Kim Joo-hyung

Kim Joo-hyung (Korean: 김주형; born 21 June 2002) is a South Korean professional golfer. He has won twice on the Asian Tour, as well as having two victories on the Korean Tour.

For the football player, see Kim Ju-hyoung.

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Joo-hyung
Personal information
NicknameTom
Born (2002-06-21) 21 June 2002
Seoul, South Korea
Sporting nationality South Korea
Career
Turned professional2018
Current tour(s)Asian Tour
Korean Tour
Former tour(s)Asian Development Tour
Professional wins7
Highest ranking74 (17 April 2022)[1]
(as of 1 May 2022)
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour2
Other5
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2020
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipDNP
Achievements and awards
Asian Tour
Order of Merit		2020–21–22
Korean Tour
Order of Merit winner		2021

Early life and amateur career

Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea and is the son of a professional golfer, Kim Chang-ik, who played on the Buy.com Tour before becoming a teaching professional.[2][3] As a result, Kim was based in Australia, the Philippines and later Thailand for a number of years.[4] In 2018 he won the Philippine Amateur Open Championship and the W Express RVF Cup Amateur Championship.[4]

Professional career

Kim turned professional in May 2018, playing on the Philippine Golf Tour.[4] In 2019 he initially played mostly on the Asian Development Tour. 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 Asian Tour for the rest of 2019.[4] 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.[4] 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.[5]

Personal life

Kim also goes by Tom, a name derived from Thomas the Tank Engine.[6]

Amateur wins
  • 2017 Philippine Junior Amateur
  • 2018 Philippine Amateur Open Championship, W Express RVF Cup Amateur Championship

Source:[7]

Professional wins (7)

Asian Tour wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 17 Nov 2019 Panasonic Open India −13 (70-68-65=203)* 1 stroke S. Chikkarangappa, Shiv Kapur
2 16 Jan 2022 Singapore International −4 (72-73-69-70=284) Playoff Rattanon Wannasrichan

*Note: The 2019 Panasonic Open India was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2022 Singapore International Rattanon Wannasrichan Won with birdie on first extra hole

Korean Tour wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 12 Jul 2020 KPGA Gunsan CC Open −16 (65-70-64-69=268) 2 strokes Kim Min-kyu
2 13 Jun 2021 SK Telecom Open −14 (67-70-65-68=270) 3 strokes Kim Baek-jun (a)

Asian Development Tour wins (3)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 29 Jun 2019 PGM ADT Championship −23 (69-63-67-66=265) 6 strokes Sukree Othman, Naoki Sekito
2 24 Aug 2019 Ciputra Golfpreneur Tournament −18 (69-68-66-67=270) Playoff Mardan Mamat
3 20 Oct 2019 Raya Pakistan Open −17 (66-64-68-73=271) 9 strokes Muhammad Shabbir

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2020
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship NT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

References
  1. "Week 16 2022 Ending 17 Apr 2022" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  2. "Shiv Kapur's errant drive on last hole hands Korean teen the Panasonic Open India title". The Hindu BusinessLine. 17 November 2019.
  3. "Interview with golf sensation Kim Joo-hyung". The Dong-A Ilbo. 20 December 2019.
  4. "Whiz kid Kim wins the Panasonic Open India". Asian Tour. 17 November 2019.
  5. "Joohyung Kim King of the Tour". Asian Tour. 23 January 2022.
  6. Powers, Christopher (23 September 2020). "Tour pro says he got his nickname from Thomas the Tank Engine, is dead serious". Golf Digest.
  7. "Joo Hyung Kim". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
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