2025 Korean Tour
| Duration | 17 April 2025 – 9 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 20 |
| Most wins | Ok Tae-hoon (3) |
| Order of Merit | Ok Tae-hoon |
| Player of the Year | Ok Tae-hoon |
| Rookie of the Year | Sadom Kaewkanjana |
← 2024 2026 → | |
The 2025 Korean Tour was the 48th 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 2025 season.[1][2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (₩) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Apr | DB Insurance Promy Open | Gangwon | 1,000,000,000 | Kim Baek-jun (1) | 5.68 | ||
| 27 Apr | Woori Financial Group Championship | Gyeonggi | 1,500,000,000 | Richard T. Lee (4) | 6.97 | ||
| 4 May | GS Caltex Maekyung Open | Jeju | 1,300,000,000 | Mun Do-yeob (4) | 8.75 | ASA | |
| 11 May | KPGA Classic | North Gyeongsang | 700,000,000 | Bae Yong-jun (2) | 4.28 | ||
| 18 May | SK Telecom Open | Jeju | 1,300,000,000 | Eom Jae-woong (3) | 6.69 | ||
| 25 May | Kolon Korea Open | South Chungcheong | 1,400,000,000 | Sadom Kaewkanjana (1) | 8.58 | ASA | |
| 8 Jun | Baeksang Holdings-Asiad CC Busan Open | South Gyeongsang | 1,000,000,000 | Kim Hong-taek (3) | 5.69 | ||
| 15 Jun | Hana Bank Invitational | Gangwon | 1,300,000,000 | Shaun Norris (n/a) | 9.53 | JPN | |
| 22 Jun | KPGA Championship | South Gyeongsang | 1,600,000,000 | Ok Tae-hoon (1) | 7.91 | ||
| 29 Jun | KPGA Gunsan CC Open | North Jeolla | 700,000,000 | Ok Tae-hoon (2) | 6.57 | ||
| 31 Aug | Dong-A Membership Exchange Group Open | North Jeolla | 700,000,000 | Park Sang-hyun (13) | 6.59 | ||
| 7 Sep | KPGA Founders Cup | North Gyeongsang | 700,000,000 | Mun Do-yeob (5) | 6.52 | ||
| 14 Sep | Shinhan Donghae Open | Gyeonggi | 1,500,000,000 | Kazuki Higa (n/a) | 10.59 | ASA, JPN | |
| 21 Sep | Golfzon Open | North Gyeongsang | 1,000,000,000 | Park Sung-kug (2) | 6.98 | ||
| 28 Sep | Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational | Gyeonggi | 1,250,000,000 | Jeon Ga-lam (4) | 6.90 | ||
| 4 Oct | KPGA Gyeongbuk Open | North Gyeongsang | 700,000,000 | Ok Tae-hoon (3) | 4.76 | New tournament | |
| 19 Oct | The Charity Classic | Gyeonggi | 1,000,000,000 | Choi Seung-bin (2) | 5.76 | ||
| 26 Oct | Genesis Championship | Gyeonggi | US$4,000,000 | Lee Jung-hwan (3) | 21.25 | EUR | |
| 2 Nov | Lexus Masters | South Gyeongsang | 1,000,000,000 | Kim Jae-ho (1) | 5.64 | ||
| 9 Nov | KPGA Tour Championship | Jeju | 1,100,000,000 | Park Sang-hyun (14) | 3.95 |
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.[3][4] The top three players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2026 European Tour (DP World Tour).[5][6]
| Position | Player | Points | Status earned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ok Tae-hoon | 7,204 | Promoted to European Tour |
| 2 | Kim Baek-jun | 5,176 | |
| 3 | Richard T. Lee | 4,965 | |
| 4 | Choi Jin-ho | 4,731 | |
| 5 | Bae Yong-jun | 4,411 |
Awards
| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Player of the Year (Grand Prize Award) | Ok Tae-hoon | [4][6] |
| Rookie of the Year (Myeong-chul Award) | Sadom Kaewkanjana | [7][8] |
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour.
References
- ^ "2025 Tournament schedule" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "[2025년 KPGA 투어 일정 발표] 20개 대회-총상금 259억 원 규모, 평균상금 역대 최고 12.9억 원… '13억 원 시대' 눈 앞" [[2025 KPGA Tour Schedule Announced] 20 tournaments with total prize money of KRW 25.9 billion, average prize money of KRW 1.29 billion, the highest ever... The '1.3 Billion Won Era' is in front of us] (in Korean). Korean Tour. 24 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "2025 Genesis Points" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ a b "옥태훈, 대상 이어 상금왕 등 4관왕 확정..."이제 해외 진출 도전"" [Ok Tae-hoon confirmed 4 gold medals including the prize king after the grand prize...“ Now the challenge to enter overseas"]. Hankyung (in Korean). 9 November 2025. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ "PGA Tour Q-School 및 DPWT 특전 적용 시점 관련 안내" [Information on the time of application of PGA Tour Q-School and DPWT perks] (in Korean). KPGA. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ a b "2025 시즌 KPGA 투어, 'KPGA 제네시스 대상 시상식'으로 피날레" [The 2025 KPGA season comes to a close with the KPGA Genesis Awards Ceremony] (in Korean). KPGA. 14 November 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ^ "2025 Rookie of the Year" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ "[포토] 사돔 캐우칸자나, '명출상(신인상)' 수상" [Sadom Kaewkanjana wins the 'Rookie of the Year Award']. Nate (in Korean). 12 November 2025. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
External links
- Official website (in Korean)