The 2011 Korean Tour was the 34th season on the

Korean Tour The Korean Tour is a men's professional golf tour run by the Korea Professional Golfers' Association (KPGA) of South Korea. In 2011, it had total prize money of about United States dollar, US$14 million. Professional golf in Korea dates back to ...

, the main

professional golf tour Professional golf tours are the means by which otherwise unconnected professional golf tournaments are organized into a regular schedule. There are separate tours for men and women; most are based in a specific geographical region, although some to ...

in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.

OWGR inclusion

In August 2010, it was announced that all Korean Tour events, beginning in 2011, would receive

Official World Golf Ranking The Official World Golf Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of professional golfers. It was started in 1986. The rankings are based on a player's position in individual tournaments (i.e. not pairs or team events) over a "rolling ...

points at the minimum level of 6 points for the winner of a 72-hole event.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.

Order of Merit

The

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was titled as the Ballantine's Points and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.

Awards

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Korean Tour 2011 Korean Tour 2011 in golf 2011 in South Korean sport