Chan Kim (born March 24, 1990) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He formerly played on the Japan Golf Tour, where he won eight times, and the Korn Ferry Tour, where he won twice.
Early life
Kim was born in Suwon, South Korea, but grew up in Hawaii.[2]
Amateur career
Kim played his college golf at Arizona State University.[3]
He won the 2009 Pacific Coast Amateur.[4] He was also a two-time winner of the Arizona Stroke Play Championship.[5]
Professional career
Kim played on the Canadian Tour in 2011.[6] He played on the Challenge Tour in 2013 and the Asian Tour in 2013 and 2014.[6] In 2013, he was runner-up at the Yeangder Tournament Players Championship.[7] He has played on the Japan Golf Tour since 2015.[6]
He won the Mizuno Open on the Japan Golf Tour to earn a spot in the 2017 Open Championship. Earlier that week he earned a qualifying spot to the 2017 U.S. Open.[8] In early July, he won his second Japan Golf Tour event, the Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup, after a bogey-free final round of 66.
In August 2023, Kim won his first event on the Korn Ferry Tour, winning the Magnit Championship by three shots.[9] He then won the Albertsons Boise Open the week after and by the end of the season, he secured his PGA Tour Card for the next season by finishing 2nd on the points list.[10]
Amateur wins
- 2007 Hawaii Amateur[11]
- 2008 Arizona Stroke Play Championship, Thunderbird International
- 2009 Pacific Coast Amateur
- 2010 Arizona Stroke Play Championship
Professional wins (10)
Japan Golf Tour wins (8)
| Legend |
|---|
| Flagship events (1) |
| Japan majors (2)[a] |
| Other Japan Golf Tour (6) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 28, 2017 | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open | −15 (68-70-67-68=273) | 5 strokes |  Michael Hendry
|
| 2 | Jul 9, 2017 | Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup | −18 (67-70-67-66=270) | 1 stroke |  Hwang Jung-gon
|
| 3 | Nov 5, 2017 | Heiwa PGM Championship | −6 (67-70-72-69=278) | 1 stroke |  Yuta Ikeda, Song Young-han
|
| 4 | Oct 20, 2019 | Japan Open Golf Championship | +1 (74-69-75-67=285) | 1 stroke | Mikumu Horikawa,  Shaun Norris
|
| 5 | Dec 6, 2020 | Golf Nippon Series JT Cup | −8 (66-66-73-67=272) | 1 stroke | Hiroshi Iwata, Tomoharu Otsuki, Hideto Tanihara
|
| 6 | Oct 3, 2021 | Vantelin Tokai Classic | −14 (64-68-69-69=270) | 2 strokes | Yuta Ikeda, Jinichiro Kozuma, Tomoharu Otsuki
|
| 7 | Nov 21, 2021 | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | −17 (69-69-66-63=267) | 1 stroke | Naoyuki Kataoka, Ryosuke Kinoshita
|
| 8 | Nov 27, 2022 | Casio World Open | −32 (64-66-64-62=256) | 6 strokes | Aguri Iwasaki
|
Korn Ferry Tour wins (2)
| Legend |
|---|
| Finals events (1) |
| Other Korn Ferry Tour (1) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 20, 2023 | Magnit Championship | −20 (70-66-68-64=268) | 3 strokes |  Taylor Dickson
|
| 2 | Aug 27, 2023 | Albertsons Boise Open | −28 (66-62-64-64=256) | 2 strokes | David Kocher
|
Results in major championships
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||
| U.S. Open | CUT | |
| The Open Championship | T11 | |
| PGA Championship |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | T23 | CUT | |
| U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
| The Open Championship | CUT | NT | T53 | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Results in World Golf Championships
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | T35 | ||||
| Match Play | NT1 | ||||
| Invitational | |||||
| Champions | T58 | T46 | NT1 | NT1 |
1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied
See also
Notes
- ^ The 2019 Japan Open Golf Championship was also a Japan major championship.
References
- ^ "Week 52 2019 Ending 29 Dec 2019" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ Gray, Will (May 28, 2017). "Four Qualify for The Open Via Mizuno Open". Golf Channel. Archived from the original on May 30, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ Herrington, Ryan (May 28, 2017). "Chan Kim is going to have a busy summer thanks to his play over the last six days in Japan". Golf Digest. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ "Kim wins Pacific Coast Amateur". Golfweek. August 1, 2009. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ "Chan Kim captures his second Arizona Stroke Play Championship by four shots". Arizona Golfer News. May 2010. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Chan Kim". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- ^ "Golf-Thai veteran Thaworn wins record 16th Asian Tour title". Reuters. September 15, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2017.[dead link]
- ^ "Chan Kim wins Mizuno Open to qualify for Open Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. May 28, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ "Chan Kim rallies to win Magnit Championship, moves into top 15 on Korn Ferry Tour Points List". PGA Tour. August 21, 2023. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- ^ "Meet the 30 newest PGA Tour members, 2023 Korn Ferry Tour graduates". PGA Tour. October 8, 2023. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
- ^ "Hawaii State Amateur Past Champions" (PDF). Hawaii State Golf.
External links
- Chan Kim at the European Tour official site
- Chan Kim at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Chan Kim at the PGA Tour official site
- Chan Kim at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
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