Kim Joo-hyung


Kim Joo-hyung is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour. He won the 2019 Panasonic Open India.

Early life and amateur career

Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea and is the son of a professional golfer, Kim Chang-ik, who played on the Buy.com Tour 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 Asian Development Tour. 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 Asian Tour for the rest of 2019. In November, he won the Panasonic Open India, 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 SMBC Singapore Open. The event was part of the Open Qualifying Series and his high finish gave him an entry into the 2020 Open Championship, his first major championship.

Amateur wins

Source:

Professional wins (5)

Asian Tour wins (1)

Korean Tour wins (1)

Asian Development Tour wins (3)

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic