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Kim Si-woo
South Korean professional golfer
Kim Si-woo (Korean: 김시우; born 28 June 1995), also known as Si Woo Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2017 Players Championship to become the youngest ever winner of the event at age 21.[2]
| Kim Si-woo | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1995-06-28) 28 June 1995 (age 28) Seoul, South Korea |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 182 lb (83 kg; 13.0 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  South Korea |
| Spouse |
Oh Ji-hyun (m. 2022) |
| Career | |
| College | Yonsei University |
| Turned professional | 2012 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour Web.com Tour |
| Professional wins | 5 |
| Highest ranking | 28 (14 May 2017)[1] (as of 28 April 2024) |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 4 |
| Korn Ferry Tour | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | T12: 2021 |
| PGA Championship | T13: 2020 |
| U.S. Open | T13: 2017 |
| The Open Championship | T15: 2022 |
Medal record | |
Kim finished tied for 20th at the 2012 PGA Tour Qualifying School. He was only 17 years, 5 months, 6 days old at the time, the youngest player to graduate from the PGA Tour's qualifying school.[3] Due to PGA Tour rules, he could not become a PGA Tour member until he turned 18, midway through the 2013 season. In eight PGA Tour starts in 2013, Kim missed the cut in seven tournaments and withdrew from the eighth.[4] He also played in seven Web.com Tour events in 2013, making four cuts.
Kim played on the Web.com Tour in 2014, making 15 of 19 cuts including a third-place finish at the Cleveland Open. In 2015, he won his first Web.com Tour event, the Stonebrae Classic, in July.[5] He was the second-youngest winner in Web.com Tour history, after Jason Day. He finished 2015 in tenth place in the Web.com Tour money list,[6] to earn a place on the PGA Tour for 2016.
His first win on the PGA Tour came at the 2016 Wyndham Championship.[7] At 21, he was the season's youngest winner. His second win on the PGA Tour came at the 2017 Players Championship, beating Ian Poulter and Louis Oosthuizen by three-shots with a bogey-free 69 in his final round, becoming the second Korean to win the title after K. J. Choi in 2011.[8] Ranked 73rd in the world prior to the Players Championship, Kim was the second-lowest ranked player to win the tournament, with 2002 winner Craig Perks ranked outside 200th before his win. Kim moved up to 28th in the world after the win.
Kim lost in a sudden-death playoff at the 2018 RBC Heritage in April. He had held the sole lead for large portions of the final round, but shot three over on the back nine, missing a series of makeable putts, including at the last to win the tournament outright, to fall into a playoff. He lost on the third extra hole of the playoff, when Satoshi Kodaira holed a lengthy birdie putt on the par-3 17th.
In January 2021, Kim won The American Express in La Quinta, California. Kim shot a final round 8-under 64 to win by one stroke over Patrick Cantlay and claim his third PGA Tour title. In August later that year, Kim tied for the lead with five other players after 72 holes at the Wyndham Championship. Kevin Kisner took the title in the playoff.[9]
In September 2022, Kim was selected for the International team in the 2022 Presidents Cup; he won three and lost one of the four matches he played.[10]
In January 2023, Kim won the Sony Open in Hawaii. He birdied the final two holes to win by one shot over Hayden Buckley. It was his fourth PGA Tour victory.[11]
PGA Tour wins (4)
| Legend |
| Players Championships (1) |
| Other PGA Tour (3) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 Aug 2016 | Wyndham Championship | 68-60-64-67=259 | −21 | 5 strokes |  Luke Donald |
| 2 | 14 May 2017 | The Players Championship | 69-72-68-69=278 | −10 | 3 strokes |  Louis Oosthuizen, Ian Poulter |
| 3 | 24 Jan 2021 | The American Express | 66-68-67-64=265 | −23 | 1 stroke |  Patrick Cantlay |
| 4 | 15 Jan 2023 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 67-67-64-64=262 | −18 | 1 stroke | Hayden Buckley |
PGA Tour playoff record (0–3)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2016 | Barbasol Championship |  Aaron Baddeley |
Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole |
| 2 | 2018 | RBC Heritage |  Satoshi Kodaira |
Lost to birdie on third extra hole |
| 3 | 2021 | Wyndham Championship | Branden Grace, Kevin Kisner, Kevin Na, Adam Scott Roger Sloan |
Kisner won with birdie on second extra hole |
Web.com Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 Jul 2015 | Stonebrae Classic | 66-65-69-68=268 | −12 | Playoff | Jamie Lovemark, Wes Roach |
Web.com Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2015 | Stonebrae Classic | Jamie Lovemark, Wes Roach |
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | CUT | T24 | |
| U.S. Open | T13 | CUT | |
| The Open Championship | CUT | T67 | |
| PGA Championship | CUT | WD | CUT |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T21 | T34 | T12 | T39 | T29 | T30 |
| PGA Championship | CUT | T13 | CUT | T60 | CUT | |
| U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | T40 | CUT | T39 | |
| The Open Championship | CUT | NT | T15 | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Summary
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 |
| PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 14 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (twice)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 0
Wins (1)
| Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | The Players Championship | 2 shot deficit | −10 (69-72-68-69=278) | 3 strokes | Louis Oosthuizen, Ian Poulter |
Results timeline
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Players Championship | T23 | 1 | T63 | T56 | C | T9 | WD | T27 | T6 |
"T" indicates a tie for a place
WD = withdrew
C = Cancelled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | T72 | |||||||
| Match Play | T30 | R16 | T61 | NT1 | T56 | T18 | T17 | |
| Invitational | T50 | T10 | 65 | |||||
| Champions | T63 | T69 | NT1 | NT1 | NT1 | |||
1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022. The Champions was discontinued from 2023.
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Korea): 2012
Professional
- Presidents Cup (representing the International team): 2017, 2022
- World Cup (representing South Korea): 2018
- "Week 19 2017 Ending 14 May 2017" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- "New Kim on the block". The New Paper. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- "Si Woo Kim – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- "Si Woo Kim – Season". PGA Tour. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- "Si Woo Kim wins Web.com Tour's Stonebrae Classic in playoff". ESPN. Associated Press. 20 July 2015.
- "2015 Web.com Tour Regular Season Money List". PGA Tour. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- "Si Woo Kim ties Wyndham scoring mark, claims first PGA Tour title". ESPN. Associated Press. 22 August 2016.
- "Players Championship: Kim Si-woo holds off Ian Poulter to become youngest winner". BBC Sport. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- Kelly, Todd (15 August 2021). "Kevin Kisner wins Wyndham Championship after six-way playoff". MSN.
- Beall, Joel (25 September 2022). "Presidents Cup 2022: Our grades for all 24 players, from an A+ for Spieth to an F for Scheffler". Golf Digest. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- "PGA Tour: Si Woo Kim wins Sony Open in Hawaii with two late birdies; England's Ben Taylor finishes fourth". Sky Sports. 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- Kim Si-woo at the PGA Tour official site
- Kim Si-woo at the Korean Tour official site (in Korean)
- Kim Si-woo at the Official World Golf Ranking official site