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2015 Korean Tour

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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

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.

Schedule

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

Order of Merit

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

Awards

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

Notes

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  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

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  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.
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