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Biography
Kim Kyung-tae (Korean: 김경태; born 2 September 1986), also known as K.T. Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the Asian and Japan Golf Tours.
He won several tournaments asan 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 2–0–2 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 (team and individual), Korean Amateur Championship, Japan Amateur Championship
Professional wins (19)
Asian Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 May 2007 | GS Caltex Maekyung Open | −18 (70-66-67-67=270) | 4 strokes | Liang Wen-chong |
| 2 | 27 Sep 2015 | Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf | −9 (67-69-67-68=271) | 3 strokes | Yuta Ikeda, Toshinori Muto |
Co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour
Japan Golf Tour wins (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 | −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 Open | −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 Golf | −9 (67-69-67-68=271) | 3 strokes | Yuta Ikeda, Toshinori Muto |
| 10 | 1 Nov 2015 | Mynavi ABC Championship | −12 (66-69-68-69=272) | 2 strokes | Daisuke Kataoka, Katsumasa Miyamoto, Won Joon Lee |
| 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 |
Co-sanctioned with the OneAsia Tour
Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
OneAsia Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 May 2011 | GS Caltex Maekyung Open | −21 (67-68-66-66=267) | 8 strokes | Cho Min-gyu, Kim Hyung-sung |
| 2 | 14 Jun 2015 | Singha Corporation Thailand Open | −21 (71-64-67-65=267) | 3 strokes | Wang Jeung-hun |
Co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour
Korean Tour wins (6)
- 2006 Pocari Energen Open, SBS Samsung Benest Open (both as an amateur)
- 2007 SBS Tomato Savings Bank Open, GS Caltex Maekyung Open (co-santioned with the Asian Tour), SBS Samsung Apple City Open
- 2011 GS Caltex Maekyung Open (co-santioned with OneAsia Tour)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| The Open Championship | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico Championship | T49 | T51 | T42 | 76 | ||||
| Match Play | R64 | R64 | T17 | |||||
| Bridgestone Invitational | T6 | T24 | T21 | |||||
| HSBC Champions | T41 | T49 | T27 | T47 |
The HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
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