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Kim Kyung-tae
South Korean professional golfer
Kim Kyung-tae (Korean: 김경태; 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.
| Kim Kyung-tae | |||||||||||
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.jpg) Kim at the 2011 Presidents Cup | |||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||
| Born | (1986-09-02) 2 September 1986 (age 37) Kangwon Province, South Korea | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 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 | |||||||||||
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.
- 2006 Asian Games (individual winner), Korean Amateur Championship, Japan Amateur Championship
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 |  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 Jul 2011 | Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup | −15 (67-70-68-68=273) | 4 strokes | Ryo Ishikawa |
| 5 | 2 Sep 2012 | Fujisankei Classic | −8 (70-70-68-68=276) | 1 stroke | Yuta Ikeda |
| 6 | 14 Jun 2015 | 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 Apr 2016 | 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 Dec 2019 | Casio World Open | −20 (70-68-66-64=268) | 2 strokes |  Shaun Norris |
1Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
- The Japan Open Golf Championship is also a Japan major championship.
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
| 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 |  Liang Wenchong |
| 2 | 27 Sep 2015 | Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf2 | −9 (67-69-67-68=271) | 3 strokes | Yuta Ikeda, 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 | Cho Min-gyu, Kim Hyung-sung |
| 2 | 14 Jun 2015 | Singha Corporation Thailand Open2 | −21 (71-64-67-65=267) | 3 strokes | 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 |  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 Apr 2007 | 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 May 2011 | GS Caltex Maekyung Open2 (2) | −21 (67-68-66-66=267) | 8 strokes | Cho Min-gyu, 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) |
Han Lee, Suk Jong-yul |
Won with birdie on second extra hole Suk eliminated by birdie on first hole |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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.
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
- "Week 32 2011 Ending 7 Aug 2011" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- Kyung-Tae Kim at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Kyung-Tae Kim at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- K. T. Kim at the Asian Tour official site
- K T Kim at the Korean Tour official site (in Korean)