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

Dates Tournament Location Prize fund (KRW) Winner OWGR
points		Notes
Mar 31–Apr 3 Twayair Open South Korea Jeju City 300,000,000 Australia Andrew Tschudin 6
Apr 28–May 1 Ballantine's Championship South Korea Icheon €2,205,000England Lee Westwood 42 Co-sanctioned by European Tour and Asian Tour
May 5–8 GS Caltex Maekyung Open South Korea Seongnam 1,000,000,000 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae 10 Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour
May 12–15 Volvik Gunsan CC Open South Korea Gunsan 300,000,000 South Korea Lee Seong-ho 6
May 19–22 SK Telecom Open South Korea Seogwipo 900,000,000 Australia Kurt Barnes 14 Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour
May 26–29 Lake Hills Open South Korea Haman 300,000,000 South Korea Choi Ho-sung 6
Jun 2–5 Subaru Classic South Korea Yongin 500,000,000 South Korea Hong Soon-sang 6
Jun 23–26 Dongbu Insurance Promy Open South Korea Hoengseong 300,000,000 South Korea Kang Kyung-nam 6
Jul 1–3 Million Yard Cup South Korea Gimhae n/a  South Korea n/a Team Match between South Korea and Japan
Jul 7–10 The Charity High 1 Resort Open South Korea Jeongseon 1,000,000,000 Abandoned[1] Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour. Abandoned after one round because of weather.
Aug 4–7 Johnnie Walker Open South Korea Jeju City 300,000,000 South Korea Park Do-kyu 6
Aug 25–28 Daishin Securities KPGA Championship South Korea Yongin 500,000,000 South Korea Kim Byung-jun 6
Sep 23–25 Munsingwear Championship South Korea Yeoju 400,000,000 South Korea Hong Soon-sang 6
Sep 29–Oct 2 Shinhan Donghae Open South Korea Incheon 1,000,000,000 England Paul Casey 20
Oct 6–9 Kolon Korea Open South Korea Cheonan 1,000,000,000 United States Rickie Fowler 26 Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour
Oct 13–16 Meritz Solmoro Open South Korea Yeoju 500,000,000 South Korea Kang Kyung-nam 6
Oct 20–23 CJ Invitational South Korea Yeoju $750,000 South Korea K. J. Choi 22 Co-sanctioned by Asian Tour
Oct 27–30 NH Open South Korea Yeoju 500,000,000 South Korea Lee Sang-hee 6

References

  1. ↑ "Weather forces cancellation of 2011 The Charity High1 Resort Open presented by SBS". OneAsia. Retrieved 11 July 2011.

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