Sihwan Kim (born December 4, 1988) is an American

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. He plays on the

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and the

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, where he has won two titles. He also plays in the LIV Golf League.

Amateur career

Kim was born in

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, South Korea, and moved with his parents to California at a young age. He graduated from Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, California where he was captain of the golf team. In 2004, he won the U.S. Junior Amateur at

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, 1 up, over David Chung. He won the Mission Hills Desert Junior and the Rolex Tournament of Champions in 2007. He advanced to the round of 16 in the 2008

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at Pinehurst and tied for sixth with a 11-under-par 269 at the Players Amateur. Kim attended Stanford University and played college golf with the

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team between 2007 and 2011, where he was named

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Freshman of the Year. He played in the

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on the

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and recorded the lowest finish out of all the amateurs, finishing in a tie for sixth place.

Professional career

Kim turned professional in 2011 and joined the European

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in 2012, where he was runner-up at the Rolex Trophy in Switzerland behind

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in his rookie season. In 2013, he was runner-up at the

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in France and the Kharkov Superior Cup in the Ukraine. He finished 9th on the Order of Merit to graduate to the 2014

, where he recorded two top-10 finishes. Playing mainly on the Challenge Tour 2015–2017 his best finish was a tied second place at the 2017 Swedish Challenge behind

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of Argentina. Kim started playing on the

in late 2017 after finishing tied 8th at Q-School. In 2018, he finished 8th on the Order of Merit after recording a solo-second at the

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. In 2022, after several close calls, he won his first Asian Tour title at the International Series Thailand, a week after finishing tied-second at the

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behind

Chan Shih-chang Chan Shih-chang (; born 7 June 1986) is a Taiwanese professional golfer, who plays on the Asian Tour. Amateur career As an amateur, Chan won the 2004 Hong Kong Amateur Open and competed in the 2006 Asian Games, winning the bronze medal in the ...

. The next month, he won the Trust Golf Asian Mixed Stableford Challenge in Thailand, two points ahead of Maja Stark in second, after holing a 40-foot putt for eagle on the final hole. He finished the season 1st in the Asian Tour Order of Merit. Kim joined LIV Golf in 2022 and finished in the top-24 to earn a guaranteed spot for 2023. In 2023, he finished 50th and last in the

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and was relegated. He finished no higher than 33rd in any of the 13 individual events, and was last four times.

Amateur wins

*2004 U.S. Junior Amateur *2007 Mission Hills Desert Junior, Rolex Tournament of Champions, CordeValle Collegiate Classic

Professional wins (2)

Asian Tour wins (2)

¹Mixed event with the

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Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Sihwan American male golfers European Tour golfers Asian Tour golfers LIV Golf players Stanford Cardinal men's golfers Golfers from Seoul People from Fullerton, California 1988 births Living people