Kim Do-hoon (golfer, born March 1989)
| Kim Do-hoon | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 12 March 1989 |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb) |
| Sporting nationality |  South Korea |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2007 |
| Current tour(s) | Korean Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
| Professional wins | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | T30: 2011 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
Medal record | |
Kim Do-hoon (Template:Lang-ko; born 12 March 1989) is a South Korean professional golfer. He is also called Kim Do-hoon 752 to distinguish him from another South Korean golfer also called Kim Do-hoon, 752 being his membership number at the Korea Professional Golfers' Association. He won the 2010 Dongbu Insurance Promy Gunsan CC Open on the Korean Tour. He played on the Japan Golf Tour from 2010 to 2015.
Amateur career
In October 2006, Kim represented South Korea in the Eisenhower Trophy in South Africa where the team finished 5th.[1] In December, he was part of the South Korean team that won the gold medal in the men's team event at the 2006 Asian Games. He finished tied third in the individual event but missed out on a bronze medal on countback.[2]
Professional career
Kim turned professional in 2007.[3] From 2010 to 2015, he played mostly on the Japan Golf Tour, returning to the Korean Tour in 2016. He had one win on the Korean Tour, taking the 2010 Dongbu Insurance Promy Gunsan CC Open in a playoff. He was a runner-up in the 2010 Hanyang Sujain-Pine Beach Open and in the 2015 GS Caltex Maekyung Open, an event co-sanctioned with the OneAsia Tour.[4]
Kim's most successful season on the Japan Golf Tour was his first, 2010. He was joint runner-up in the ANA Open and lost a playoff for the Casio World Open, finishing the season 11th in the tour money list.[5] Kim qualified for the 2011 U.S. Open through sectional qualifying in Japan and finished tied for 30th place.[6] He was a runner-up in the 2011 Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open and was 18th in the money list, after including his U.S. Open prize money.[7] Kim dropped to 20th in the money list in 2012 and was out of the top 50 from 2013 to 2015.[8]
Professional wins (1)
Korean Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 Jun 2010 | Dongbu Insurance Promy Gunsan CC Open | −11 (72-67-66-72=277) | Playoff | Kang Kyung-nam, Kang Wook-soon
|
Playoff record
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2010 | Casio World Open |  Michio Matsumura
|
Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole |
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |
| U.S. Open | T30 |
| The Open Championship | |
| PGA Championship |
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Korea): 2006
References
- ^ "Team/Player Leaderboard". Golfstat. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ "Asiad: India win first golf team medal in 25 years". The Times of India. 11 December 2006.
- ^ "Dohoon Kim 752". KPGA. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ "Moon bags Maekyung Open title". The Korea Times. 17 May 2015.
- ^ "Money Rankings (incl. International Majors) Tour 2010". JGTO. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ "U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying – Europe, Japan". Archived from the original on June 2, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "Money Rankings (incl. International Majors) Tour 2011". JGTO. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ "Money Rankings (incl. International Majors) Tour 2012". JGTO. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
External links
- Kim Do-hoon at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Kim Do-hoon at the Korean Tour official site (in Korean)
- Kim Do-hoon at the Official World Golf Ranking official site