Bae Sang-moon
| Bae Sang-moon 배상문 | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Bae Sang-moon |
| Born |
21 June 1986 Daegu, South Korea |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] |
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 13 st)[1] |
| Nationality |
 South Korea |
| Residence | Kyunggi-do, South Korea |
| Career | |
| College | Daegu University |
| Turned professional | 2004 |
| Current tour(s) |
Asian Tour Japan Golf Tour PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 15 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 2 |
| Japan Golf Tour | 3 |
| Asian Tour | 3 |
| Other | 7 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | T33: 2015 |
| U.S. Open | T42: 2011 |
| The Open Championship | T64: 2012 |
| PGA Championship | T54: 2012 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Japan Golf Tour leading money winner | 2011 |
Bae Sang-moon (Korean: 배상문; born 21 June 1986), or Sang-moon Bae, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour.
Bae turned professional in 2004. He won the 2006 Emerson Pacific Group Open on the Korean Tour, and in 2007 he won the SK Telecom Open, an Asian Tour and Korean Tour co-sanctioned event held in his home country. In 2008, he won his home country's open, the Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open. In 2009, he won the GS Caltex Maekyung Open.
In 2011, Bae finished as the leading money winner on the Japan Golf Tour for the season after winning three tournaments. Bae was the second consecutive Korean to take this accolade after Kim Kyung-tae's success in 2010. His three victories all came within two months of each other at the Vana H Cup KBC Augusta, the Coca-Cola Tokai Classic and the Japan Open. At the end of the year, he competed at the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament, where he finished T11 to secure his playing rights for the 2012 PGA Tour season.
Bae started the season very strongly, making all of his first eight cuts on the PGA Tour. He recorded his first top-10 finish of the year when he reached the quarter-finals at the 2012 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, knocking out Ian Poulter and Charl Schwartzel before losing to Rory McIlroy. In March 2012, Bae lost in a four-man playoff at the Transitions Championship on the PGA Tour. After finishing at −13 for the tournament, he lost the playoff when Luke Donald holed a birdie putt on the first extra hole to defeat Bae, Jim Furyk and Robert Garrigus. He finished his debut season making 17 out of 25 cuts and ended up 71st in the FedEx Cup standings, one position outside of qualifying for the third playoff event.
In May 2013, Bae won his first PGA Tour event at the HP Byron Nelson Championship, beating Keegan Bradley by two strokes.[2] Bae entered the final round a single stroke behind Bradley, but birdied four out of his first seven holes to move four ahead. However Bae double-bogeyed the ninth after finding water and bogeyed the 10th and 15th to drop back to a share of the lead. Bae then proceeded to birdie the 16th and when Bradley bogeyed the 17th, Bae had a comfortable two shot lead to come down the 18th and secure his maiden victory.[3][4] He became just the fourth South Korean-born winner on the PGA Tour, after K. J. Choi, Y. E. Yang, and Kevin Na.
Despite the win, Bae was embroiled in political controversy late 2014 since his work visa expired and he had yet to serve the compulsory two years in the South Korean military required of men age 18-35.
Professional wins (15)
PGA Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 May 2013 | HP Byron Nelson Championship | 66-66-66-69=267 | −13 | 2 strokes |  Keegan Bradley |
| 2 | 12 Oct 2014 | Frys.com Open | 66-69-65-73=273 | −15 | 2 strokes |  Steven Bowditch |
PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2012 | Transitions Championship |  Luke Donald, Jim Furyk, Robert Garrigus |
Donald won with birdie on first extra hole |
Asian Tour wins (3)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 May 2007 | SK Telecom Open | 64-69-71-67=271 | −17 | 6 strokes | Aaron Baddeley, Kim Hyung-tae |
| 2 | 5 Oct 2008 | Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open | 67-70-67-69=273 | −11 | 1 stroke | Ian Poulter |
| 3 | 17 May 2009 | GS Caltex Maekyung Open | 71-70-70-70=281 | −7 | Playoff | Ted Oh |
OneAsia Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 Sep 2009 | Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open (2) | 71-71-65-67=271 | −10 | 1 stroke | Kim Dae-sub |
| 2 | 23 May 2010 | SK Telecom Open (2) | 68-65-66-67=266 | −22 | 3 strokes | Kim Dae-hyun |
Japan Golf Tour wins (3)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 Aug 2011 | Vana H Cup KBC Augusta | 65-64-70-67=266 | −22 | 2 strokes |  Ryo Ishikawa, Tomohiro Kondo |
| 2 | 2 Oct 2011 | Coca-Cola Tokai Classic | 69-67-72-73=281 | −7 | 1 stroke | Tadahiro Takayama |
| 3 | 16 Oct 2011 | Japan Open | 69-74-68-71=282 | −2 | Playoff | Kenichi Kuboya |
Other wins (5)
- 2006 Emerson Pacific Group Open (Korean Tour)
- 2008 KEB Invitational (Korea-China Tour), Fortis International Challenge (Malaysia; with Kim Hyung-tae)
- 2013 Shinhan Donghae Open (Korean Tour)
- 2014 Shinhan Donghae Open (Korean Tour)
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | DNP | DNP | DNP | T37 | DNP | CUT | T33 |
| U.S. Open | CUT | DNP | T42 | CUT | CUT | DNP | |
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | CUT | T64 | DNP | DNP | |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | T54 | CUT | DNP |
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
Yellow background for top-10.
Summary
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (2012 Open Championship – 2012 PGA)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 0
Results in World Golf Championships
Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Championship | 71 | DNP | DNP | T46 |
| Cadillac Match Play Championship | QF | DNP | DNP | |
| Bridgestone Invitational | 66 | T53 | DNP | |
| HSBC Champions | DNP | DNP | DNP |
- DNP = Did not play
- QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
- "T" = tied
- Yellow background for top-10.
Team appearances
- World Cup (representing South Korea): 2008, 2013
- Royal Trophy (representing Asia): 2012 (winners)
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sang-Moon Bae profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ↑ Casey, Phil (20 May 2013). "Bae Sang-moon holds off Bradley to claim Byron Nelson title". Irish Independent. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- ↑ "Sang-Moon Bae's 1st PGA win comes at Byron Nelson". CBC Sports. Associated Press. 20 May 2001. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- ↑ Hawkins, Stephen (20 May 2013). "Sang-Moon wins the HP Byron Nelson Championship". PGA of America. Associated Press. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
External links
- Bae Sang-moon at the Asian Tour official site
- Bae Sang-moon at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Bae Sang-moon at the PGA Tour official site
- Bae Sang-moon at the Official World Golf Ranking official site