LPGA of Korea Tour
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The LPGA of Korea Tour is a South Korea
n professional golf
tour for women. LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association; it is the independent LPGA of Korea which runs this tour, not the American LPGA. It is one of the world's five leading women's golf tours.
In 2007 there were 25 events on the main tour, including one co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour and one co-sanctioned by the Ladies Asian Tour, plus a Korea versus Japan team match at the end of the season. The LPGA sanctioned event has a US$1.5 million prize fund and prize funds at the other individual events range from 200 million to 500 million South Korean Won
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Based on April 2011 exchange rates, in 2011 the main tour has total prize fund of roughly 11.4 million USD.
Events in bold are majors.
LPGA Hana Bank Championship is co-sanctioned with LPGA
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South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
n professional golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tour for women. LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association; it is the independent LPGA of Korea which runs this tour, not the American LPGA. It is one of the world's five leading women's golf tours.
In 2007 there were 25 events on the main tour, including one co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour and one co-sanctioned by the Ladies Asian Tour, plus a Korea versus Japan team match at the end of the season. The LPGA sanctioned event has a US$1.5 million prize fund and prize funds at the other individual events range from 200 million to 500 million South Korean Won
South Korean won
The won is the currency of South Korea. A single won is divided into 100 jeon, the monetary subunit. The jeon is no longer used for everyday transactions, and appears only in foreign exchange rates...
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Based on April 2011 exchange rates, in 2011 the main tour has total prize fund of roughly 11.4 million USD.
2011 schedule
| Dates | Tournament | Host City | Prize Fund (KRW) | Winner |
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| Dec 17–19 2010 | Hyundai China Ladies Open |  XiamenXiamen Xiamen , also known as Amoy , is a major city on the southeast coast of the People's Republic of China. It is administered as a sub-provincial city of Fujian province with an area of and population of 3.53 million... |
$250,000 |  Kim Hye-youn (3) |
| Apr 14–17 | Lotte Mart Ladies Open | Seogwipo Seogwipo Seogwipo is a city in Jeju Province, South Korea with a pre-2008 estimated population of 155,000 inhabitants. In July, 2006, Seogwipo city was expanded to include the entire southern half of Jeju island. In 2002, it was one of the host cities for the FIFA World Cup.-Climate:-External links:*... |
500,000,000 | Shim Hyun-hwa (1) |
| Apr 22–24 | Hyundai E&C Seokyung Ladies Open | Suwon Suwon Suwon is the provincial capital of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. A major city of over a million inhabitants, Suwon lies approximately south of Seoul. It is traditionally known as "The City of Filial Piety".... |
600,000,000 | Kim Ha-neul (4) |
| May 12–15 | Taeyoung Cup Korea Women's Open | Gyeongju Gyeongju Gyeongju is a coastal city in the far southeastern corner of North Gyeongsang province in South Korea. It is the second largest city by area in the province after Andong, covering with a population of 269,343 people according to the 2008 census. Gyeongju is southeast of Seoul, and east of the... |
500,000,000 | Jeong Yeon-joo (1) |
| May 20–22 | Rush & Cash Charity Classic | Jeju City Jeju City Jeju is the capital of Jeju province in South Korea and the largest city on the island of Jeju. Its geographical location is . The city is served by Jeju International Airport .... |
500,000,000 | Lee Seung-hyun Lee Seung-Hyun Lee Seung-Hyun is a South Korea football player who since 2011 has been playing for Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.-External links:* *... (1) |
| May 26–29 | Doosan Match Play Championship | Chuncheon Chuncheon Chuncheon is the capital of Gangwon Province, South Korea. The city lies in the northeast of the country, located in a basin formed by the Soyang River and Han River. There are some large lakes around the city, most notably Lake Soyang and Lake Uiam... |
500,000,000 | Yang Soo-jin (3) |
| Jun 3–5 | Woori Investment & Securities Ladies Championship | Pocheon Pocheon Pocheon is a landlocked city in the far northeastern region of Gyeonggi province in South Korea. It covers 826.48 km2 with a population of 160,176 people, according to the 2008 census. Pocheon lies between Seoul and the mountainous northwestern areas of Gangwon province... |
500,000,000 | Yoon Seul-A (1) |
| Jun 17–19 | SBS Tour Lotte Cantata Ladies Open | Seogwipo Seogwipo Seogwipo is a city in Jeju Province, South Korea with a pre-2008 estimated population of 155,000 inhabitants. In July, 2006, Seogwipo city was expanded to include the entire southern half of Jeju island. In 2002, it was one of the host cities for the FIFA World Cup.-Climate:-External links:*... |
500,000,000 | Ryu So-yeon (7) |
| Jun 17–19 | S-Oil Champions Invitational | Jeju City Jeju City Jeju is the capital of Jeju province in South Korea and the largest city on the island of Jeju. Its geographical location is . The city is served by Jeju International Airport .... |
400,000,000 | Lee Mi-rim (1) |
| Jul 29–31 | SBS Tour Hidden Valley Ladies Open | Jincheon Jincheon Jincheon County is a county in Chungcheongbuk-do Province, South Korea.-Location:Jincheon belongs to the middle of Chungcheongbuk-do. It borders several cities of its province but also meets Gyeonggi-do... |
300,000,000 | Byun Hyun-min (1) |
| Aug 18–21 | Nefs Masterpiece | Jeju City Jeju City Jeju is the capital of Jeju province in South Korea and the largest city on the island of Jeju. Its geographical location is . The city is served by Jeju International Airport .... |
600,000,000 | Lee Jeong-eun (4) |
| Aug 26–28 | LIG Classic | Pocheon Pocheon Pocheon is a landlocked city in the far northeastern region of Gyeonggi province in South Korea. It covers 826.48 km2 with a population of 160,176 people, according to the 2008 census. Pocheon lies between Seoul and the mountainous northwestern areas of Gangwon province... |
400,000,000 | Moon Hyun-hee (2) |
| Sep 1–4 | Hanwha Finance Classic | Taean |
1,000,000,000 | Na Yeon Choi Na Yeon Choi Na Yeon Choi is a South Korean female professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:At age 17 in 2004, Choi won the ADT CAPS Invitational on the LPGA of Korea Tour , beating future Hall-of-Famer Se Ri Pak by four strokes. Choi turned professional shortly thereafter, in... (7) |
| Sep 22–25 | MetLife-Hankyung KLPGA Championship | Pyeongchang |
700,000,000 | Choi Hye-jung (2) |
| Sep 30–Oct 2 | GoldenAge Cup Daewoo Securities Classic | Icheon Icheon Icheon is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It should not be confused with the much larger Incheon Metropolitan City. Neighboring districts include Yeoju County, Gwangju City, Yongin City, and Anseong City within Gyeonggi province, as well as Eumseong County in North Chungcheong... |
500,000,000 | Park Yu-na (1) |
| Oct 7–9 | LPGA Hana Bank Championship | Incheon Incheon The Incheon Metropolitan City is located in northwestern South Korea. The city was home to just 4,700 people when Jemulpo port was built in 1883. Today 2.76 million people live in the city, making it Korea’s third most populous city after Seoul and Busan Metropolitan City... |
$1,800,000 |  Yani TsengYani Tseng Yani Tseng is a Taiwanese professional golfer currently playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five major championships and is currently ranked number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings.... (n/a) |
| Oct 13–16 | Hite Jinro Championship | Yeoju |
600,000,000 | Kim Ha-neul (5) |
| Oct 27-30 | KB Star Championship | Incheon Incheon The Incheon Metropolitan City is located in northwestern South Korea. The city was home to just 4,700 people when Jemulpo port was built in 1883. Today 2.76 million people live in the city, making it Korea’s third most populous city after Seoul and Busan Metropolitan City... |
700,000,000 | Amy Yang Amy Yang Amy Yang, also known as Yang Hee-Young is a Korean professional golfer, currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour .-Amateur career:... (1) |
| Nov 4–6 | eDaily-KYJ Golf Ladies Open | Seogwipo Seogwipo Seogwipo is a city in Jeju Province, South Korea with a pre-2008 estimated population of 155,000 inhabitants. In July, 2006, Seogwipo city was expanded to include the entire southern half of Jeju island. In 2002, it was one of the host cities for the FIFA World Cup.-Climate:-External links:*... |
400,000,000 | Kim Ha-neul (6) |
| Nov 18–20 | ADT CAPS Championship | Seogwipo Seogwipo Seogwipo is a city in Jeju Province, South Korea with a pre-2008 estimated population of 155,000 inhabitants. In July, 2006, Seogwipo city was expanded to include the entire southern half of Jeju island. In 2002, it was one of the host cities for the FIFA World Cup.-Climate:-External links:*... |
400,000,000 | Cho Young-ran (2) |
Events in bold are majors.
LPGA Hana Bank Championship is co-sanctioned with LPGA
LPGA
The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...
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Historical tour schedules and results
| Year | Number of official tournaments |
|---|---|
| 2011 Tour | 20 |
| 2010 Tour 2010 LPGA of Korea Tour The 2010 LPGA of Korea Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for female golfers that took place in Korea and China from December 2009 through November 2010.... |
22 |
| 2009 Tour 2009 KLPGA Tour Events in bold are majors.Hana Bank-KOLON Championship is co-sanctioned with LPGA.Daishin Securities-Tomato Tour Korean Ladies Masters is co-sanctioned with Ladies European Tour.... |
20 |
| 2008 Tour | 26 |
Season money leaders
| Year | Player | Earnings (KRW) | Most wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Kim Ha-neul |
524,297,417 | 3 – Kim Ha-neul |
| 2010 | Lee Bo-mee |
557,276,856 | 3 – Lee Bo-mee |
| 2009 | Hee Kyung Seo |
663,759,286 | 5 – Hee Kyung Seo |
| 2008 | Jiyai Shin |
765,184,500 | 7 – Jiyai Shin |
| 2007 | Jiyai Shin |
716,396,167 | 9 – Jiyai Shin |
| 2006 | Jiyai Shin |
374,054,333 | 3 – Jiyai Shin |
| 2005 | Kyeong Bae |
195,237,450 | 2 – Jee Young Lee Jee Young Lee Jee Young Lee is a South Korean professional golfer now playing on the United States LPGA Tour.Born in Seoul, South Korea, Lee began playing golf at age 14 and turned professional in 2004, playing on the LPGA of Korea Tour. In 2005, as a member of the KLPGA, she won the CJ Nine Bridges Classic,... , Bo Bae Song Bo Bae Song Bo-Bae Song is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour and LPGA of Korea Tour.Song has won several times on the LPGA of Korea Tour and LPGA of Japan Tour including the 2005 Samsung Ladies Masters co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour and the 2009 Mizuno Classic... |
See also
- Professional golf toursProfessional golf toursProfessional golf tours are the means by which otherwise unconnected professional golf tournaments are organised into a regular schedule. There are separate tours for men and women, with each tour being based in a specific geographical region, although some of their tournaments may be held in other...
- Women's World Golf RankingsWomen's World Golf RankingsThe Women's World Golf Rankings, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Rolex Rankings, were introduced in February 2006. They are sanctioned by the five main women's golf tours and the organisations behind them: Ladies Professional Golf Association , Ladies European Tour, Ladies Professional...
- Korean TourKorean TourThe Korean Tour is a men's professional golf tour run by the Korea Professional Golfers' Association of South Korea. In 2011, it had total prize money of about US$14 million....
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