2012 Korean Tour


The 2012 Korean Tour was the second season of the Korean Tour to carry Official World Golf Ranking points. The season consisted of 13 events, seven of which were co-sanctioned by other tours. All the tournament had prize funds of at least 400 million won. Four had prize funds of 1 billion won while the Ballantine's Championship has a prize fund of 2.2 million euros.

Tournament schedule

The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Korean Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament.
DateTournamentLocationPrize fund
WinnerOWGR
points
Notes
29 AprBallantine's ChampionshipIcheon€2,205,000 Bernd Wiesberger 32Co-sanctioned by European Tour and Asian Tour
13 MayGS Caltex Maekyung OpenSeongnam1,000,000,000 Kim Bi-o 10Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour
20 MaySK Telecom OpenSeogwipo900,000,000 Kim Bi-o 10Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour
3 JunMeritz Solmoro OpenYeoju500,000,000 Choi Jin-ho 6
24 JunVolvik Hildesheim OpenJecheon$300,000 Lee In-woo 14Co-sanctioned by Asian Tour
1 JulMillion Yard CupNagasaki$200,000Korean/aTeam match between Korea and Japan
2 SepSBS Tour Happiness KJB KPGA ChampionshipNaju500,000,000 Lee Sang-hee 6
9 SepThe Charity High 1 OpenJeongseon1,000,000,000 Matthew Griffin 6Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour
16 SepDongbu Insurance Promy OpenHoengseong400,000,000 Kim Dae-sub 6
23 SepMunsingwear Matchplay ChampionshipPyeongchang600,000,000 Kim Dae-hyun 6
7 OctCJ InvitationalYeoju$750,000 K. J. Choi 14Co-sanctioned by Asian Tour
14 OctShinhan Donghae OpenIncheon1,000,000,000 Kim Meen-whee 12
21 OctKolon Korea OpenCheonan1,000,000,000 Kim Dae-sub 12Co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour
28 OctWindsor ClassicPocheon400,000,000 Baek Joo-yeob 6

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit used a points system. Points were awarded based on the player's position in each event.
RankPlayerPointsEvents
1 Lee Sang-hee299513
2 Kang Kyung-nam272014
3 Kim Dae-sub26207
4 Kim Bi-o23003
5 Kim Dae-hyun218012

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Prize money leaders

'Events' refers to the number of tournaments in which the player won prize money.
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