2009 Korean Tour season
Duration2 April 2009 (2009-04-02) – 1 November 2009 (2009-11-01)
Number of official events16
Most winsSouth Korea Bae Sang-moon (2)
South Korea Lee Seong-ho (2)
South Korea Park Sang-hyun (2)
Order of MeritSouth Korea Bae Sang-moon
Player of the YearSouth Korea Bae Sang-moon
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Kim Do-hoon
2008
2010

The 2009 Korean Tour, titled as the 2009 SBS Korean Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.

It was the fifth season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Seoul Broadcasting System, that was announced in June 2004.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.[2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
()
Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points
Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]
Notes
5 AprKEB Invitational (1st)China400,000,000South Korea Lee Tae-gyu (1)n/a
12 AprSBS Tomato Savings Bank OpenSouth Gyeongsang300,000,000South Korea Kang Wook-soon (11)n/a
26 AprBallantine's ChampionshipJeju€2,100,000Thailand Thongchai Jaidee (n/a)32ASA, EUR
17 MayGS Caltex Maekyung OpenGyeonggi600,000,000South Korea Bae Sang-moon (5)14ASA
24 MaySK Telecom OpenGyeonggi600,000,000South Korea Park Sang-hyun (1)n/a
31 MaySBS Lake Hills OpenSouth Jeolla300,000,000United States Hong Chang-kyu (1)n/a
7 JunSBS Kumho Asiana KPGA ChampionshipGyeonggi500,000,000South Korea Hong Soon-sang (2)n/a
14 JunSBS Ace Savings Bank OpenGyeonggi300,000,000South Korea Lee Seong-ho (3)n/a
6 SepSBS Samsung Benest OpenGyeonggi600,000,000South Korea Lee Seong-ho (4)n/a
13 SepKolon-Hana Bank Korea OpenSouth Chungcheong1,000,000,000South Korea Bae Sang-moon (6)14ONE
20 SepSBS Meritz Solmoro OpenGyeonggi500,000,000South Korea Kim Dae-sub (7)n/a
27 SepKEB Invitational (2nd)Gangwon400,000,000South Korea Kim Dae-hyun (1)n/a
11 OctSBS Johnnie Walker Blue Label OpenJeju300,000,000South Korea Maeng Dong-seop (1)n/a
18 OctShinhan Donghae OpenGyeonggi700,000,000South Korea Ryu Hyun-woo (1)n/a
25 OctSBS Emerson Pacific Hilton Namhae OpenSouth Gyeongsang300,000,000South Korea Park Sang-hyun (2)n/aNew tournament
1 NovSBS Dongbu Insurance Guncan CC Matchplay ChampionshipNorth Jeolla300,000,000South Korea Lee Ki-sang (1)n/a

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.[3]

PositionPlayerPoints
1South Korea Bae Sang-moon4,770
2South Korea Kim Dae-sub4,395
3South Korea Lee Seong-ho3,115
4South Korea Kim Dae-hyun3,045
5South Korea Park Sang-hyun3,015

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award)South Korea Bae Sang-moon[4]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award)South Korea Kim Do-hoon[5][4]

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. ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.

References

  1. "국내골프도 내년부터 '투어시대'" [Domestic golf will also enter the 'tour era' starting next year]. The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). Seoul, South Korea. 24 June 2004. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. "2009 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  3. "2009 Points standings" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  4. 1 2 "KPGA Prize Awards history" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  5. "2009 Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
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