Chan Kim | |||||||
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Personal information | |||||||
Born | Suwon, South Korea | March 24, 1990||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||
Weight | 105 kg (231 lb; 16.5 st) | ||||||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||||||
Residence | Gilbert, Arizona | ||||||
Career | |||||||
College | Arizona State University | ||||||
Turned professional | 2010 | ||||||
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour | ||||||
Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour Asian Tour Korn Ferry Tour Challenge Tour Canadian Tour | ||||||
Professional wins | 10 | ||||||
Highest ranking | 61 (December 29, 2019) [1] (as of February 25, 2024) | ||||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||||
Japan Golf Tour | 8 | ||||||
Korn Ferry Tour | 2 | ||||||
Best results in major championships | |||||||
Masters Tournament | DNP | ||||||
PGA Championship | T23: 2021 | ||||||
U.S. Open | CUT: 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 | ||||||
The Open Championship | T11: 2017 | ||||||
Achievements and awards | |||||||
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Chan Kim (born March 24, 1990) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the Korn Ferry Tour. He formerly played on the Japan Golf Tour, where he won eight times.
Kim was born in Suwon, South Korea, but grew up in Hawaii. [2]
Kim played his college golf at Arizona State University. [3]
He won the 2009 Pacific Coast Amateur. [4] He was also a two-time winner of the Arizona Stroke Play Championship. [5]
Kim played on the Canadian Tour in 2011. [6] He played on the Challenge Tour in 2013 and the Asian Tour in 2013 and 2014. [6] In 2013, he was runner-up at the Yeangder Tournament Players Championship. [7] He has played on the Japan Golf Tour since 2015. [6]
He won the Mizuno Open on the Japan Golf Tour to earn a spot in the 2017 Open Championship. Earlier that week he earned a qualifying spot to the 2017 U.S. Open. [8] In early July, he won his second Japan Golf Tour event, the Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup, after a bogey-free final round of 66.
In August 2023, Kim won his first event on the Korn Ferry Tour, winning the Magnit Championship by three shots. [9] He then won the Albertsons Boise Open the week after and by the end of the season, he secured his PGA Tour Card for the next season by finishing 2nd on the points list. [10]
Legend |
Flagship events (1) |
Japan majors (2) |
Other Japan Golf Tour (6) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | May 28, 2017 | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open | −15 (68-70-67-68=273) | 5 strokes | ![]() |
2 | Jul 9, 2017 | Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup | −18 (67-70-67-66=270) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
3 | Nov 5, 2017 | Heiwa PGM Championship | −6 (67-70-72-69=278) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
4 | Oct 20, 2019 | Japan Open Golf Championship | +1 (74-69-75-67=285) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
5 | Dec 6, 2020 | Golf Nippon Series JT Cup | −8 (66-66-73-67=272) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
6 | Oct 3, 2021 | Vantelin Tokai Classic | −14 (64-68-69-69=270) | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
7 | Nov 21, 2021 | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | −17 (69-69-66-63=267) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
8 | Nov 27, 2022 | Casio World Open | −32 (64-66-64-62=256) | 6 strokes | ![]() |
Legend |
Finals events (1) |
Other Korn Ferry Tour (1) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | Aug 20, 2023 | Magnit Championship | −20 (70-66-68-64=268) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
2 | Aug 27, 2023 | Albertsons Boise Open | −28 (66-62-64-64=256) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
Tournament | 2017 | 2018 |
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Masters Tournament | ||
U.S. Open | CUT | |
The Open Championship | T11 | |
PGA Championship |
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Masters Tournament | ||||
PGA Championship | CUT | T23 | CUT | |
U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
The Open Championship | CUT | NT | T53 | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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Championship | T35 | ||||
Match Play | NT1 | ||||
Invitational | |||||
Champions | T58 | T46 | NT1 | NT1 |
1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied
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