2002 Korean Tour

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2002 Korean Tour season
Duration25 April 2002 (2002-04-25) – 16 November 2002 (2002-11-16)
Number of official events12
Order of MeritSouth Korea Kang Wook-soon
Player of the YearSouth Korea K. J. Choi
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Kim Dae-sub
2001
2003

The 2002 Korean Tour was the 25th season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.

Schedule[edit]

The following table lists official events during the 2002 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
()
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
28 Apr SK Telecom Open Gyeonggi 500,000,000 South Korea Charlie Wi (3) 6 ASA
4 May Maekyung LG Fashion Open Gyeonggi 500,000,000 New Zealand Eddie Lee (a) (n/a) 6 ASA
12 May Maestro Open Gyeonggi 200,000,000 South Korea Park Do-kyu (2) n/a
19 May Pocari Energy Open Gyeonggi 250,000,000 South Korea Kang Wook-soon (8) n/a
26 Jul Honam Open South Jeolla 200,000,000 South Korea Shin Yong-jin (6) n/a
25 Aug Bookyung Open South Chungcheong 200,000,000 South Korea Choi Gwang-soo (13) n/a
1 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open Gyeonggi 500,000,000 South Korea Hur Suk-ho (2) 6 ASA
8 Sep Kolon Cup Korea Open Gyeonggi 500,000,000 Spain Sergio García (n/a) 14 ASA
15 Sep Samsung Securities KPGA Championship Gangwon 550,000,000 South Korea Kim Dae-sub (3) n/a
3 Nov SBS Oriental Fire Cup Gyeonggi 150,000,000 South Korea Yang Yong-eun (1) n/a New tournament
10 Nov KTRD Open Gyeonggi 300,000,000 South Korea Mo Joong-kyung (2) n/a New tournament
16 Nov Iksan Open North Jeolla 200,000,000 South Korea Suk Jong-yul (1) n/a

Order of Merit[edit]

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

Position Player Prize money ()
1 South Korea Kang Wook-soon 204,166,667
2 South Korea Kim Dae-sub 176,168,333
3 South Korea Choi Gwang-soo 168,295,000
4 South Korea Park Nam-sin 139,305,667
5 South Korea Park Do-kyu 136,224,750

Awards[edit]

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award) South Korea K. J. Choi [3]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award) South Korea Kim Dae-sub [3]

Notes[edit]

  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[edit]

  1. ^ "2002 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. ^ "2002 Order of Merit" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b "KPGA Prize Awards history" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.

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