Kim Min-kyu (golfer)
Kim Min-kyu (Korean: 김민규; born 24 March 2001), also known as Minkyu Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer. Aged 17, he won the 2018 D+D Real Czech Challenge on the Challenge Tour becoming the youngest-ever winner on the tour.
| Kim Min-kyu | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 24 March 2001 Gwangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea |
| Nationality |  South Korea |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2017 |
| Current tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
| Professional wins | 4 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Challenge Tour | 1 |
| Other | 3 |
Professional career
Kim turned professional in early 2017 and played on the 2017 PGA EuroPro Tour. He won two tournaments in successive weeks in August, the Pentahotels Championship and FORE Business Championship. He was runner-up in the end-of-season Tour Championship Amendoeira Golf Resort and finished second in the Order of Merit to earn a place on the Challenge Tour for 2018.
In May 2018 he won the D+D Real Czech Challenge on the Challenge Tour becoming, at 17 years, 64 days, the youngest-ever winner on the tour.[1]
Professional wins (4)
Challenge Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 May 2018 | D+D Real Czech Challenge | −20 (67-66-69-66=268) | 3 strokes |  Sebastian Söderberg |
PGA EuroPro Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 Aug 2017 | Pentahotels Championship | −14 (65-67-73=205) | 2 strokes |  Stiggy Hodgson |
| 2 | 25 Aug 2017 | FORE Business Championship | −12 (68-63-73=204) | Playoff |  Niall Kearney |
Other wins (1)
- 2017 Windmill Hill Classic (Jamega Tour)[2]
References
- "17-year-old Min-kyu Kim becomes youngest European Challenge Tour winner". Golf News Net. 27 May 2018.
- "First Win for Min Kyu Kim". Jamega Pro Golf Tour. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
External links
- Kim Min-kyu at the European Tour official site
- Kim Min-kyu at the Korean Tour official site (in Korean)
- Kim Min-kyu at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
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