Kim Koivu (born 11 April 1991) is a Finnish

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who plays on the

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. He won three times on the 2018

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Amateur career

Koivu attended

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from 2013 to 2015, having previously attended

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for two years. Koivu played on the

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as an amateur during 2017. At the end of the season, he qualified for the final stage of the

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. He turned professional at the end of the season.

Professional career

Koivu's success in reaching the final stage of the

gained him entry to

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events. He won his second event, the Belt & Road Colorful Yunnan Open, won again later in the season at the

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, where he beat

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at the first hole of a playoff, and then won the

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two weeks later. His three wins earning him an immediate promotion to the

Amateur wins

*2011 Fall LMU Invitational *2012 Cherokee Valley Invitational, Aramark Collegiate Invitational *2013 Irish Creek Intercollegiate

Professional wins (7)

Challenge Tour wins (3)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

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Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

Finnish Tour wins (4)

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Finland):

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