2019 Korean Tour


The 2019 Korean Tour was the ninth season of the Korean Tour to carry Official World Golf Ranking points. The season consisted of 15 official events Three events are co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour, one of which was also co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour. All the tournaments had prize funds of at least 500 million won. Nine had prize funds of 1 billion won 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
WinnerOWGR
points
Notes
21 AprDB Insurance Promy OpenPocheon500,000,000 Richard T. Lee 9
28 AprNS HomeShopping Gunsan CC Jeonbuk OpenGunsan500,000,000 Kim Bi-o 9
5 MayGS Caltex Maekyung OpenSeongnam1,200,000,000 Lee Tae-hee 12Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
12 MayHuons Elravie Celebrity Pro-AmIncheon600,000,000 Jeon Ga-lam 9
19 MaySK Telecom OpenIncheon1,200,000,000 Ham Jeong-woo 9
26 MayKB Financial Liiv ChampionshipIcheon700,000,000 Seo Hyung-seok 9
9 JunDescente Korea Munsingwear MatchplayNamhae1,000,000,000 Lee Hyung-joon 9
16 JunKEB Hana Bank InvitationalYongin1,200,000,000 Seo Yo-seop 9
23 JunKolon Korea OpenCheonan1,200,000,000 Jazz Janewattananond 13Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
30 JunKPGA ChampionshipYangsan1,000,000,000 Won Joon Lee 9
1 SepWoosung Construction Aramir CC Busan Gyeongnam OpenChangwon500,000,000 Lee Jae-kyung 9New tournament
22 SepShinhan Donghae OpenIncheon1,200,000,000 Jbe' Kruger 14Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
and Japan Golf Tour
29 SepDGB Financial Group Volvik Daegu Gyeongbuk OpenGumi500,000,000 Kim Bi-o 9
6 OctHyundai Insurance KJ Choi InvitationalGimhae1,000,000,000 Lee Soo-min 9
13 OctGenesis ChampionshipIncheon1,500,000,000 Im Sung-jae 9

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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 15 events had the same points. Moon Kyong-jun did not win any tournaments but had 7 top-10 finishes.
RankPlayerPointsEvents
1 Moon Kyong-jun412615
2 Lee Soo-min378015
3 Ham Jeong-woo352914
4 Lee Hyung-joon326015
5 Seo Hyung-seok312715

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Prize money leaders

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