Kim Joo-hyung ( ko, 김주형; born 21 June 2002), also known as Tom Kim, is a South Korean

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. He has won twice on the

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, twice on the

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, as well as having two victories on the

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Early life and amateur career

Kim was born in

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, South Korea and is the son of a professional golfer, Kim Chang-ik, who played on the

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before becoming a teaching professional. As a result, Kim was based in Australia, the Philippines and later Thailand for a number of years. In 2018 he won the Philippine Amateur Open Championship and the W Express RVF Cup Amateur Championship.

Professional career

Kim turned professional in May 2018, playing on the Philippine Golf Tour. In 2019 he initially played mostly on the

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. In March he had two fourth-place finishes in Malaysia and then two runner-up finishes in Thailand before winning his first event, the PGM ADT Championship, in Malaysia in late June, six strokes ahead of the field. He won the Ciputra Golfpreneur Tournament in Indonesia in August, after a playoff, and the Raya Pakistan Open by nine shots in October. His third win gave him automatic promotion to the

for the rest of 2019. In November, he won the

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, becoming, at 17 years and 149 days, the second youngest professional to win on the Asian Tour. The event was reduced to 54 holes because of smog. In early 2020, he finished fourth in the

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. The event was part of the Open Qualifying Series and his high finish gave him an entry into the

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, his first major championship. Kim won the 2022

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, beating

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in a playoff. The following week he recorded a runner-up finish at the

, seeing him finish as the leading money winner of the

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season. In July, Kim finished solo-third at the

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, a co-sanctioned event between the

and the

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; he was one of three players who had earned entry to the tournament through the Korea Professional Golfers' Association (KPGA). With a T47 finish at the

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, Kim became eligible for Special Temporary Membership on the PGA Tour for the remainder of the 2021–22 season. He earned his PGA Tour card for the 2022–23 season with a 7th place finish at the

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. The following week, he shot a final-round 61 to win the

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and gain entry into the

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. At the Wyndham Championship, he began the tournament with a quadruple-bogey 8 and finished it with a 9-under 61 for a five-shot victory. Kim qualified for the International team at the

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; he won two and lost three of the five matches he played, and was hailed by the media as one of the stars of the event due his entertaining play. In October 2022, Kim won the

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; in doing so, he became the second youngest two-time PGA Tour winner behind

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, and the first to player to win twice on tour before the age of 21 since

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in 1996.

Personal life

Kim also goes by Tom, a name derived from

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Amateur wins

*2017 Philippine Junior Amateur *2018 Philippine Amateur Open Championship, W Express RVF Cup Amateur Championship Source:

Professional wins (11)

PGA Tour wins (2)

Asian Tour wins (2)

''*Note: The 2019 Panasonic Open India was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.''
¹Co-sanctioned by the

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Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)

Korean Tour wins (2)

Asian Development Tour wins (3)

¹Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf of Malaysia Tour
²Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Indonesia

Philippine Golf Tour wins (2)

Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order in 2020.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to

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Team appearances

Professional *

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(representing the International team):

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References

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