The 2023 Korean Tour was the 46th season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.
European Tour strategic alliance extension Following the strategic alliance partnership signed with the European Tour in December 2022, the season marked the inaugural edition of the Korea Championship, the first time the Korean Tour had co-sanctioned an event with the European Tour since 2013. Following the conclusion of the event, a new extension to the strategic alliance was announced in May by the European Tour. As part of the extension, an additional two players (three in total) from the Korean Tour Order of Merit were awarded European Tour (DP World Tour) status for the following season.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.
Date Tournament Location Purse(₩) Winner OWGRpointsOthertoursNotes 16 Apr DB Insurance Promy Open Gangwon 700,000,000 Koh Gun-taek (1) 3.18 23 Apr Golfzon Open in Jeju Jeju 700,000,000 Cho Woo-young (a) (1) 3.57 New tournament 30 Apr Korea Championship Gyeonggi US$2,000,000 Pablo Larrazábal (n/a) 17.05 EUR New tournament 7 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open Jeju 1,300,000,000 Jung Chan-min (1) 6.29 ASA 14 May Woori Financial Group Championship Gyeonggi 1,500,000,000 Im Sung-jae (2) 5.56 21 May SK Telecom Open Jeju 1,300,000,000 Baek Seuk-hyun (1) 4.17 28 May KB Financial Liiv Championship Gyeonggi 700,000,000 Kim Dong-min (1) 3.58 4 Jun Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay North Chungcheong 800,000,000 Lee Jae-kyeong (3) 3.54 11 Jun KPGA Championship South Gyeongsang 1,500,000,000 Choi Seung-bin (1) 4.19 18 Jun Hana Bank Invitational Japan ¥100,000,000 Yang Ji-ho (2) 7.33 JPN 25 Jun Kolon Korea Open South Chungcheong 1,350,000,000 Seungsu Han (2) 6.43 ASA 23 Jul Honors K Sollago CC Han Jangsang Invitational South Chungcheong 500,000,000 Koh Gun-taek (2) 3.63 27 Aug KPGA Gunsan CC Open North Jeolla 500,000,000 Jang Yu-bin (a) (1) 3.66 3 Sep LX Championship Gyeonggi 600,000,000 Kim Bi-o (9) 3.78 10 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open Gyeonggi 1,400,000,000 Koh Gun-taek (3) 8.52 ASA, JPN 17 Sep Bizplay Electronic Times Open Gyeonggi 700,000,000 Kim Chan-woo (1) 2.91 24 Sep iMBank Open South Gyeongsang 500,000,000 Hur In-hoi (5) 3.27 8 Oct Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational Gyeonggi 1,250,000,000 Ham Jeong-woo (3) 3.37 15 Oct Genesis Championship Gyeonggi 1,500,000,000 Park Sang-hyun (12) 5.62 29 Oct Baeksang Holdings-Asiad CC Busan Open South Gyeongsang 1,000,000,000 Eom Jae-woong (2) 4.80 5 Nov Golfzon-Toray Open North Gyeongsang 700,000,000 Jung Chan-min (2) 3.64 12 Nov LG Signature Players Championship Gyeonggi 1,300,000,000 Shin Sang-hun (2) 2.86
Order of Merit The Order of Merit 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 2024 European Tour (DP World Tour).
Position Player Points Status earned1 Ham Jeong-woo 6,062 Promoted to European Tour2 Lee Jung-hwan 5,2053 Park Sang-hyun 5,1364 Koh Gun-taek 5,108 5 Kang Kyung-nam 5,004
Awards AwardWinner Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award) Ham Jeong-woo Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award) Park Sung-joon
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