Kim Tae-hoon (golfer)

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In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Tae-hoon
Personal information
Born (1985-09-15) 15 September 1985 (age 36)
Sporting nationality South Korea
Career
Turned professional2005
Current tour(s)Korean Tour
Professional wins4
Achievements and awards
Korean Tour
Order of Merit winner		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 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 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 , 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. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 4 Aug 2013 −21 (67-66-67-67=267) 3 strokes South Korea Ryu Hyun-woo
2 8 Nov 2015 Caido Golf LIS Tour Championship −13 (68-65-70=203) 1 stroke South Korea Park Jun-won
3 19 Aug 2018 −13 (76-67-69-63=275) 1 stroke South Korea
4 11 Oct 2020 Genesis Championship −6 (70-68-71-73=282) 2 strokes South Korea

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Korean Tour Player Taehoon Kim" (in Korean). Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Kim Tae-hoon picks up Genesis Championship win". Korea JoongAng Daily. 11 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Genesis Points" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Genesis Prize Ranking" (in Korean). KPGA. Retrieved 8 November 2020.

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