Kim Tae-hoon (; born 15 September 1985) is a South Korean

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who plays on the

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. He has won four times on the tour, including the 2020

Genesis Championship The Genesis Championship is a men's professional golf tournament in South Korea. The inaugural event was held at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea from 21 to 24 September 2017. Prize money was South Korean won, KRW1,500,000,000, the largest for a ...

Professional career

Kim turned professional in 2005 and made his debut on the

in 2007. However, he had little success until 2013 when he won the Bosung CC Classic and had 8 top-10 finishes in the 11 events he played in. He finished third in the points-based Order of Merit and fourth in the prize money list. He had less success in 2014 but was twice runner-up, in the Happiness Songhak Construction Open and the KJ Choi Invitational, and finished 16th in the money list. Kim got his second win in the 2015 Caido Golf LIS Tour Championship, the final event of the season. After two poor season, Kim won again in 2018, at the Dong-A Membership Group Busan Open, after a final round 63. In 2019 he was second to

Kim Bi-o Kim Bi-o (; born 21 August 1990) is a South Korean professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour. Amateur career As an amateur, Kim won the Korean Amateur Open and Japan Amateur Golf Championship in 2008. He also represented Asia/Pacific in the ...

in the

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. The 2020 season didn't start until July, but Kim was tied for third in the opening event, tied 4th in the KPGA Championship, joint runner-up in the Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational before winning the

in October. On the

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he finished top of both the Genesis Points and the prize money lists.

Professional wins (4)

Korean Tour wins (4)

''*Note: The 2015 Caido Golf LIS Tour Championship was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.'' Korean Tour playoff record (0–1)

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