Kim Meen-whee explained

Kim Meen-whee
Birth Date:22 February 1992
Yearpro:2010
Tour:Asian Tour
Korn Ferry Tour
Extour:PGA Tour
Korean Tour
OneAsia Tour
Prowins:2
Masters:DNP
Usopen:T50: 2017
Open:DNP
Pga:CUT: 2018
Award1:Korean Tour
Rookie of the Year
Year1:2012

Kim Meen-whee (Korean: 김민휘; born 22 February 1992), also known as Whee Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer.

Amateur career

As an amateur, Kim won the gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games, both individual and team. He turned professional shortly afterwards.[1] As a gold medalist in the Asian Games, Kim became exempt from military service.

Professional career

After turning professional, Kim played on the Korean Tour and the OneAsia Tour. He finished eighth on the OneAsia Tour's Order of Merit in 2011.[2] He won the 2012 Shinhan Donghae Open on the Korean Tour.[3]

Kim led the second and third rounds of the 2012 PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament, but finished outside the top 25 with a 43rd-place finish, giving him Web.com Tour status. Kim played on the Web.com Tour in 2013 and 2014. His best finish was a tie for second place in the 2013 Mexico Championship.

Kim has played mostly on the PGA Tour since 2015. He was twice a runner-up in 2017, in the FedEx St. Jude Classic and then losing in a playoff in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, an early season event on the 2018 PGA Tour. He was also runner-up in the 2015 Korea Open and in 2018 he had his second Korean Tour win in the Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (2)

Korean Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
114 Oct 2012Shinhan Donghae Open−4 (73-71-68-72=284)Playoff Kevin Na
210 Jun 2018Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay1 up Hyun Jeong-hyeob

Korean Tour playoff record (1–0)

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2017 2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. OpenT50
The Open Championship
PGA ChampionshipCUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Golden Kim Meen-whee has eye on first OneAsia victory at the Charity High1 Resort Open . 30 August 2012 . 19 October 2012 . dead . https://archive.today/20130420042122/http://www.golfblogger.co.uk/post/golden-kim-meenwhee-has-eye-on-first-oneasia-victory-at-the-charity-high1-resort-open-978 . 20 April 2013 .
  2. Web site: Order of Merit 2011 . OneAsia . 19 October 2012 . 5 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161105060650/http://oneasia.asia/order-of-merit/2011-order-of-merit.html . dead .
  3. Web site: Pro V1x Loyalist Jonas Blixt Highlights 8-Win Week for Titleist Golf Ball Players . 15 October 2012 . 19 October 2012.