2000 Korean Tour

2000 Korean Tour season
Duration20 April 2000 (2000-04-20) – 19 November 2000 (2000-11-19)
Number of official events14
Most winsSouth Korea Choi Gwang-soo (3)
South Korea Kang Wook-soon (3)
Order of MeritSouth Korea Choi Gwang-soo
Player of the YearSouth Korea Kang Wook-soon
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Suk Jong-yul
← 1999
2001 →

The 2000 Korean Tour was the 23rd season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(₩)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
23 Apr Honam Open South Jeolla 200,000,000 South Korea Park Nam-sin (18) n/a
30 Apr Maekyung LG Fashion Open Gyeonggi US$350,000 South Korea Kang Wook-soon (5) 6 ASA
21 May Lance Field KPGA Championship South Gyeongsang 200,000,000 South Korea Park No-seok (3) n/a
28 May SK Telecom Classic Gyeonggi 350,000,000 South Korea Park Nam-sin (19) n/a
4 Jun Hyundai Motor Masters Gyeonggi US$250,000 South Korea Choi Gwang-soo (8) n/a
11 Jun Pocari Energy Open Gyeonggi 200,000,000 South Korea Choi Gwang-soo (9) n/a
30 Jul Bookyung Open South Chungcheong 200,000,000 South Korea Choi Gwang-soo (10) n/a
27 Aug Shinhan Donghae Open South Gyeongsang 200,000,000 South Korea Yoo Jae-chul (1) n/a
3 Sep Leading Investment & Securities Open Gyeonggi 200,000,000 South Korea Kang Wook-soon (6) n/a New tournament
9 Sep Chungcheong Open South Chungcheong 200,000,000 South Korea Mo Joong-kyung (1) n/a New tournament
8 Oct Kolon Cup Korea Open Gyeonggi 400,000,000 Thailand Thongchai Jaidee (n/a) 6 ASA
19 Oct Daekyung Open North Gyeongsang 200,000,000 South Korea Kang Wook-soon (7) n/a New tournament
12 Nov Superior Open South Gyeongsang 200,000,000 South Korea K. J. Choi (8) n/a
19 Nov Iksan Open North Jeolla 200,000,000 South Korea Kim Chang-min (1) n/a New tournament

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South Korean won.[2][3]

Position Player Prize money (₩)
1 South Korea Choi Gwang-soo 270,094,375
2 South Korea Kang Wook-soon 268,401,250
3 South Korea Park Nam-sin 180,355,800
4 South Korea Yoo Jae-chul 101,361,466
5 South Korea Mo Joong-kyung 101,042,089

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award) South Korea Kang Wook-soon [4][5]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award) South Korea Suk Jong-yul [4][5]

Notes

  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. ^ ASA − Asian PGA Tour.

References

  1. ^ "2000 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  2. ^ "2000 Order of Merit" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  3. ^ "최광수 씁쓸한 상금왕 .. 시즌도중 산정방식변경..강욱순에 2백만원 앞서" [Choi Gwang-soo, the bitter prize money king .. Calculation method changed during the season. 2 million won ahead of Kang Wook-soon]. The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). 12 December 2000. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b "KPGA Prize Awards history" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b "강욱순 KPGA 2000 최우수선수 영예" [Kang Wook-soon KPGA 2000 Most Valuable Player]. Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). Seoul, South Korea. 2 January 2001. Retrieved 3 September 2024.