Chan Kim
Chan Kim (born March 24, 1990) is an American professional golfer who currently competes on the Japan Golf Tour.
| Chan Kim | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | March 24, 1990 Suwon, South Korea | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 105 kg (231 lb; 16.5 st) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  United States | ||
| Career | |||
| College | Arizona State University | ||
| Turned professional | 2010 | ||
| Current tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour Korn Ferry Tour | ||
| Former tour(s) | Asian Tour Challenge Tour Canadian Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 8 | ||
| Highest ranking | 61 (December 29, 2019)[1] (as of May 14, 2023) | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| Japan Golf Tour | 8 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
| PGA Championship | T23: 2021 | ||
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 | ||
| The Open Championship | T11: 2017 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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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 twice 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 Sega Sammy Cup, after a bogey-free final round of 66.
Amateur wins
- 2007 Hawaii Amateur[9]
- 2008 Arizona Stroke Play Championship, Thunderbird International
- 2009 Pacific Coast Amateur
- 2010 Arizona Stroke Play Championship
Professional wins (8)
Japan Golf Tour wins (8)
| Legend |
| Flagship events (1) |
| Japan majors (2) |
| 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 |
- The Japan Open Golf Championship is also a Japan major championship.
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
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.
- "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.
- "Chan Kim wins Mizuno Open to qualify for Open Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. May 28, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- "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 Official World Golf Ranking official site