Kim Joo-hyung (; born 21 June 2002), commonly known as Tom Kim, is a South Korean

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. He has won three times on the

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, and twice on both the

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and the

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Early life and amateur career

Kim was born in

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, South Korea, and is the son of a professional golfer, Kim Chang-ik, who played on the

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before becoming a teaching professional. As a result, Kim was based in Australia, the Philippines and later Thailand for a number of years. In 2018 he won the Philippine Amateur Open Championship and the W Express RVF Cup Amateur Championship.

Professional career

Kim turned professional in May 2018, playing on the Philippine Golf Tour. In 2019 he initially played mostly on the

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. In March he had two fourth-place finishes in Malaysia and then two runner-up finishes in Thailand before winning his first event, the PGM ADT Championship, in Malaysia in late June, six strokes ahead of the field. He won the Ciputra Golfpreneur Tournament in Indonesia in August, after a playoff, and the Raya Pakistan Open by nine shots in October. His third win gave him automatic promotion to the

for the rest of 2019. In November, he won the Panasonic Open India, becoming, at 17 years and 149 days, the second youngest professional to win on the Asian Tour. The event was reduced to 54 holes because of smog. In early 2020, he finished fourth in the SMBC Singapore Open. The event was part of the Open Qualifying Series and his high finish gave him an entry into the 2020 Open Championship, his first major championship. Kim won the 2022 Singapore International, beating Rattanon Wannasrichan in a playoff. The following week he recorded a runner-up finish at the SMBC Singapore Open, seeing him finish as the leading money winner of the 2020–21–22 Asian Tour season. In July, Kim finished solo-third at the Genesis Scottish Open, a co-sanctioned event between the

and the

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; he was one of three players who had earned entry to the tournament through the Korea Professional Golfers' Association (KPGA). With a T47 finish at the 2022 Open Championship, Kim became eligible for Special Temporary Membership on the PGA Tour for the remainder of the 2021–22 season. He earned his PGA Tour card for the 2022–23 season with a 7th place finish at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. The following week, he shot a final-round 61 to win the

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and gain entry into the 2022 FedEx Cup Playoffs. At the Wyndham Championship, he began the tournament with a quadruple-bogey 8 and finished it with a 9-under 61 for a five-shot victory. Kim qualified for the International team at the 2022 Presidents Cup; he won two and lost three of the five matches he played, and was hailed by the media as one of the stars of the event due to his entertaining play. In October 2022, Kim won the

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; in doing so, he became the second youngest two-time PGA Tour winner behind

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, and the first player to win twice on tour before the age of 21 since

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in 1996. In October 2023, Kim won the Shriners Children's Open for the second consecutive time, joining Byron Nelson as the only golfers to have won the same PGA Tour event twice in the same season.

Personal life

Kim also goes by Tom, a name derived from

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Amateur wins

*2017 Philippine Junior Amateur *2018 Philippine Amateur Open Championship, W Express RVF Cup Amateur Championship Source:

Professional wins (12)

PGA Tour wins (3)

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

Asian Tour wins (2)

''*Note: The 2019 Panasonic Open India was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.''
¹Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)

Korean Tour wins (2)

Korean Tour playoff record (0–2)

Asian Development Tour wins (3)

¹Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf of Malaysia Tour
²Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Indonesia

Philippine Golf Tour wins (2)

Playoff record

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order in 2020.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = no tournament due to

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Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2023 U.S. Open – 2024 U.S. Open) *Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2023 U.S. Open – 2023 Open Championship)

Results in The Players Championship

WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Professional *

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(representing the International team):

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References

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