Kim Kyung-tae ( ko, 김경태; born 2 September 1986), also known as K.T. Kim, is a South Korean professional

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

er who plays on the Asian and

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Career

He won several tournaments as an amateur, including the 2006 Japan Amateur Championship and two events on the 2006

Korean Tour The Korean Tour is a men's professional golf tour run by the Korea Professional Golfers' Association (KPGA) of South Korea. In 2011, it had total prize money of about US$14 million. Professional golf in Korea dates back to the mid 20th century ...

. He turned professional in late 2006 and won the 2007 Maekyung Open in his second start on the

Asian Tour The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. Official money events on the tour count for ...

. In 2010, Kim won the

Diamond Cup Golf The is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded in 1969, the event has been hosted at different courses throughout Japan, including on all four major islands. In 2022, the purse was ¥100,000,000, with ¥20,000,000 going to ...

, Japan Open and Mynavi ABC Championship on the

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 The 2011 Presidents Cup was the ninth Presidents Cup, held 17–20 November in Australia at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Black Rock, Victoria, a suburb southeast of Melbourne. The United States team won by a score of 19 to 15 over the I ...

, 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 The 2015 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 16 April to 6 December. The season consisted of 25 official money events, mostly in Japan, as well as the four majors. One event was played in Thailand. Schedule The following table lists official ...

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,

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Professional wins (21)

Japan Golf Tour wins (14)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

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²Co-sanctioned by the

* The

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is also a Japan major championship. Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–1)

Asian Tour wins (2)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

²Co-sanctioned by the

OneAsia Tour wins (2)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

²Co-sanctioned by the

Korean Tour wins (6)

*2006 Pocari Energen Open, SBS Samsung Benest Open (both as an amateur) *

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SBS Tomato Savings Bank Open, GS Caltex Maekyung Open (co-santioned with the

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* 2011 GS Caltex Maekyung Open (co-santioned with

)

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place

Summary

*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.'' 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

Amateur *

Eisenhower Trophy The Eisenhower Trophy (World Men's Amateur Team Championships) is the biennial World Amateur Team Championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. Since the tournament was first played in 1958, it is named after Dwight D. Eise ...

(representing South Korea):

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, 2006 *

Bonallack Trophy The Bonallack Trophy is an amateur golf competition on the model of the Ryder Cup which opposes every two years a European team and a team representing Asia/Pacific. The venue alternates between courses in Europe and Asia/Pacific. The first comp ...

(representing Asia/Pacific): 2004 (winners), 2006 Professional *

Presidents Cup The Presidents Cup is a series of men's golf matches between a team representing the United States and an International Team representing the rest of the world minus Europe. Europe competes against the United States in a similar but considerably ...

(representing the International team): 2011 *

Royal Trophy The Royal Trophy was a men's professional team golf tournament which was played between 2006 and 2013. The competing teams represented Europe and Asia. Eight man teams played a series of 16 matches involving foursomes, four-ball and singles for the ...

(representing Asia): 2011,

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(winners),

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment ...

* EurAsia Cup (representing Asia): 2016 *

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(representing South Korea): 2016

References

External links

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asiantour.com story on 2007 Maekyung Open win
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Kyung-tae South Korean male golfers Asian Tour golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers Asian Games medalists in golf Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Golfers at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Sportspeople from Gangwon Province, South Korea 1986 births Living people

Career

Amateur wins

Professional wins (21)

Japan Golf Tour wins (14)

Asian Tour wins (2)

OneAsia Tour wins (2)

Korean Tour wins (6)

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Summary

Results in World Golf Championships

Team appearances

See also

References

External links