2024 Korean Tour

The 2024 Korean Tour was the 47th season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Korea since it was formed in 1978.

2024 Korean Tour season

Duration	11 April 2024 (2024-04-11) – 10 November 2024 (2024-11-10)
Number of official events	22[a]
Most wins	Jang Yu-bin (2) Kim Min-kyu (2)
Order of Merit	Jang Yu-bin
Player of the Year	Jang Yu-bin
Rookie of the Year	Song Min-hyuk
← 2023 2025 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2024 season.^[1][2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (₩)	Winner[b]	OWGR points	Other tours[c]	Notes
14 Apr	DB Insurance Promy Open	Gangwon	700,000,000	Yoon Sang-pil (1)	4.89
21 Apr	Korea Championship	Gyeonggi	–	Removed[d]	–	EUR
21 Apr	KPGA Founders Cup	North Gyeongsang	700,000,000	Koh Gun-taek (4)	4.33		New tournament
28 Apr	Woori Financial Group Championship	Gyeonggi	1,500,000,000	Im Sung-jae (3)	5.34
5 May	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	Jeju	1,300,000,000	Kim Hong-taek (2)	7.51	ASA
12 May	KPGA Classic	North Gyeongsang	700,000,000	Kim Chan-woo (2)	4.08		New tournament
19 May	SK Telecom Open	Jeju	1,300,000,000	K. J. Choi (17)	4.96
26 May	KB Financial Liiv Championship	Gyeonggi	700,000,000	Seungsu Han (3)	4.64
2 Jun	Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay	North Chungcheong	800,000,000	Kim Min-kyu (2)	3.72
9 Jun	KPGA Championship	South Gyeongsang	1,500,000,000	Jeon Ga-lam (3)	5.14
16 Jun	Hana Bank Invitational	Gangwon	1,300,000,000	Takashi Ogiso (n/a)	8.16	JPN
23 Jun	Kolon Korea Open	South Chungcheong	1,400,000,000	Kim Min-kyu (3)	7.74	ASA
30 Jun	Bizplay-One The Club Open	Gyeonggi	700,000,000	Hur In-hoi (6)	4.79		New tournament
14 Jul	KPGA Gunsan CC Open	North Jeolla	700,000,000	Jang Yu-bin (2)	4.42
1 Sep	Lexus Masters	South Gyeongsang	1,000,000,000	Lee Seung-taek (1)	5.07		New tournament
8 Sep	Shinhan Donghae Open	Gyeonggi	1,400,000,000	Kensei Hirata (n/a)	9.05	ASA, JPN
15 Sep	Golfzon-Toray Open	North Gyeongsang	1,000,000,000	Ham Jeong-woo (4)	4.66
6 Oct	Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational	Gyeonggi	1,250,000,000	Lee Soo-min (5)	4.45
13 Oct	Baeksang Holdings-Asiad CC Busan Open	South Gyeongsang	1,000,000,000	Jang Yu-bin (3)	4.33
20 Oct	The Charity Classic	Gyeonggi	1,000,000,000	Cho Woo-young (2)	4.49		New tournament
27 Oct	Genesis Championship	Gyeonggi	US$4,000,000	An Byeong-hun (2)	15.55	EUR
3 Nov	Dong-A Membership Exchange Group Open	North Jeolla	700,000,000	Lee Dong-min (3)	3.34		New tournament
10 Nov	KPGA Tour Championship	Jeju	1,100,000,000	Lee Dai-han (1)	4.68

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Genesis Points and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.^[4] The top three players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2025 European Tour (DP World Tour).^[5][6]

Position	Player	Points	Status earned
1	Jang Yu-bin	8,002	Forfeited exemption
2	Kim Min-kyu	6,052	Promoted to European Tour
3	Hur In-hoi	4,995
4	Lee Jung-hwan	4,861	Forfeited exemption
5	Cho Woo-young	4,649	Promoted to European Tour

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award)	Jang Yu-bin	[7]
Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award)	Song Min-hyuk	[8][9]

Notes

1. One further tournament was removed from the schedule.
2. 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.
3. ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour.
4. In April 2024, the Korea Championship was merged with the Genesis Championship, which was added to the European Tour schedule as a co-sanctioned event.^[3]