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Kim Si-woo

Kim Si-woo (Korean: 김시우; born 28 June 1995), also known as Si Woo Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2017 Players Championship, becoming the youngest ever winner of the event at age 21.


Kim Si-woo
Kim in 2025
(1995-06-28) 28 June 1995Seoul, South Korea
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
182 lb (83 kg; 13.0 st)
South Korea
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
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Oh Ji-hyun ​(m. 2022)​
Yonsei University
2012
PGA Tour
European TourWeb.com Tour
5
19 (24 May 2026)(as of 24 May 2026)
4
1
T12: 2021
T8: 2025
T13: 2017
T15: 2022
2022 HangzhouMen's team
2022 HangzhouMen's team

Kim Si-woo (Korean: 김시우; born 28 June 1995), also known as Si Woo Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2017 Players Championship, becoming the youngest ever winner of the event at age 21.

Kim finished tied for 20th at the 2012 PGA Tour Qualifying School. He was only 17 years, 5 months, 6 days old at the time, the youngest player to graduate from the PGA Tour's qualifying school. Due to PGA Tour rules, he could not become a PGA Tour member until he turned 18, midway through the 2013 season. In eight PGA Tour starts in 2013, Kim missed the cut in seven tournaments and withdrew from the eighth. He also played in seven Web.com Tour events in 2013, making four cuts.

Kim played on the Web.com Tour in 2014, making 15 of 19 cuts including a third-place finish at the Cleveland Open. In 2015, he won his first Web.com Tour event, the Stonebrae Classic, in July. He was the second-youngest winner in Web.com Tour history, after Jason Day. He finished 2015 in tenth place in the Web.com Tour money list, to earn a place on the PGA Tour for 2016.

His first win on the PGA Tour came at the 2016 Wyndham Championship. At 21, he was the season's youngest winner. His second win on the PGA Tour came at the 2017 Players Championship, beating Ian Poulter and Louis Oosthuizen by three-shots with a bogey-free 69 in his final round, becoming the second Korean to win the title after K. J. Choi in 2011. Ranked 73rd in the world prior to the Players Championship, Kim was the second-lowest ranked player to win the tournament, with 2002 winner Craig Perks ranked outside 200th before his win. Kim moved up to 28th in the world after the win.

Kim lost in a sudden-death playoff at the 2018 RBC Heritage in April. He had held the sole lead for large portions of the final round, but shot three over on the back nine, missing a series of makeable putts, including at the last to win the tournament outright, to fall into a playoff. He lost on the third extra hole of the playoff, when Satoshi Kodaira holed a lengthy birdie putt on the par-3 17th.

In January 2021, Kim won The American Express in La Quinta, California. Kim shot a final round 8-under 64 to win by one stroke over Patrick Cantlay and claim his third PGA Tour title. In August later that year, Kim tied for the lead with five other players after 72 holes at the Wyndham Championship. Kevin Kisner took the title in the playoff.

In September 2022, Kim was selected for the International team in the 2022 Presidents Cup; he won three and lost one of the four matches he played.

In January 2023, Kim won the Sony Open in Hawaii. He birdied the final two holes to win by one shot over Hayden Buckley. It was his fourth PGA Tour victory.

Legend
Players Championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (3)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up
121 Aug 2016Wyndham Championship68-60-64-67=259−215 strokesLuke Donald
214 May 2017The Players Championship69-72-68-69=278−103 strokesLouis Oosthuizen, Ian Poulter
324 Jan 2021The American Express66-68-67-64=265−231 strokePatrick Cantlay
415 Jan 2023Sony Open in Hawaii67-67-64-64=262−181 strokeHayden Buckley

PGA Tour playoff record (0–3)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
12016Barbasol ChampionshipAaron BaddeleyLost to birdie on fourth extra hole
22018RBC HeritageSatoshi KodairaLost to birdie on third extra hole
32021Wyndham ChampionshipBranden Grace, Kevin Kisner, Kevin Na, Adam Scott, Roger SloanKisner won with birdie on second extra hole
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunners-up
119 Jul 2015Stonebrae Classic66-65-69-68=268−12PlayoffJamie Lovemark, Wes Roach

Web.com Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
12015Stonebrae ClassicJamie Lovemark, Wes RoachWon with birdie on first extra hole

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament201620172018
Masters TournamentCUTT24
U.S. OpenT13CUT
The Open ChampionshipCUTT67
PGA ChampionshipCUTWDCUT
Tournament20192020202120222023202420252026
Masters TournamentT21T34T12T39T29T3047
PGA ChampionshipCUTT13CUTT60CUTCUTT8T35
U.S. OpenCUTCUTT40CUTT39T32T42
The Open ChampionshipCUTNTT15CUTT43CUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut

WD = withdrew

"T" indicates a tie for a place

NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament00000398
PGA Championship000012114
U.S. Open00000195
The Open Championship00000173
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2024 U.S. Open - 2025 U.S. Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (once)
YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunners-up
2017The Players Championship2 shot deficit−10 (69-72-68-69=278)3 strokesLouis Oosthuizen, Ian Poulter

"T" indicates a tie for a place

WD = withdrew

C = cancelled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Tournament20162017201820192020202120222023
ChampionshipT72
Match PlayT30R16T61NT1T56T18T17
InvitationalT50T1065
ChampionsT63T69NT1NT1NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play

"T" = Tied

NT = No tournament

Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022. The Champions was discontinued from 2023.

Amateur

  • Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Korea): 2012

Professional

  • Presidents Cup (representing the International team): 2017, 2022, 2024

  • World Cup (representing South Korea): 2018

  • 2012 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

  • 2015 Web.com Tour Finals graduates

  • Kim Si-woo at the PGA Tour official site

  • Kim Si-woo at the Korean Tour official site (in Korean)

  • Kim Si-woo at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

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