2024 Korean Tour

	2024 Korean Tour The 2024 Korean Tour was the 47th 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 2024 season. Order of Merit The Order of Merit The Order of Merit () is an order of merit for the Commonwealth realms, recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or the promotion of culture. Established in 1902 by Edward VII, admission into the order r ... was titled as the Genesis Points and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. The top three players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2025 European Tour (DP World Tour). Awards Notes References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Korean Tour 2024 Korean Tour 2024 in golf 2024 in South Korean sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jang Yu-bin Jang Yu-bin (; born 11 June 2002) is a South Korean professional golfer. He won the Korean Tour Order of Merit in 2024, and was a gold medalist in the team event at the 2022 Asian Games. Early life and family Jang was born in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. He took up golf at an early age, supported by his grandmother, a former tennis player. He went to the Korea National Sport University. Amateur career Jang had a successful amateur career, winning several ranking tournaments, including the 2022 World University Golf Championship. He was part of the gold medal winning South Korean team in the 2022 Asian Games (held in 2023), playing alongside Kim Si-woo, Im Sung-jae and Cho Woo-young. Also in 2023, while still an amateur, he won the KPGA Gunsan CC Open on the Korean Tour. He reached a high of 35 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. Professional career Jang turned professional in October 2023, and joined the Korean Tour. In 2024, he successfully defended the KPGA Gunsan CC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	KPGA Founders Cup KPGA may refer to: * KPGA (FM), a radio station (91.9 FM) licensed to Morton, Texas, United States * Page Municipal Airport (ICAO code KPGA) * KPGA Championship, organised by the Korea Professional Golfers' Association (KPGA) * MBCGame StarCraft League The MBCGame StarCraft League, also known as MSL, was a '' StarCraft'' tournament hosted by Korean television network MBCGame. The tournament started out in 2002 under the name of KPGA Tour, and in 2003 it was renamed the MSL. On February 1, 201 ... KPGA Tour, former Korea e-sports competition {{Disambiguation, airport, callsign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	KPGA Championship The KPGA Championship is a men's professional golf tournament that has been held annually in South Korea since 1958. Together with the Korea Open it is the longest running event on the Korean Tour. It is organised by the Korea Professional Golfers' Association (KPGA). Since 2016 the total purse has been KRW1,000,000,000 with KRW200,000,000 to the winner. The 2017 Championship was won by Hwang Jung-gon. This win gave him an invitation to play in the CJ Cup in October 2017, the first PGA Tour The PGA Tour (stylized as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also known as the PGA Tour, the PGA Tour Champion ... event played in Korea. Winners Notes References External linksCoverage on the Korean Tour's official sitePast champions Korean Tour events Golf tournaments in South Korea Recurring sporting events established in 1958 1958 establis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay The Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay is an annual professional golf tournament hosted in South Korea and sponsored by the clothing company Munsingwear. The tournament has been held since 2010 and is part of the Korean Tour for men. Prize money was South Korean won, ₩400,000,000 in 2010 and 2011, ₩600,000,000 in 2012 and 2013, ₩800,000,000 from 2014 to 2016 and ₩1,000,000,000 in 2017 to 2019. The event was not held in 2020 but returned in 2021 with reduced prize money of ₩800,000,000. From 2010 to 2013 and in 2015 the event was played towards the end of season, in September or October. In 2014 it was played in May while from 2016 to 2019 it was played in June. Originally 64 players qualified to play 6 rounds of 18-hole match-play over 3 days. In 2015 the event was extended to four days with just one round on the first two days. In 2016 the format was revised. At the last-16 stage the players are divided into four groups of four, each playing the other three in the gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Seungsu Han Han Seung-su (born September 10, 1986), commonly known as Seungsu Han, is a Korean-American professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour and the Korean Tour. He has also played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning the 2017 Casio World Open. He also won the 2023 Kolon Korea Open. Early life and amateur career Han was born in South Korea. He attended IMG Academy and was the first and only player to win all 5 AJGA Majors in one year during 2002. He also attended the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Professional career Han turned professional after earning a place on the 2009 Nationwide Tour. He had an unsuccessful first season on the Nationwide Tour, making the cut in only 6 out of 24 events he played and failing to retain his place on the tour. He played on the Asian Tour in 2010, again with little success. He played a few events on the Canadian Tour in 2012 and on the Japan Golf Tour in 2014. Han played on the Japan Golf Tour again in 2016 with more success and has played regularl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	KB Financial Liiv Championship KB, kB or kb may stand for: Businesses and organizations Banks * KB Kookmin Bank, South Korea * Kaupthing Bank, Iceland * Komerční banka, Czech Republic * Kasikornbank, Thailand * Karafarin Bank, Iran Libraries * National Library of Sweden () * National Library of the Netherlands () Sport * Kalix BF, a Swedish bandy club * Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, a sports club, Copenhagen, Denmark Other businesses and organizations * KB Home, a US house builder * KB Lager, Australia * KB Toys, US * K&B, a New Orleans, Louisiana, US drugstore * Druk Air (IATA code: ''KB''), Bhutan airline Entertainment * Kick Buttowski, an American animated series and titular character People * Kevin Bartlett (Australian rules footballer) (born 1947) * KB (rapper) (born 1988), Kevin Elijah Burgess * KB Killa Beats (born 1983), Zambian record producer * Kobe Bryant (1978–2020), American basketball player * Kyle Busch (born 1985), American stock car driver Science and technology Biology * Kilo- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	SK Telecom Open The SK Telecom Open is an annual professional golf tournament hosted in South Korea and sponsored by the Korean cell phone company SK Telecom. The tournament was inaugurated in June 1997 as "SK Telecom Classic", and renamed in 2001. It is part of the Korean Tour for men, and was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour from 2001 to 2007. It was co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour from 2010 to 2015. Since 2017 it has had prize money of ₩1,200,000,000. The tenth edition, held 4–7 May 2006, was shortened to 54 holes because of rain. The tournament that year made international headlines when teenage golfer Michelle Wie made the cut, only the second female golfer to do so in a Korean men's tournament after Se Ri Pak Pak Se-ri or Se-ri Pak (, ; born 28 September 1977) is a South Korean former professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour from 1998 to 2016. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2007. Career Born in Taejon, she attended i ... in 2003 and the first to do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kim Chan-woo Kim may refer to: People and fictional characters * Kim (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Kim (surname), a list of people and fictional characters Kim (Korean surname) * Kim dynasty (other), several dynasties * Kim family (other), various Korean families and clans Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il Sung in 1948 Kim, Vietnamese form of Jin (Chinese surname) * Kim (footballer, born 1933), Brazilian footballer Alcy Martha de Freitas * Kim (footballer, born 1980), Brazilian footballer Carlos Henrique Dias * Kim people, an ethnic group of Chad * Kimberly "Kim" Wexler, a fictional character in the Breaking Bad spin off series, Better Call Saul. Arts, entertainment and media * ''Kim'' (album), a 2009 album by Kim Fransson * "Kim" (song), 2000 song by Eminem * "Kim", a song by Tkay Maidza, 2021 * ''Kim'' (novel), by Rudyard Kipling ''Kim'' (1950 film), an American adventure film based on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	KPGA Classic KPGA may refer to: * KPGA (FM), a radio station (91.9 FM) licensed to Morton, Texas, United States * Page Municipal Airport (ICAO code KPGA) * KPGA Championship, organised by the Korea Professional Golfers' Association (KPGA) * MBCGame StarCraft League The MBCGame StarCraft League, also known as MSL, was a '' StarCraft'' tournament hosted by Korean television network MBCGame. The tournament started out in 2002 under the name of KPGA Tour, and in 2003 it was renamed the MSL. On February 1, 201 ... KPGA Tour, former Korea e-sports competition {{Disambiguation, airport, callsign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2024 Asian Tour The 2024 Asian Tour was the 29th season of the modern Asian Tour (formerly the Asian PGA Tour), the main professional golf tour in Asia (outside of Japan) since it was established in 1995. Changes for 2024 New tournaments for the 2024 season included the International Series Macau and the Black Mountain Championship. Additionally, in February 2024, it was confirmed that a new tournament in a new continent to the Asian Tour, would be added to the schedule; the Karen Classic to be played in August at Karen Country Club in Kenya. However, the tournament was later removed from the schedule and did not take place. The DGC Open and the World City Championship from the 2023 schedule were dropped for the 2024 season. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2024 season. Order of Merit The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. International Series Order of Merit The International Series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kim Hong-taek Kim may refer to: People and fictional characters * Kim (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Kim (surname), a list of people and fictional characters Kim (Korean surname) * Kim dynasty (other), several dynasties * Kim family (other), various Korean families and clans Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il Sung in 1948 Kim, Vietnamese form of Jin (Chinese surname) * Kim (footballer, born 1933), Brazilian footballer Alcy Martha de Freitas * Kim (footballer, born 1980), Brazilian footballer Carlos Henrique Dias * Kim people, an ethnic group of Chad * Kimberly "Kim" Wexler, a fictional character in the Breaking Bad spin off series, Better Call Saul. Arts, entertainment and media * ''Kim'' (album), a 2009 album by Kim Fransson * "Kim" (song), 2000 song by Eminem * "Kim", a song by Tkay Maidza, 2021 * ''Kim'' (novel), by Rudyard Kipling ''Kim'' (1950 film), an American adventure film based on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	GS Caltex Maekyung Open The GS Caltex Maekyung Open, as it is known for sponsorship reasons, is a professional golf tournament that takes place in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It was established in 1982, replacing the Korea Open as the South Korean event on the Asia Golf Circuit. Between 1999 and 2009 (except for 2004) it was a stop on the Asian Tour, and then in 2010 it became part of the OneAsia Tour schedule. Since 2018, it has again been a fixture on the Asian Tour, except for 2020 and 2021 due to restrictions in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2005, Korean Choi Sang-ho Choi may refer to: * Choi (Korean surname), a Korean surname * Choi, Macau Cantonese transliteration of the Chinese surname Cui (崔) and Xu (徐) * Choi, Cantonese romanisation of Cai (surname) (蔡), a Chinese surname * CHOI-FM, a radio station ... won the tournament and set an Asian Tour record as the oldest winner on tour at 50 years and 145 days. This tournament has generally been staged at the Nam Seoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]