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.

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

Schedule edit

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

Date Tournament Location Purse
()
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
26 Apr Dongbu Insurance Promy Open Gyeonggi 400,000,000   Hur In-hoi (3) 7
17 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open Gyeonggi 1,000,000,000   Moon Kyong-jun (1) 7 ONE
24 May SK Telecom Open Gyeonggi 1,000,000,000   Choi Jin-ho (4) 8 ONE
7 Jun Nefs Heritage Gangwon 632,367,000   Lee Tae-hee (1) 7 New tournament
21 Jun Vainer Open Jeju 500,000,000   Park Jae-bum (1) 7
28 Jun Gunsan CC Open North Jeolla 500,000,000   Lee Soo-min (2) 7
30 Aug KPGA Championship South Gyeongsang 800,000,000   Jang Dong-kyu (1) 7
6 Sep Maeil Dairies Open South Chungcheong 300,000,000   Kim Dae-hyun (4) 6
13 Sep Kolon Korea Open South Chungcheong 1,200,000,000   Lee Kyoung-hoon (1) 7 ONE
20 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open Gyeonggi 1,000,000,000   An Byeong-hun (1) 9
4 Oct Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay Championship South Gyeongsang 800,000,000   Lee Hyung-joon (2) 6
8 Nov Caido Golf LIS Tour Championship South Jeolla 300,000,000   Kim Tae-hoon (2) 6

Order of Merit edit

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]

Position Player Points
1   Lee Tae-hee 2,190
2   Lee Soo-min 2,185
3   Choi Jin-ho 1,830
4   Moon Kyong-jun 1,730
5   Park Jae-bum 1,665

Awards edit

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

Notes edit

  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 edit

  1. ^ "2015 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  2. ^ "2015 Points standings" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b "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.

External links edit