2000 Korean Tour
Year2000
TourKorean Tour
Regular season20 April 2000 – 19 November 2000
No of events14
Most winsChoi Gwang-soo (3)
Kang Wook-soon (3)
Honor 1Order of Merit
Honoree 1Choi Gwang-soo
Honor 2Player of the Year
Honoree 2Kang Wook-soon
Honor 3Rookie of the Year
Honoree 3Suk Jong-yul
Prevseason1999
Nextseason2001

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]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(₩)		Winner[a]OWGR
points		Other
tours[b]		Notes
23 AprHonam OpenSouth Jeolla200,000,000Park Nam-sin (18)n/a
30 AprMaekyung LG Fashion OpenGyeonggiUS$350,000Kang Wook-soon (5)6ASA
21 MayLance Field KPGA ChampionshipSouth Gyeongsang200,000,000Park No-seok (3)n/a
28 MaySK Telecom ClassicGyeonggi350,000,000Park Nam-sin (19)n/a
4 JunHyundai Motor MastersGyeonggiUS$250,000Choi Gwang-soo (8)n/a
11 JunPocari Energy OpenGyeonggi200,000,000Choi Gwang-soo (9)n/a
30 JulBookyung OpenSouth Chungcheong200,000,000Choi Gwang-soo (10)n/a
27 AugShinhan Donghae OpenSouth Gyeongsang200,000,000Yoo Jae-chul (1)n/a
3 SepLeading Investment & Securities OpenGyeonggi200,000,000Kang Wook-soon (6)n/aNew tournament
9 SepChungcheong OpenSouth Chungcheong200,000,000Mo Joong-kyung (1)n/aNew tournament
8 OctKolon Cup Korea OpenGyeonggi400,000,000Thongchai Jaidee (n/a)6ASA
19 OctDaekyung OpenNorth Gyeongsang200,000,000Kang Wook-soon (7)n/aNew tournament
12 NovSuperior OpenSouth Gyeongsang200,000,000K. J. Choi (8)n/a
19 NovIksan OpenNorth Jeolla200,000,000Kim Chang-min (1)n/aNew tournament

Order of Merit

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

PositionPlayerPrize money (₩)
1Choi Gwang-soo270,094,375
2Kang Wook-soon268,401,250
3Park Nam-sin180,355,800
4Yoo Jae-chul101,361,466
5Mo Joong-kyung101,042,089

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award)Kang Wook-soon[4][5]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award)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] (in Korean). The Korea Economic Daily. 12 December 2000. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  4. ^ "KPGA Prize Awards history" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  5. ^ "강욱순 KPGA 2000 최우수선수 영예" [Kang Wook-soon KPGA 2000 Most Valuable Player] (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 2 January 2001. Retrieved 3 September 2024.