Kim Kyung-tae

Kim Kyung-tae
Kim at the 2011 Presidents Cup
Personal information
Born	(1986-09-02) 2 September 1986 (age 38) Gangwon Province, South Korea
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st)
Sporting nationality	South Korea
Residence	Seongnam, South Korea
Career
College	Yonsei University
Turned professional	2006
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour Korean Tour
Former tour(s)	Asian Tour OneAsia Tour
Professional wins	20
Highest ranking	18 (7 August 2011)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	14
Asian Tour	2
Other	5
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T44: 2011
PGA Championship	T48: 2010
U.S. Open	T30: 2011
The Open Championship	T48: 2010
Achievements and awards
Korean Tour Order of Merit winner 2007 Korean Tour Player of the Year 2007 Korean Tour Rookie of the Year 2007 Japan Golf Tour money list winner 2010, 2015 Japan Golf Tour Most Valuable Player 2015
Medal record Asian Games 2006 Doha Men's individual 2006 Doha Men's team

Kim Kyung-tae (Korean: 김경태; born 2 September 1986), also known as K.T. Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer who currently plays on the Japan Golf Tour and the Korean Tour.

He won several tournaments as an amateur, including the 2006 Japan Amateur Championship and two events on the 2006 Korean Tour. He turned professional in late 2006 and won the 2007 Maekyung Open in his second start on the Asian Tour.

In 2010, Kim won the Diamond Cup Golf, Japan Open and Mynavi ABC Championship on the Japan Golf Tour and became the first Korean golfer to lead the money list on the Tour.

Kim has played in each of the four major championships, recording top-50 finishes in each, with his best being a T30 finish at the 2011 U.S. Open. He also played in the 2011 Presidents Cup, representing the International Team in a 15–19 defeat to USA. Kim finished with a 2–2–0 record.

Kim won five events during the 2015 Japan Golf Tour season, which at the time took his overall total to ten tournament victories on the tour. This being a record for Korean players on the tour. He won a further three events during the 2016 season, including The Crowns, to take his number of Asian Tour victories to thirteen.

• 2006 Asian Games (individual winner), Korean Amateur Championship, Japan Amateur Championship

¹Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour
²Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

• The Japan Open Golf Championship is also a Japan major championship.

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–1)