Michael Kim (golfer)

Michael Sangwon Kim (born July 14, 1993) is an American professional golfer with one PGA Tour victory.

Michael Kim
Personal information
Full nameMichael Sangwon Kim
Born (1993-07-14) July 14, 1993
Seoul, South Korea
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Nationality United States
ResidenceHouston, Texas
Career
CollegeUniversity of California, Berkeley
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Web.com Tour
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2019
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2018, 2019
U.S. OpenT17: 2013
The Open ChampionshipT35: 2018

Early life

Kim is the son of Sun and Yun Kim. He was born in Seoul, South Korea but raised in San Diego, California, where he went to Torrey Pines High School.

College career

Kim attended the University of California, Berkeley. In April 2013, Kim was Pac-12 Men's Golfer of the Month.

On June 2, 2013, he became the first Cal men's golfer to ever win national player of the year honors when he was named by the Golf Coaches Association of America as the Division I recipient of the 2013 Jack Nicklaus Award.

On June 11, 2013 Kim won the Haskins Award, which is given to the national player of the year in men's college golf and selected by voting from players, coaches and members of the national media.[1]

2013 U.S. Open

Kim qualified for the 2013 U.S. Open by being co-medalist at his sectional qualifier.[2] After the third round, Kim was tied for 10th.[3] He finished tied for 17th and was the low amateur.

Professional career

Kim turned professional in December 2013.[4] He had limited status on the 2014 Web.com Tour after finishing T-56 at the Web.com Tour Qualifying Tournament. He played in 17 events, making the cut in eleven with a best finish of T-2 at the Price Cutter Charity Championship.

Kim played on the Web.com Tour again in 2015 based on his finish in the Web.com Tour Finals. He finished 13th on the money list in the 2015 Web.com Tour, earning a full-time membership to the PGA Tour for 2016.

Kim has been a full-time member of the PGA Tour since 2016, and won his first PGA Tour event at the 2018 John Deere Classic, earning the final invitation to the 2018 Open Championship.

Kim missed 19 cuts in 20 events on the PGA Tour in 2019 and, as of August 26, 2019, fell to 502nd in the Official World Golf Ranking.

Professional wins (1)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runners-up
1 Jul 15, 2018 John Deere Classic 63-64-64-66=257 −27 8 strokes Bronson Burgoon, Joel Dahmen,
Francesco Molinari, Sam Ryder

Results in major championships

Tournament 201320142015201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open T17LA
The Open Championship T35
PGA Championship CUT
Tournament 2019
Masters Tournament CUT
PGA Championship CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship
  Did not play

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. "Cal sophomore Michael Kim wins Haskins Award". Golfweek. June 11, 2013. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  2. "Michael Kim Bio - The University of California Official Athletic Site". Calbears.com. Archived from the original on May 21, 2013. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  3. Evans, Farrell (June 16, 2013). "Amateur Kim earns notice at Merion". ESPN. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  4. "Michael Kim leaving Cal to turn pro; will make PGA debut at Torrey Pines". Cal Athletics. December 20, 2013. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
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