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Kim Kyung-tae

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Kyung-tae (Korean: 김경태; born 2 September 1986), also known as K.T. Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer who currently plays on the Japan Golf Tour and the Korean Tour.

Kim Kyung-tae
Kim at the 2011 Presidents Cup
Personal information
Born (1986-09-02) 2 September 1986 (age 38)
Gangwon Province, South Korea
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st)
Sporting nationality South Korea
ResidenceSeongnam, South Korea
Career
CollegeYonsei University
Turned professional2006
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Korean Tour
Former tour(s)Asian Tour
OneAsia Tour
Professional wins20
Highest ranking18 (7 August 2011)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour14
Asian Tour2
Other5
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT44: 2011
PGA ChampionshipT48: 2010
U.S. OpenT30: 2011
The Open ChampionshipT48: 2010
Achievements and awards
Korean Tour
Order of Merit winner		2007
Korean Tour
Player of the Year		2007
Korean Tour
Rookie of the Year		2007
Japan Golf Tour
money list winner		2010, 2015
Japan Golf Tour
Most Valuable Player		2015
Medal record
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Men's individual
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Men's team

Career

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He won several tournaments as an amateur, including the 2006 Japan Amateur Championship and two events on the 2006 Korean Tour. He turned professional in late 2006 and won the 2007 Maekyung Open in his second start on the Asian Tour.

In 2010, Kim won the Diamond Cup Golf, Japan Open and Mynavi ABC Championship on the Japan Golf Tour 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, 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 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

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  • 2006 Asian Games (individual winner), Korean Amateur Championship, Japan Amateur Championship

Professional wins (20)

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Japan Golf Tour wins (14)

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Legend
Flagship events (1)
Japan majors (1)[a]
Other Japan Golf Tour (13)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 30 May 2010 Diamond Cup Golf −16 (65-68-68-71=272) 2 strokes   Koumei Oda
2 17 Oct 2010 Japan Open Golf Championship −13 (69-70-68-64=271) 2 strokes   Hiroyuki Fujita
3 31 Oct 2010 Mynavi ABC Championship −13 (67-70-70-69=275) 1 stroke   Ryo Ishikawa
4 24 Jul 2011 Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup −15 (67-70-68-68=273) 4 strokes   Ryo Ishikawa
5 2 Sep 2012 Fujisankei Classic −8 (70-70-68-68=276) 1 stroke   Yuta Ikeda
6 14 Jun 2015 Singha Corporation Thailand Open1 −21 (71-64-67-65=267) 3 strokes   Wang Jeung-hun
7 12 Jul 2015 Musee Platinum Open −20 (68-67-63-66=264) 1 stroke   Cho Min-gyu,   Brad Kennedy,
  Park Jae-bum
8 6 Sep 2015 Fujisankei Classic −9 (70-64-68-73=275) 1 stroke   Lee Kyoung-hoon
9 27 Sep 2015 Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf2 (2) −9 (67-69-67-68=271) 3 strokes   Yuta Ikeda,   Toshinori Muto
10 1 Nov 2015 Mynavi ABC Championship (2) −12 (66-69-68-69=272) 2 strokes   Daisuke Kataoka,   Won Joon Lee,
  Katsumasa Miyamoto
11 17 Apr 2016 Token Homemate Cup −13 (68-67-67-69=271) Playoff   Tomohiro Kondo
12 1 May 2016 The Crowns −10 (69-69-65-67=270) Playoff   Daisuke Kataoka
13 29 May 2016 Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open −11 (69-64-71-73=277) 1 stroke   Kodai Ichihara,   Shugo Imahira,
  Lee Sang-hee
14 1 Dec 2019 Casio World Open −20 (70-68-66-64=268) 2 strokes   Shaun Norris

1Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2009 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup   Shigeki Maruyama Lost to par on fourth extra hole
2 2016 Token Homemate Cup   Tomohiro Kondo Won with birdie on first extra hole
3 2016 The Crowns   Daisuke Kataoka Won with par on first extra hole

Asian Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 6 May 2007 GS Caltex Maekyung Open1 −18 (70-66-67-67=270) 4 strokes   Liang Wenchong
2 27 Sep 2015 Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf2 −9 (67-69-67-68=271) 3 strokes   Yuta Ikeda,   Toshinori Muto

1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour

OneAsia Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 8 May 2011 GS Caltex Maekyung Open1 −21 (67-68-66-66=267) 8 strokes   Cho Min-gyu,   Kim Hyung-sung
2 14 Jun 2015 Singha Corporation Thailand Open2 −21 (71-64-67-65=267) 3 strokes   Wang Jeung-hun

1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour

Korean Tour wins (6)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 28 May 2006 Pocari Energy Open
(as an amateur) 		−8 (68-69-74-69=280) Playoff   Han Lee,   Suk Jong-yul
2 10 Sep 2006 SBS Samsung Benest Open
(as an amateur) 		−14 (69-68-69-68=274) 1 stroke   Won Joon Lee
3 29 Apr 2007 SBS Tomato Savings Bank Open −1 (73-69-72-73=287) 1 stroke   Choi Gwang-soo,   Gong Young-joon
4 6 May 2007 GS Caltex Maekyung Open1 −18 (70-66-67-67=270) 4 strokes   Liang Wenchong
5 12 Jul 2007 SBS Samsung Apple City Open −12 (65-68-67-72=272) 5 strokes   Mo Joong-kyung
6 8 May 2011 GS Caltex Maekyung Open2 (2) −21 (67-68-66-66=267) 8 strokes   Cho Min-gyu,   Kim Hyung-sung

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour

Korean Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2006 Pocari Energy Open
(as an amateur) 		  Han Lee,   Suk Jong-yul Won with birdie on second extra hole
Suk eliminated by birdie on first hole

Results in major championships

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Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Masters Tournament T44 CUT
U.S. Open T30 67 CUT
The Open Championship T48 CUT CUT T73 T53 T62
PGA Championship T48 T59 61 CUT T67
  Did not play

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

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 11
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2010 Open Championship – 2011 U.S. Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Results in World Golf Championships

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Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Championship T49 T51 T42 76
Match Play R64 R64 T17
Invitational T6 T24 T21
Champions T41 T49 T27 T47
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

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Amateur

Professional

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The 2010 Japan Open Golf Championship was also a Japan major championship.

References

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  1. ^ "Week 32 2011 Ending 7 Aug 2011" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
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