| Kim Kyung-tae | |
| Birth Date: | 2 September 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Gangwon Province, South Korea |
| Weight: | 74kg (163lb) |
| Residence: | Seongnam, South Korea |
| College: | Yonsei University |
| Yearpro: | 2006 |
| Tour: | Japan Golf Tour Korean Tour |
| Extour: | Asian Tour OneAsia Tour |
| Prowins: | 20 |
| Japwins: | 14 |
| Asiawins: | 2 |
| Otherwins: | 5 |
| Masters: | T44: 2011 |
| Usopen: | T30: 2011 |
| Open: | T48: 2010 |
| Pga: | T48: 2010 |
| Award1: | Korean Tour Order of Merit winner |
| Year1: | 2007 |
| Award2: | Korean Tour Player of the Year |
| Year2: | 2007 |
| Award3: | Korean Tour Rookie of the Year |
| Year3: | 2007 |
| Award4: | Japan Golf Tour money list winner |
| Year4: | 2010, 2015 |
| Award5: | Japan Golf Tour Most Valuable Player |
| Year5: | 2015 |
Kim Kyung-tae (ko|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.
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.
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Flagship events (1) | |
| Japan majors (1) | |
| 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 |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Korean Tour playoff record (1–0)
| 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 |
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 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 |
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 |
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