsan500,000,000 Kim Tae-hoon (3)9
2 SepDGB Financial Group Daegu Gyeongbuk OpenChilgok500,000,000 Kim Tae-woo (1)9
16 SepShinhan Donghae OpenIncheon1,200,000,000 Park Sang-hyun (8)12Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
23 SepHuons Celebrity Pro-AmTaean500,000,000 Eom Jae-woong (1)9New tournament
28 OctHyundai Insurance KJ Choi InvitationalGimhae1,000,000,000 Park Sung-kug (1)9
4 NovA+Life Hyodam Jeju OpenJeju500,000,000 Park Hyo-won (1)9
11 NovGolfzon-DYB Education KPGA Tour ChampionshipAnseong500,000,000 Lee Jung-hwan (2)9

Source: [1]

Genesis Points table

The Order of Merit used a points system, called Genesis Points. Points were awarded based on the player's position in each event. 1,000 points were awarded to the winner, 600 points for second place, down to 5 points for those finishing outside the top 60. All 17 events had the same points. Lee Hyung-joon did not win any tournaments but made the cut in all 17 events and was second twice and third three times.

RankPlayerPointsEvents
1 Lee Hyung-joon466217
2 Park Hyo-won452417
3 Park Sang-hyun44128
4 Maeng Dong-seop389317
5 Mun Do-yeob374217

Source: [2]

Prize money leaders
RankPlayerMoney (KRW)Events
1 Park Sang-hyun790,066,6677
2 Lee Tae-hee443,353,33311
3 Mun Do-yeob366,266,66712
4 Lee Hyung-joon365,558,33317
5 Kwon Sung-yeol359,050,81012

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

Source: [2]

References
  1. "Korea Tour Schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. "Korean Tour Record" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
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