Tom Kim
Height: 6'0" (1.83 m)
Weight: ( kg)
Age: 21 (June 21, 2002)
Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
Residence: Dallas, Texas
Turned Professional:
2018
City plays from:
Seoul, South Korea
Exempt Status
PGA TOURTournament winner (thru 2024-25)
Career Victories
PGA TOUR Victories (2):
2022 (1) Wyndham Championship. 2023 (1) Shriners Children's Open.International Victories (7):
Player Statistics
Career Low Round:
61 - 2022 Wyndham Championship (Round 4)Career High FedExCup Rank:
#2 : 2023 The American ExpressCareer High Official World Golf Rank:
#13 : 2023 The American ExpressCareer Largest Paycheck:
$1,440,000 : 2023 Shriners Children's Open (Finished 1)2022-23 Season Highlights
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Won the Shriners Children's Open in his season debut, becoming the first player since Tiger Woods to win twice on the PGA TOUR before turning 21 years old.
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PGA TOUR
Shriners Children's Open - Won the Shriners Children's Open in his season debut by three strokes over Patrick Cantlay and Matthew NeSmith, earning his second career PGA TOUR title. Became the first player since Tiger Woods in 1996 to win twice before turning 21 years old. Did not make a bogey (or worse) over 72 holes, becoming the first player to do so on TOUR since Joaquin Niemann at the 2021 Rocket Mortgage Classic and first en route to victory since J.T. Poston at the 2019 Wyndham Championship. Held a share of the lead entering the final round, his first career 54-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR. Sentry Tournament of Champions - Carded four scores in the 60s to finish T5 in his first appearance at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. U.S. Open - Finished T8 at the U.S. Open, his first career top-10 in a major championship. The Open Championship - Finished T2 at The Open Championship in his second career start at the event. Carded a final-round 67, tied for the lowest of any player in the field.
National Team Selections
Career Records
| PGA TOUR (Playoff Record: 0 - 0) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Events | Rounds | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10 | Top 25 | Cuts Made | Cuts Missed | WD | FedExCup Rank | Earnings | |
| Total: | 43 | 148 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 35 | 8 | $9,185,756 | |||
| 2023 | 26 | 86 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 20 | $6,262,918 | |||
| 2022 | 11 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 35 | $2,824,580 | |||
| 2021 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | $98,258 | |||||||
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| (A) - Amateur | |||||||||||||
Top Tournaments |
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| PGA TOUR | |||||||||
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| THE PLAYERS Championship | Masters Tournament | PGA Championship | U.S. Open | The Open Championship | WGC-HSBC Champions | WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play | WGC-FedEx St. Jude Inv | WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession | |
| 2023 | T51 | T16 | CUT | T8 | T2 | T31 | |||
| 2022 | CUT | 23 | T47 | ||||||
| 2020 | CUT | ||||||||
| FedExCup Playoffs | ||||
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| FedEx St. Jude Championship | Dell Technologies Championship | BMW Championship | TOUR Championship | |
| 2023 | T24 | T10 | T20 | |
| 2022 | T13 | T54 | ||
Personal
- Goes by "Tom," a nickname he had as a child after Thomas the Tank Engine in the TV series "Thomas & Friends."
- Lived in various countries growing up including China, Thailand, Australia and the Philippines.
- Is fluent in Tagalog, English and Korean.
- Father, Chang-Ik Lee, is also a professional golfer. He played on what is now the Korn Ferry Tour before Tom was born and then became a teaching professional.
- Won his first professional event in Malaysia in 2019 on the Asian Development Tour by a margin of six strokes.
- With his maiden PGA TOUR title at the 2022 Wyndham Championship, became the first TOUR winner born after 2000.