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2011 Korean Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	2011
tour	Korean Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	16
most_wins	KOR Hong Soon-sang (2)
KOR Kang Kyung-nam (2)
honor1	Order of Merit
honoree1	KOR Hong Soon-sang
honor2	Player of the Year
honoree2	KOR Hong Soon-sang
honor3	Rookie of the Year
honoree3	USA John Huh
prevseason	2010
nextseason	2012

KOR Kang Kyung-nam (2) The 2011 Korean Tour was the 34th season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.

OWGR inclusion

In August 2010, it was announced that all Korean Tour events, beginning in 2011, would receive Official World Golf Ranking points at the minimum level of 6 points for the winner of a 72-hole event.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse
(₩)	Winner	OWGR
points	Other
tours	Notes
3 Apr	Twayair Open	Jeju	300,000,000	AUS Andrew Tschudin (2)	6
1 May	Ballantine's Championship	Gyeonggi	€2,205,000	ENG Lee Westwood (n/a)	42	ASA, EUR
8 May	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	Gyeonggi	1,000,000,000	KOR Kim Kyung-tae (6)	10	ONE
15 May	Volvik Gunsan CC Open	North Jeolla	300,000,000	KOR Lee Seong-ho (6)	6		New tournament
22 May	SK Telecom Open	Jeju	900,000,000	AUS Kurt Barnes (n/a)	14	ONE
29 May	Lake Hills Open	South Gyeongsang	300,000,000	KOR Choi Ho-sung (2)	6
5 Jun	Subaru Classic	Gyeonggi	500,000,000	KOR Hong Soon-sang (3)	6
26 Jun	Dongbu Insurance Promy Open	Gangwon	300,000,000	KOR Kang Kyung-nam (8)	6
10 Jul	Charity High 1 Resort Open	Gangwon	–	Abandoned	–	ONE	New tournament
7 Aug	Johnnie Walker Open	Jeju	300,000,000	KOR Park Do-kyu (5)	6
28 Aug	Daishin Securities KPGA Championship	Gyeonggi	500,000,000	KOR Kim Byung-jun (1)	6
25 Sep	Munsingwear Championship	Gyeonggi	400,000,000	KOR Hong Soon-sang (4)	6
2 Oct	Shinhan Donghae Open	Gyeonggi	1,000,000,000	ENG Paul Casey (n/a)	20
9 Oct	Kolon Korea Open	South Chungcheong	1,000,000,000	USA Rickie Fowler (n/a)	26	ONE
16 Oct	Meritz Solmoro Open	Gyeonggi	500,000,000	KOR Kang Kyung-nam (9)	6
23 Oct	CJ Invitational	Gyeonggi	US$750,000	KOR K. J. Choi (15)	22	ASA	New tournament
30 Oct	NH Open	Gyeonggi	500,000,000	KOR Lee Sang-hee (1)	6		New tournament

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Ballantine's Points and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.

Position	Player	Points
1	KOR Hong Soon-sang	3,160
2	KOR Kang Kyung-nam	3,125
3	KOR Choi Ho-sung	3,095
4	KOR Kim Kyung-tae	2,100
5	KOR Ryu Hyun-woo	2,070

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award)	KOR Hong Soon-sang	url=https://www.kpga.co.kr/tour/sponsor/awards/?tabId=ceremony&subTabId=history	title=KPGA Prize Awards history	language=Korean	publisher=KPGA	access-date=19 July 2023}}
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award)	USA John Huh

Notes

References

(23 August 2010). "Official World Golf Ranking board announces new directives". Official World Golf Ranking.
"2011 Tournament schedule". KPGA.
(10 July 2011). "Weather forces cancellation of 2011 The Charity High1 Resort Open presented by SBS". OneAsia Tour.
"2011 Points standings". KPGA.
"KPGA Prize Awards history". KPGA.
"2011 Rookie of the Year". KPGA.

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