Kevin Na

Kevin Na
Hangul	나상욱
Hanja	羅相昱
Revised Romanization	Na Sang-uk
McCune–Reischauer	Na Sang-uk

Kevin Na
Kevin Na
Personal information
Full name	Kevin Sangwook Na
Born	September 15, 1983 (age 41); Seoul, South Korea
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	167 lb (76 kg; 11.9 st)
Sporting nationality	United States; South Korea
Residence	Las Vegas, Nevada
Career
Turned professional	2001
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour
Former tour(s)	Asian Tour
Professional wins	5
Highest ranking	19 (November 1, 2015)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	2
Asian Tour	1
Korn Ferry Tour	1
Other	1
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	T12: 2012, 2015
PGA Championship	T10: 2011
U.S. Open	7th: 2016
The Open Championship	T22: 2016

Kevin Sangwook Na (Korean: 나상욱; born September 15, 1983) is a Korean American professional golfer currently playing on the PGA Tour.

Early years

Born in Seoul, South Korea,^[1] Na emigrated with his family to the United States when he was eight years old, settling in southern California. He left Diamond Bar High School after his junior year to play professional golf at age 17.^[3]^[4]

Professional career

Na has played on the Asian Tour (with a win at the 2002 Volvo Masters of Asia), European Tour and PGA Tour.

Na got his PGA Tour card for the 2004 season. He finished third at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic and fourth at the Honda Classic. In 2005 he finished second at the FBR Open and Chrysler Classic of Tucson. He missed six months with a hand injury in 2006. In his first start back, a rehab start on the Nationwide Tour, he won the Mark Christopher Charity Classic.^[5]

Na played on the PGA Tour in 2007 via a medical extension, and finished fourth at the Verizon Heritage. In 2008 he was fourth at the FBR Open and Sony Open in Hawaii.

He finished third at the 2009 Players Championship and the FBR Open, fifth at the Sony Open in Hawaii, Mayakoba Golf Classic and Reno-Tahoe Open. With nine top-10 finishes and 14 top-25 finishes, he ranked in 19th place on the money list, securing his entry to the Masters Tournament and the U.S. Open in 2010 for the first time.

In the 2010 season, Na finished second at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and third at the BMW Championship. He placed 37th in season earnings.

In February 2011, Na was in contention to win his first PGA Tour title at the Northern Trust Open. He entered the final round in a tie for 2nd at −9, one stroke behind Aaron Baddeley. However a run of four bogeys in the first ten holes ended Na's chances of victory. He would eventually fight back on the back nine and a vital birdie on the par-five 17th sealed a third-place finish, behind eventual winner Baddeley and Vijay Singh.

On April 14, 2011, Na played the worst ever par-4 hole on the PGA Tour since the tour began recording hole-by-hole scores in 1983, making a 16 on the ninth hole at the Valero Texas Open. Na needed extra shots after an unplayable lie from his tee shot and was then given a two-stroke penalty after his ball hit a tree and rebounded back onto him. It was initially scored as a 15 but changed to 16 on review. Na ended up shooting an eight-over-par round of 80, which saw him shoot four-under for his other 17 holes.^[6]

In August 2011, Na finished tenth at the PGA Championship with a 72-69-70-67 score card. He also finished fifth at the Bob Hope Classic and Wells Fargo Championship.

On October 1, 2011, Na apparently whiffed his tee shot on the par-4 15th hole in the third round of the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas, missing high and to the outside of the ball. Tour officials, though, ruled Na was not intending to hit the ball and did not count the swing as a stroke, and Na finished with a 5-under 66 to remain tied for the tournament lead.^[7] The following day, Na earned his first PGA Tour victory at the 211th attempt, having been on tour for eight years. He shot a final round 65 with birdies at 15, 16 and 17 to win by two strokes from Nick Watney and earn $792,000 in prize money. Na also broke the tournament scoring record of 21-under par when he finished the week at 23-under par. This victory earned Na a two-year exemption on tour.^[8] He ranked 30th in season earnings.

During the 2012 PGA Tour season, Na finished fourth at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, fifth at the Phoenix Open and AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, seventh at the Players Championship and 12th at Masters Tournament.

A back injury limited Na to eight starts in early 2013. After rehabbing, he made a comeback in October in his first PGA Tour start since April with a third-place finish at the Frys.com Open. Na was given 18 starts on a medical extension, but needed only seven to remain on the PGA Tour.

In 2014 he finished second at the Memorial Tournament and Valspar Championship, third at the Frys.com Open, fourth at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, ninth at The Barclays and 12th at the U.S. Open. He finished 20th in season earnings.

Na lost in a sudden-death playoff to Emiliano Grillo at the 2016 PGA Tour season opening Frys.com Open. After both players finished at 15-under-par, Grillo won the event with a birdie on the second extra hole. Na hit his second shot to the par-five 18th off-line and was trapped behind a tree, which resulted in a bogey. This allowed Grillo to two-putt out for the victory. Na is now 0 for 3 in PGA Tour sudden-death playoffs.

At the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club, Na finished in 7th place after shooting 75-68-69-69 for a total of 1 over par. This is his best finish in 24 major championship appearances.

Na won his second PGA Tour event, A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier, in 2018. He carded a 6 under 64 en-route to a -19 tournament score. This was his first PGA Tour win since 2011.

Personal

Na is a naturalized American citizen,^[9] and lives in the affluent Southern Highlands area of Las Vegas, Nevada.^[1]

Professional wins (5)

PGA Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Oct 2, 2011	Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open	67-63-66-65=261	−23	2 strokes	Nick Watney
2	Jul 8, 2018	A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier	69-63-65-64=261	−19	5 strokes	Kelly Kraft

PGA Tour playoff record (0–3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2005	Chrysler Classic of Tucson	Geoff Ogilvy, Mark Calcavecchia	Ogilvy won with birdie on second extra hole Calcavecchia eliminated with par on first hole
2	2014	Memorial Tournament	Hideki Matsuyama	Lost to par on first extra hole
3	2015	Frys.com Open	Emiliano Grillo	Lost to birdie on second extra hole

Nationwide wins (1)

2006 Mark Christopher Charity Classic

Asian Tour wins (1)

2002 Volvo Masters of Asia

Other wins (1)

2002 Long Beach Open

Results in major championships

Tournament	2005	2009
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship
PGA Championship	CUT	T43

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Masters Tournament	CUT	CUT	T12	59		T12	T55	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT	CUT	T29		T12	T46	7	T32
The Open Championship	T27	CUT	CUT		T54	T58	T22	T44	T51
PGA Championship	T58	T10	WD		CUT	CUT	T22	CUT	T19

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	2	7	4
U.S. Open	1	2	7	5
The Open Championship	0	1	8	6
PGA Championship	1	3	10	5
Totals	2	8	32	20

Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2016 Masters – 2016 PGA)
Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Mexico Championship
Match Play
Bridgestone Invitational	T71

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Mexico Championship	T50	T35			T9	T35	T52
Match Play	R64		R64		T34	17	R16	T52
Bridgestone Invitational			T63	T23	T15	T27		T31
HSBC Champions				T20	57	T54

The HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.