Kim Kyung-tae


Kim Kyung-tae, 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 as an 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

Japan Golf Tour wins (14)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
130 May 2010Diamond Cup Golf−16 2 strokes Koumei Oda
217 Oct 2010Japan Open Golf Championship−13 2 strokes Hiroyuki Fujita
331 Oct 2010Mynavi ABC Championship−13 1 stroke Ryo Ishikawa
424 Jul 2011Nagashima Shigeo Invitational
Sega Sammy Cup		−15 4 strokes Ryo Ishikawa
52 Sep 2012Fujisankei Classic−8 1 stroke Yuta Ikeda
614 Jun 2015Singha Corporation Thailand Open1−21 3 strokes Wang Jeung-hun
712 Jul 2015Musee Platinum Open−20 1 stroke Cho Min-gyu, Brad Kennedy,
Park Jae-bum
86 Sep 2015Fujisankei Classic−9 1 stroke Lee Kyoung-hoon
927 Sep 2015Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf2 −9 3 strokes Yuta Ikeda, Toshinori Muto
101 Nov 2015Mynavi ABC Championship −12 2 strokes Daisuke Kataoka, Katsumasa Miyamoto,
Won Joon Lee
1117 Apr 2016Token Homemate Cup−13 Playoff Tomohiro Kondo
121 May 2016The Crowns−10 Playoff Daisuke Kataoka
1329 May 2016Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open−11 1 stroke Kodai Ichihara, Shugo Imahira,
Lee Sang-hee
141 Dec 2019Casio World Open−20 2 strokes Shaun Norris

1Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
Japan Golf Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12009Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Shigeki MaruyamaLost to par on fourth extra hole
22016Token Homemate Cup Tomohiro KondoWon with birdie on first extra hole
32016The Crowns Daisuke KataokaWon with par on first extra hole

Asian Tour wins (2)

1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour

OneAsia Tour wins (2)

1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour

Korean Tour wins (6)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place

Summary

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.
Tournament20102011201220132014201520162017
ChampionshipT49T51T4276
Match PlayR64R64T17
InvitationalT6T24T21
ChampionsT41T49T27T47

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Amateur
Professional