2011 Korean Tour

The 2011 Korean Tour was the first season of the Korean Tour to carry Official World Golf Ranking points. The season consisted of 17 events, five of which were co-sanctioned by other tours. All the tournament had prize funds of at least 300 million won (approximately US$300,000). Four had prize funds of 1 billion won (US$1 million) while the Ballantine's Championship has a prize fund of 2.2 million euros (approximately US$3.1 million). Total prize money for the tour was approximately 12 billion won (US$12 million).

Tournament schedule

Date Tournament Location Prize fund
(KRW)
Winner OWGR
points
Notes
Apr 3 Twayair Open Jeju City 300,000,000 Australia Andrew Tschudin 6
May 1 Ballantine's Championship Icheon €2,205,000England Lee Westwood 42 Co-sanctioned by European Tour and Asian Tour
May 8 GS Caltex Maekyung Open Seongnam 1,000,000,000 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae 10 Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour
May 15 Volvik Gunsan CC Open Gunsan 300,000,000 South Korea Lee Seong-ho 6
May 22 SK Telecom Open Seogwipo 900,000,000 Australia Kurt Barnes 14 Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour
May 29 Lake Hills Open Haman 300,000,000 South Korea Choi Ho-sung 6
Jun 5 Subaru Classic Yongin 500,000,000 South Korea Hong Soon-sang 6
Jun 26 Dongbu Insurance Promi Open Hoengseong 300,000,000 South Korea Kang Kyung-nam 6
Jul 3 Million Yard Cup Gimhae n/a  South Korea n/a Team Match between South Korea and Japan
Jul 10 The Charity High 1 Resort Open Jeongseon 1,000,000,000 Abandoned[1] Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour.
Abandoned after one round because of weather.
Aug 7 Johnnie Walker Open Jeju City 300,000,000 South Korea Park Do-kyu 6
Aug 28 Daishin Securities KPGA Championship Yongin 500,000,000 South Korea Kim Byung-jun 6
Sep 25 Munsingwear Championship Yeoju 400,000,000 South Korea Hong Soon-sang 6
Oct 2 Shinhan Donghae Open Incheon 1,000,000,000 England Paul Casey 20
Oct 9 Kolon Korea Open Cheonan 1,000,000,000 United States Rickie Fowler 26 Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour
Oct 16 Meritz Solmoro Open Yeoju 500,000,000 South Korea Kang Kyung-nam 6
Oct 23 CJ Invitational Yeoju $750,000 South Korea K. J. Choi 22 Co-sanctioned by Asian Tour
Oct 30 NH OpenYeoju 500,000,000 South Korea Lee Sang-hee 6

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