Kim Kyung-tae explained

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.

Career

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.

Amateur wins

• 2006 Asian Games (individual winner), Korean Amateur Championship, Japan Amateur Championship

Professional wins (20)

Japan Golf Tour wins (14)

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

¹Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour
²Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

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

Asian Tour wins (2)

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

¹Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour
²Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour

OneAsia Tour wins (2)

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

¹Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour
²Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour

Korean Tour wins (6)

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

¹Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
²Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour

Korean Tour playoff record (1–0)

Results in major championships

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

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place

Summary

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

• Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2010 Open Championship – 2011 U.S. Open)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Results in World Golf Championships

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

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Korea): 2004, 2006
• Bonallack Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 2004 (winners), 2006

Professional

• Presidents Cup (representing the International team): 2011
• Royal Trophy (representing Asia): 2011, 2012 (winners), 2013
• EurAsia Cup (representing Asia): 2016
• World Cup (representing South Korea): 2016

See also

• List of golfers with most Japan Golf Tour wins