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) |
Nationality |
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Residence | Seongnam, South Korea |
Career | |
College | Yonsei University |
Turned professional | 2006 |
Current tour(s) |
Asian Tour Japan Golf Tour |
Professional wins | 19 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Japan Golf Tour | 13 |
Asian Tour | 2 |
Other | 6 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | T44: 2011 |
U.S. Open | T30: 2011 |
The Open Championship | T48: 2010 |
PGA Championship | T48: 2010 |
Achievements and awards | |
Japan Golf Tour leading money winner | 2010, 2015 |
Kim Kyung-tae (Korean: 김경태; born 2 September 1986), also known as K.T. Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the Asian and Japan Golf Tours.
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 2–0–2 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 (team and individual), Korean Amateur Championship, Japan Amateur Championship
Professional wins (19)
Asian Tour wins (2)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 6 May 2007 | GS Caltex Maekyung Open | −18 (70-66-67-67=270) | 4 strokes | |
2 | 27 Sep 2015 | Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf1 | −9 (67-69-67-68=271) | 3 strokes |
1 Co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour
Japan Golf Tour wins (13)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 30 May 2010 | Diamond Cup Golf | −16 (65-68-68-71=272) | 2 strokes | |
2 | 17 Oct 2010 | Japan Open | −13 (69-70-68-64=271) | 2 strokes | |
3 | 31 Oct 2010 | Mynavi ABC Championship | −13 (67-70-70-69=275) | 1 stroke | |
4 | 24 Jul 2011 | Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup | −15 (67-70-68-68=273) | 4 strokes | |
5 | 2 Sep 2012 | Fujisankei Classic | −8 (70-70-68-68=276) | 1 stroke | |
6 | 14 Jun 2015 | Singha Corporation Thailand Open1 | −21 (71-64-67-65=267) | 3 strokes | |
7 | 12 Jul 2015 | Musee Platinum Open | −20 (68-67-63-66=264) | 1 stroke | |
8 | 6 Sep 2015 | Fujisankei Classic | −9 (70-64-68-73=275) | 1 stroke | |
9 | 27 Sep 2015 | Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf2 | −9 (67-69-67-68=271) | 3 strokes | |
10 | 1 Nov 2015 | Mynavi ABC Championship | −12 (66-69-68-69=272) | 2 strokes | |
11 | 17 Apr 2016 | Token Homemate Cup | −13 (68-67-67-69=271) | Playoff | |
12 | 1 May 2016 | The Crowns | −10 (69-69-65-67=270) | Playoff | |
13 | 29 May 2016 | Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open | −11 (69-64-71-73=277) | 1 stroke |
1 Co-sanctioned with the OneAsia Tour
2 Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
OneAsia Tour wins (2)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 8 May 2011 | GS Caltex Maekyung Open | −21 (67-68-66-66=267) | 8 strokes | |
2 | 14 Jun 2015 | Singha Corporation Thailand Open1 | −21 (71-64-67-65=267) | 3 strokes |
1 Co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour
Korean Tour wins (6)
- 2006 Pocari Energen Open, SBS Samsung Benest Open (both as an amateur)
- 2007 SBS Tomato Savings Bank Open, GS Caltex Maekyung Open (co-santioned with the Asian Tour), SBS Samsung Apple City Open
- 2011 GS Caltex Maekyung Open (co-santioned with OneAsia Tour)
Results in major championships
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
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
Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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Mexico Championship | T49 | T51 | T42 | 76 | ||||
Match Play | R64 | R64 | T17 | |||||
Bridgestone Invitational | T6 | T24 | T21 | |||||
HSBC Champions | T41 | T49 | T27 | T47 |
The HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Team appearances
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
External links
- Kim Kyung-tae at the Asian Tour official site
- Kim Kyung-tae at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Kim Kyung-tae at the Korean Tour official site (in Korean)
- Kim Kyung-tae at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- asiantour.com story on 2007 Maekyung Open win