Chan Kim (born March 24, 1990) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He formerly played on the Japan Golf Tour, where he won eight times, and the Korn Ferry Tour, where he won twice.

Early life

Kim was born in Suwon, South Korea, but grew up in Hawaii.

Amateur career

Kim played his college golf at Arizona State University.

He won the 2009 Pacific Coast Amateur. He was also a two-time winner of the Arizona Stroke Play Championship.

Professional career

Kim played on the Canadian Tour in 2011. He played on the Challenge Tour in 2013 and the Asian Tour in 2013 and 2014. In 2013, he was runner-up at the Yeangder Tournament Players Championship. He has played on the Japan Golf Tour since 2015.

He won the Mizuno Open on the Japan Golf Tour to earn a spot in the 2017 Open Championship. Earlier that week he earned a qualifying spot to the 2017 U.S. Open. In early July, he won his second Japan Golf Tour event, the Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup, after a bogey-free final round of 66.

In August 2023, Kim won his first event on the Korn Ferry Tour, winning the Magnit Championship by three shots. He then won the Albertsons Boise Open the week after and by the end of the season, he secured his PGA Tour Card for the next season by finishing 2nd on the points list.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (10)

Japan Golf Tour wins (8)

Legend
Flagship events (1)
Japan majors (2)
Other Japan Golf Tour (6)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunner(s)-up
1May 28, 2017Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open−15 (68-70-67-68=273)5 strokesNew Zealand Michael Hendry
2Jul 9, 2017Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup−18 (67-70-67-66=270)1 strokeSouth Korea Hwang Jung-gon
3Nov 5, 2017Heiwa PGM Championship−6 (67-70-72-69=278)1 strokeJapan Yuta Ikeda, South Korea Song Young-han
4Oct 20, 2019Japan Open Golf Championship+1 (74-69-75-67=285)1 strokeJapan Mikumu Horikawa, South Africa Shaun Norris
5Dec 6, 2020Golf Nippon Series JT Cup−8 (66-66-73-67=272)1 strokeJapan Hiroshi Iwata, Japan Tomoharu Otsuki, Japan Hideto Tanihara
6Oct 3, 2021Vantelin Tokai Classic−14 (64-68-69-69=270)2 strokesJapan Yuta Ikeda, Japan Jinichiro Kozuma, Japan Tomoharu Otsuki
7Nov 21, 2021Dunlop Phoenix Tournament−17 (69-69-66-63=267)1 strokeJapan Naoyuki Kataoka, Japan Ryosuke Kinoshita
8Nov 27, 2022Casio World Open−32 (64-66-64-62=256)6 strokesJapan Aguri Iwasaki

Korn Ferry Tour wins (2)

Legend
Finals events (1)
Other Korn Ferry Tour (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunner-up
1Aug 20, 2023Magnit Championship−20 (70-66-68-64=268)3 strokesUnited States Taylor Dickson
2Aug 27, 2023Albertsons Boise Open−28 (66-62-64-64=256)2 strokesUnited States David Kocher

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament20172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. OpenCUT
The Open ChampionshipT11
PGA Championship
Tournament2019202020212022
Masters Tournament
PGA ChampionshipCUTT23CUT
U.S. OpenCUTCUTCUTCUT
The Open ChampionshipCUTNTT53CUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament20172018201920202021
ChampionshipT35
Match PlayNT1
Invitational
ChampionsT58T46NT1NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

NT = No tournament "T" = Tied

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament2025
The Players ChampionshipCUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut

See also

Notes

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