2015 Korean Tour season
Duration23 April 2015 (2015-04-23) – 8 November 2015 (2015-11-08)
Number of official events12
Order of MeritSouth Korea Lee Tae-hee
Player of the YearSouth Korea Lee Tae-hee
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Lee Soo-min
2014
2016

The 2015 Korean Tour was the 38th season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2015 season.[1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
()
Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points
Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]
Notes
26 AprDongbu Insurance Promy OpenGyeonggi400,000,000South Korea Hur In-hoi (3)7
17 MayGS Caltex Maekyung OpenGyeonggi1,000,000,000South Korea Moon Kyong-jun (1)7ONE
24 MaySK Telecom OpenGyeonggi1,000,000,000South Korea Choi Jin-ho (4)8ONE
7 JunNefs HeritageGangwon632,367,000South Korea Lee Tae-hee (1)7New tournament
21 JunVainer OpenJeju500,000,000South Korea Park Jae-bum (1)7
28 JunGunsan CC OpenNorth Jeolla500,000,000South Korea Lee Soo-min (2)7
30 AugKPGA ChampionshipSouth Gyeongsang800,000,000South Korea Jang Dong-kyu (1)7
6 SepMaeil Dairies OpenSouth Chungcheong300,000,000South Korea Kim Dae-hyun (4)6
13 SepKolon Korea OpenSouth Chungcheong1,200,000,000South Korea Lee Kyoung-hoon (1)7ONE
20 SepShinhan Donghae OpenGyeonggi1,000,000,000South Korea An Byeong-hun (1)9
4 OctDescente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay ChampionshipSouth Gyeongsang800,000,000South Korea Lee Hyung-joon (2)6
8 NovCaido Golf LIS Tour ChampionshipSouth Jeolla300,000,000South Korea Kim Tae-hoon (2)6

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Ballantine's Points and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2]

PositionPlayerPoints
1South Korea Lee Tae-hee2,190
2South Korea Lee Soo-min2,185
3South Korea Choi Jin-ho1,830
4South Korea Moon Kyong-jun1,730
5South Korea Park Jae-bum1,665

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award)South Korea Lee Tae-hee[3]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award)South Korea Lee Soo-min[4][3]

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. ONE − OneAsia Tour.

References

  1. "2015 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  2. "2015 Points standings" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  3. 1 2 "발렌타인 한국프로골프대상 시상식" [Ballantine's 2015 Korea Professional Golf Awards Ceremony] (in Korean). KPGA. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  4. "2015 Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
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