Kim Kyung-tae
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| Kim Kyung-tae | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
2 September 1986 Kangwon Province, South Korea |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st) |
| Nationality |
 South Korea |
| Residence | Seongnam, South Korea |
| Career | |
| College | Yonsei University |
| Turned professional | 2006 |
| Current tour(s) |
Asian Tour Japan Golf Tour |
| Professional wins | 10 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Japan Golf Tour | 5 |
| Asian Tour | 1 |
| Other | 4 |
| Best results in Major Championships | |
| Masters Tournament | T44: 2011 |
| U.S. Open | T30: 2011 |
| The Open Championship | T48: 2010 |
| PGA Championship | T48: 2010 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Japan Golf Tour leading money winner | 2010 |
Kim Kyung-tae (born 2 September 1986), also known as K.T. Kim, is a South Korean golfer. He won several amateur tournaments, including the 2006 Japan Amateur Championship. He turned professional in late 2006 and he won the 2007 Maekyung Open in his second start on the Asian Tour. He has also won on the Korean domestic professional circuit.
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.
Amateur wins
- 2006 Asian Games (team and individual), Korean Amateur Championship, Japan Amateur Championship
Professional wins (10)
Asian Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 May 2007 | GS Caltex Maekyung Open | –18 (70-66-67-67=270) | 4 strokes |  Liang Wen-chong |
Japan Golf Tour wins (5)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 May 2010 | Diamond Cup Golf | –16 (65-68-68-71=272) | 2 strokes |  Koumei Oda |
| 2 | 17 Oct 2010 | Japan Open | –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 |
OneAsia Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 May 2011 | GS Caltex Maekyung Open | –21 (67-68-66-66=267) | 8 strokes | Cho Min-gyu, Kim Hyung-sung |
Other wins
- 2006 Pocari Enerzen Open, Samsung Benest Open (Korea) (both as an amateur)
- 2007 SBS Tomatobank Open
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | DNP | T44 | CUT | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP | T30 | 67 | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T48 | CUT | CUT | T73 |
| PGA Championship | T48 | T59 | 61 | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
Summary
- Starts – 11
- Wins – 0
- 2nd place finishes – 0
- 3rd place finishes – 0
- Top 3 finishes – 0
- Top 5 finishes – 0
- Top 10 finishes – 0
- Top 25 finishes – 0
- Missed cuts – 3
- Most consecutive cuts made – 4
- Longest streak of top-10s – 0
Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Korea): 2004, 2006
Professional
- Presidents Cup (representing the International team): 2011
- Royal Trophy (representing Asia): 2011, 2012 (winners), 2013
External links
- Kim Kyung-tae at the Asian Tour official site
- Kim Kyung-tae at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Kim Kyung-tae at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- asiantour.com story on 2007 Maekyung Open win
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