Kim Kyung-tae
Kim Kyung-tae | |||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||
Born | Kangwon Province, South Korea | 2 September 1986||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st) | ||||||||||
Sporting nationality | South Korea | ||||||||||
Residence | Seongnam,South Korea | ||||||||||
Career | |||||||||||
College | Yonsei University | ||||||||||
Turned professional | 2006 | ||||||||||
Current tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour Korean Tour | ||||||||||
Former tour(s) | Asian Tour OneAsia Tour | ||||||||||
Professional wins | 20 | ||||||||||
Highestranking | 18 (7 August 2011)[1] | ||||||||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||||||||
Japan Golf Tour | 14 | ||||||||||
Asian Tour | 2 | ||||||||||
Other | 5 | ||||||||||
Best results in major championships | |||||||||||
Masters Tournament | T44: 2011 | ||||||||||
PGA Championship | T48: 2010 | ||||||||||
U.S. Open | T30: 2011 | ||||||||||
The Open Championship | T48: 2010 | ||||||||||
Achievements and awards | |||||||||||
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Medal record |
Kim Kyung-tae(Korean:김경태;born 2 September 1986), also known asK.T. Kim,is a South Korean professionalgolferwho currently plays on theJapan Golf Tourand theKorean Tour.
Career
[edit]He won several tournaments as an amateur, including the 2006 Japan Amateur Championship and two events on the 2006Korean Tour.He turned professional in late 2006 and won the 2007Maekyung Openin his second start on theAsian Tour.
In 2010, Kim won theDiamond Cup Golf,Japan OpenandMynavi ABC Championshipon theJapan Golf Tourand became the first Korean golfer to lead the money list on the Tour.
Kim has played in each of the fourmajor championships,recording top-50 finishes in each, with his best being a T30 finish at the2011 U.S. Open.He also played in the2011 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 the2015 Japan Golf Tourseason, 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, includingThe Crowns,to take his number of Asian Tour victories to thirteen.
Amateur wins
[edit]- 2006Asian Games(individual winner), Korean Amateur Championship, Japan Amateur Championship
Professional wins (20)
[edit]Japan Golf Tour wins (14)
[edit]Legend |
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Flagship events (1) |
Japan majors (1) |
Other Japan Golf Tour (13) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 30 May2010 | Diamond Cup Golf | −16 (65-68-68-71=272) | 2 strokes | Koumei Oda |
2 | 17 Oct 2010 | Japan Open Golf Championship | −13 (69-70-68-64=271) | 2 strokes | Hiroyuki Fujita |
3 | 31 Oct 2010 | Mynavi ABC Championship | −13 (67-70-70-69=275) | 1 stroke | Ryo Ishikawa |
4 | 24 Jul2011 | Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup | −15 (67-70-68-68=273) | 4 strokes | Ryo Ishikawa |
5 | 2 Sep2012 | Fujisankei Classic | −8 (70-70-68-68=276) | 1 stroke | Yuta Ikeda |
6 | 14 Jun2015 | Singha Corporation Thailand Open1 | −21 (71-64-67-65=267) | 3 strokes | Wang Jeung-hun |
7 | 12 Jul 2015 | Musee Platinum Open | −20 (68-67-63-66=264) | 1 stroke | Cho Min-gyu,Brad Kennedy, Park Jae-bum |
8 | 6 Sep 2015 | Fujisankei Classic | −9 (70-64-68-73=275) | 1 stroke | Lee Kyoung-hoon |
9 | 27 Sep 2015 | Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf2(2) | −9 (67-69-67-68=271) | 3 strokes | Yuta Ikeda,Toshinori Muto |
10 | 1 Nov 2015 | Mynavi ABC Championship(2) | −12 (66-69-68-69=272) | 2 strokes | Daisuke Kataoka,Won Joon Lee, Katsumasa Miyamoto |
11 | 17 Apr2016 | Token Homemate Cup | −13 (68-67-67-69=271) | Playoff | Tomohiro Kondo |
12 | 1 May 2016 | The Crowns | −10 (69-69-65-67=270) | Playoff | Daisuke Kataoka |
13 | 29 May 2016 | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open | −11 (69-64-71-73=277) | 1 stroke | Kodai Ichihara,Shugo Imahira, Lee Sang-hee |
14 | 1 Dec2019 | Casio World Open | −20 (70-68-66-64=268) | 2 strokes | Shaun Norris |
1Co-sanctioned by theOneAsia Tour
2Co-sanctioned by theAsian Tour
- TheJapan Open Golf Championshipis also a Japan major championship.
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2009 | Golf Nippon Series JT Cup | Shigeki Maruyama | Lost to par on fourth extra hole |
2 | 2016 | Token Homemate Cup | Tomohiro Kondo | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
3 | 2016 | The Crowns | Daisuke Kataoka | Won with par on first extra hole |
Asian Tour wins (2)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 6 May2007 | GS Caltex Maekyung Open1 | −18 (70-66-67-67=270) | 4 strokes | Liang Wenchong |
2 | 27 Sep2015 | Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf2 | −9 (67-69-67-68=271) | 3 strokes | Yuta Ikeda,Toshinori Muto |
1Co-sanctioned by theKorean Tour
2Co-sanctioned by theJapan Golf Tour
OneAsia Tour wins (2)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 8 May2011 | GS Caltex Maekyung Open1 | −21 (67-68-66-66=267) | 8 strokes | Cho Min-gyu,Kim Hyung-sung |
2 | 14 Jun2015 | Singha Corporation Thailand Open2 | −21 (71-64-67-65=267) | 3 strokes | Wang Jeung-hun |
1Co-sanctioned by theKorean Tour
2Co-sanctioned by theJapan Golf Tour
Korean Tour wins (6)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 28 May2006 | Pocari Energy Open (as an amateur) |
−8 (68-69-74-69=280) | Playoff | Han Lee,Suk Jong-yul |
2 | 10 Sep 2006 | SBS Samsung Benest Open (as an amateur) |
−14 (69-68-69-68=274) | 1 stroke | Won Joon Lee |
3 | 29 Apr2007 | SBS Tomato Savings Bank Open | −1 (73-69-72-73=287) | 1 stroke | Choi Gwang-soo,Gong Young-joon |
4 | 6 May 2007 | GS Caltex Maekyung Open1 | −18 (70-66-67-67=270) | 4 strokes | Liang Wenchong |
5 | 12 Jul 2007 | SBS Samsung Apple City Open | −12 (65-68-67-72=272) | 5 strokes | Mo Joong-kyung |
6 | 8 May2011 | GS Caltex Maekyung Open2(2) | −21 (67-68-66-66=267) | 8 strokes | Cho Min-gyu,Kim Hyung-sung |
1Co-sanctioned by theAsian Tour
2Co-sanctioned by theOneAsia Tour
Korean Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 2006 | Pocari Energy Open (as an amateur) |
Han Lee,Suk Jong-yul | Won with birdie on second extra hole Suk eliminated by birdie on first hole |
Results in major championships
[edit]Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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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
[edit]Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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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 |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2010 Open Championship – 2011 U.S. Open)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 0
Results in World Golf Championships
[edit]Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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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
[edit]Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy(representing South Korea):2004,2006
- Bonallack Trophy(representing Asia/Pacific): 2004 (winners), 2006
Professional
- Presidents Cup(representing the International team):2011
- Royal Trophy(representing Asia):2011,2012(winners),2013
- EurAsia Cup(representing Asia):2016
- World Cup(representing South Korea):2016
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Week 32 2011 Ending 7 Aug 2011"(pdf).OWGR.Retrieved3 October2019.
External links
[edit]- Kyung-Tae Kimat theOfficial World Golf Rankingofficial site
- Kyung-Tae Kimat theJapan Golf Tourofficial site
- K. T. Kimat theAsian Tourofficial site
- K T Kimat theKorean Tourofficial site(in Korean)