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Kim Dae-sub
Kim Dae-sub ( ko, 김대섭; born 30 June 1981) is a South Korean professional golfer. Kim played on the Korean Tour where he won nine times. He won the Korea Open as a 17-year-old amateur in 1998 and won it again in 2001 at which point he turned professional. He won the event a third time in 2012. Professional wins (10) Asian PGA Tour wins (2) 1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour OneAsia Tour wins (1) 1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour Korean Tour wins (10) 1Co-sanctioned by the Asian PGA Tour 2Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour Korean Tour playoff record (1–1) Team appearances Amateur * Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Korea): 1998, 2000 Professional * World Cup (representing South Korea): 2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ... References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Tour
The Korean Tour is a men's professional golf tour run by the Korea Professional Golfers' Association (KPGA) of South Korea. In 2011, it had total prize money of about US$14 million. Professional golf in Korea dates back to the mid 20th century. The Korean Professional Golf Championship and the Korean Open were launched in 1958 and the KPGA was founded in 1963. Various other tournaments were created over the following decades. The KPGA's tours serve as feeders for richer tours around the world. Substantial numbers of Korean golfers have played on the Asian Tour and the Japan Golf Tour, and a few have made it onto the PGA Tour or the European Tour. Notable examples include Yang Yong-eun, who was the first Korean to win a men's major golf championship, and K. J. Choi, the first Korean-born PGA Tour winner whose most notable win was the 2011 Players Championship. In December 2022, it was announced by the European Tour that the KPGA had extended their partnership with them and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |