Kim Tae-hoon (golfer) explained

Kim Tae-hoon
Birth Date:15 September 1985
Yearpro:2005
Tour:Korean Tour
Prowins:4
Award1:Korean Tour
Order of Merit winner
Year1:2020
Award2:Korean Tour
Player of the Year
Year2:2020

Kim Tae-hoon (Korean: 김태훈; born 15 September 1985) is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the Korean Tour. He has won four times on the tour, including the 2020 Genesis Championship.

Professional career

Kim turned professional in 2005 and made his debut on the Korean Tour in 2007.[1] However, he had little success until 2013 when he won the Bosung CC Classic and had 8 top-10 finishes in the 11 events he played in.[1] He finished third in the points-based Order of Merit and fourth in the prize money list. He had less success in 2014 but was twice runner-up, in the Happiness Songhak Construction Open and the KJ Choi Invitational, and finished 16th in the money list.[1] Kim got his second win in the 2015 Caido Golf LIS Tour Championship, the final event of the season. After two poor season, Kim won again in 2018, at the Dong-A Membership Group Busan Open, after a final round 63.[1] In 2019 he was second to Kim Bi-o in the NS HomeShopping Gunsan CC Jeonbuk Open.[1] The 2020 season didn't start until July, but Kim was tied for third in the opening event, tied 4th in the KPGA Championship, joint runner-up in the Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational before winning the Genesis Championship in October.[2] On the 2020 Korean Tour he finished top of both the Genesis Points and the prize money lists.[3] [4]

Professional wins (4)

Korean Tour wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
14 Aug 2013Bosung CC Classic−21 (67-66-67-67=267)3 strokes Ryu Hyun-woo
28 Nov 2015Caido Golf LIS Tour Championship−13 (68-65-70=203)*1 stroke Park Jun-won
319 Aug 2018Dong-A Membership Group Busan Open−13 (76-67-69-63=275)1 stroke Byun Jin-jae
411 Oct 2020Genesis Championship−6 (70-68-71-73=282)2 strokes Lee Jae-kyeong
*Note: The 2015 Caido Golf LIS Tour Championship was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

Korean Tour playoff record (0–1)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Korean Tour Player Taehoon Kim . Korean . 11 October 2020.
  2. News: Kim Tae-hoon picks up Genesis Championship win . . 11 October 2020.
  3. Web site: Genesis Points . KPGA . Korean . 8 November 2020.
  4. Web site: Genesis Prize Ranking . KPGA . Korean . 8 November 2020.