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Kim Kyung-tae
South Korean professional golfer
South Korean professional golfer
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Kim Kyung-tae |
| image | Kyung-Tae Kim (6346916020).jpg |
| imagesize | 200px |
| caption | Kim at the 2011 Presidents Cup |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Gangwon Province, South Korea |
| death_date | |
| height | |
| weight | 74 kg |
| nationality | |
| residence | Seongnam, South Korea |
| college | Yonsei University |
| yearpro | 2006 |
| retired | |
| tour | Japan Golf Tour |
| Korean Tour | |
| extour | Asian Tour |
| OneAsia Tour | |
| prowins | 20 |
| pgawins | |
| eurowins | |
| japwins | 14 |
| asiawins | 2 |
| sunwins | |
| auswins | |
| nwidewins | |
| chalwins | |
| champwins | |
| seneurowins | |
| otherwins | 5 |
| majorwins | |
| masters | T44: 2011 |
| usopen | T30: 2011 |
| open | T48: 2010 |
| pga | T48: 2010 |
| wghofid | |
| wghofyear | |
| award1 | Korean Tour |
| Order of Merit winner | |
| year1 | 2007 |
| award2 | Korean Tour |
| Player of the Year | |
| year2 | 2007 |
| award3 | Korean Tour |
| Rookie of the Year | |
| year3 | 2007 |
| award4 | Japan Golf Tour |
| money list winner | |
| year4 | 2010, 2015 |
| award5 | Japan Golf Tour |
| Most Valuable Player | |
| year5 | 2015 |
| awardssection |
Korean Tour OneAsia Tour Order of Merit winner](korean-tour-order-of-merit-winners) Player of the Year](korean-tour-player-of-the-year) Rookie of the Year](korean-tour-rookie-of-the-year) money list winner](japan-golf-tour-money-list-winners) Most Valuable Player](japan-golf-tour-most-valuable-player) Kim Kyung-tae (; born 2 September 1986), also known as K.T. Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer who currently plays on the Japan Golf Tour and the Korean Tour.
Career
He won several tournaments as an amateur, including the 2006 Japan Amateur Championship and two events on the 2006 Korean Tour. He turned professional in late 2006 and won the 2007 Maekyung Open in his second start on the Asian Tour.
In 2010, Kim won the Diamond Cup Golf, Japan Open and Mynavi ABC Championship on the Japan Golf Tour and became the first Korean golfer to lead the money list on the Tour.
Kim has played in each of the four major championships, recording top-50 finishes in each, with his best being a T30 finish at the 2011 U.S. Open. He also played in the 2011 Presidents Cup, representing the International Team in a 15–19 defeat to USA. Kim finished with a 2–2–0 record.
Kim won five events during the 2015 Japan Golf Tour season, which at the time took his overall total to ten tournament victories on the tour. This being a record for Korean players on the tour. He won a further three events during the 2016 season, including The Crowns, to take his number of Asian Tour victories to thirteen.
Amateur wins
- 2006 Asian Games (individual winner), Korean Amateur Championship, Japan Amateur Championship
Professional wins (20)
Japan Golf Tour wins (14)
| Legend |
|---|
| Flagship events (1) |
| Japan majors (1) |
| Other Japan Golf Tour (13) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| victory | Runner(s)-up | ||||
| 1 | 30 May 2010 | Diamond Cup Golf | −16 (65-68-68-71=272) | 2 strokes | JPN Koumei Oda |
| 2 | 17 Oct 2010 | Japan Open Golf Championship | −13 (69-70-68-64=271) | 2 strokes | JPN Hiroyuki Fujita |
| 3 | 31 Oct 2010 | Mynavi ABC Championship | −13 (67-70-70-69=275) | 1 stroke | JPN Ryo Ishikawa |
| 4 | 24 Jul 2011 | Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup | −15 (67-70-68-68=273) | 4 strokes | JPN Ryo Ishikawa |
| 5 | 2 Sep 2012 | Fujisankei Classic | −8 (70-70-68-68=276) | 1 stroke | JPN Yuta Ikeda |
| 6 | 14 Jun 2015 | Singha Corporation Thailand Open1 | −21 (71-64-67-65=267) | 3 strokes | KOR Wang Jeung-hun |
| 7 | 12 Jul 2015 | Musee Platinum Open | −20 (68-67-63-66=264) | 1 stroke | KOR Cho Min-gyu, AUS Brad Kennedy, |
| KOR Park Jae-bum | |||||
| 8 | 6 Sep 2015 | Fujisankei Classic | −9 (70-64-68-73=275) | 1 stroke | KOR Lee Kyoung-hoon |
| 9 | 27 Sep 2015 | Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf2 (2) | −9 (67-69-67-68=271) | 3 strokes | JPN Yuta Ikeda, JPN Toshinori Muto |
| 10 | 1 Nov 2015 | Mynavi ABC Championship (2) | −12 (66-69-68-69=272) | 2 strokes | JPN Daisuke Kataoka, AUS Won Joon Lee, |
| JPN Katsumasa Miyamoto | |||||
| 11 | 17 Apr 2016 | Token Homemate Cup | −13 (68-67-67-69=271) | Playoff | JPN Tomohiro Kondo |
| 12 | 1 May 2016 | The Crowns | −10 (69-69-65-67=270) | Playoff | JPN Daisuke Kataoka |
| 13 | 29 May 2016 | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open | −11 (69-64-71-73=277) | 1 stroke | JPN Kodai Ichihara, JPN Shugo Imahira, |
| KOR Lee Sang-hee | |||||
| 14 | 1 Dec 2019 | Casio World Open | −20 (70-68-66-64=268) | 2 strokes | ZAF Shaun Norris |
1Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2009 | Golf Nippon Series JT Cup | JPN Shigeki Maruyama | Lost to par on fourth extra hole |
| 2 | 2016 | Token Homemate Cup | JPN Tomohiro Kondo | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 3 | 2016 | The Crowns | JPN Daisuke Kataoka | Won with par on first extra hole |
Asian Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| victory | Runner(s)-up | ||||
| 1 | 6 May 2007 | GS Caltex Maekyung Open1 | −18 (70-66-67-67=270) | 4 strokes | CHN Liang Wenchong |
| 2 | 27 Sep 2015 | Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf2 | −9 (67-69-67-68=271) | 3 strokes | JPN Yuta Ikeda, JPN Toshinori Muto |
1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour
OneAsia Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| victory | Runner(s)-up | ||||
| 1 | 8 May 2011 | GS Caltex Maekyung Open1 | −21 (67-68-66-66=267) | 8 strokes | KOR Cho Min-gyu, KOR Kim Hyung-sung |
| 2 | 14 Jun 2015 | Singha Corporation Thailand Open2 | −21 (71-64-67-65=267) | 3 strokes | KOR Wang Jeung-hun |
1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour
Korean Tour wins (6)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| victory | Runner(s)-up | ||||
| 1 | 28 May 2006 | Pocari Energy Open | |||
| (as an amateur) | −8 (68-69-74-69=280) | Playoff | USA Han Lee, KOR Suk Jong-yul | ||
| 2 | 10 Sep 2006 | SBS Samsung Benest Open | |||
| (as an amateur) | −14 (69-68-69-68=274) | 1 stroke | AUS Won Joon Lee | ||
| 3 | 29 Apr 2007 | SBS Tomato Savings Bank Open | −1 (73-69-72-73=287) | 1 stroke | KOR Choi Gwang-soo, KOR Gong Young-joon |
| 4 | 6 May 2007 | GS Caltex Maekyung Open1 | −18 (70-66-67-67=270) | 4 strokes | CHN Liang Wenchong |
| 5 | 12 Jul 2007 | SBS Samsung Apple City Open | −12 (65-68-67-72=272) | 5 strokes | KOR Mo Joong-kyung |
| 6 | 8 May 2011 | GS Caltex Maekyung Open2 (2) | −21 (67-68-66-66=267) | 8 strokes | KOR Cho Min-gyu, KOR Kim Hyung-sung |
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour
Korean Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2006 | Pocari Energy Open | ||
| (as an amateur) | USA Han Lee, KOR Suk Jong-yul | Won with birdie on second extra hole | ||
| Suk eliminated by birdie on first hole |
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T44 | CUT | ||||||
| U.S. Open | T30 | 67 | CUT | |||||
| The Open Championship | T48 | CUT | CUT | T73 | T53 | T62 | ||
| PGA Championship | T48 | T59 | 61 | CUT | T67 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
Summary
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made | Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||
| PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2010 Open Championship – 2011 U.S. Open)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 0
Results in World Golf Championships
Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | T49 | T51 | T42 | 76 | ||||
| Match Play | R64 | R64 | T17 | |||||
| Invitational | T6 | T24 | T21 | |||||
| Champions | T41 | T49 | T27 | T47 |
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Korea): 2004, 2006
- Bonallack Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 2004 (winners), 2006
Professional
Notes
References
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