Kim Hyung-sung

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.
Kim Hyung-sung
 Golfer 
Personal information
Born (1980-05-12) 12 May 1980
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
Nationality  South Korea
Career
Turned professional 2005
Current tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins 7
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour 4
Other 3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2014
The Open Championship CUT: 2013, 2014
PGA Championship CUT: 2014

Kim Hyung-sung (born 12 May 1980) is a South Korean professional golfer.

Kim has played on the Japan Golf Tour since 2009. He won his first tour event in 2012 at the Vana H Cup KBC Augusta.[1]

Professional wins (7)

Japan Golf Tour wins (4)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 26 Aug 2012 Vana H Cup KBC Augusta –18 (69-64-68-69=270) 1 stroke Japan Akio Sadakata
2 19 May 2013 Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup –5 (69-70-75-65=279) 1 stroke Japan Yoshinori Fujimoto, Japan Hiroyuki Fujita,
Japan Hideki Matsuyama
3 4 May 2014 The Crowns –11 (64-67-70-68=269) 4 strokes South Korea Jang Ik-jae
4 4 Oct 2015 Top Cup Tokai Classic –12 (69-72-69-66=276) Playoff Japan Shingo Katayama

Other wins (3)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2013 2014
Masters Tournament DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP CUT
The Open Championship CUT CUT
PGA Championship DNP CUT

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10

Team appearances

this list may be incomplete

References

  1. "Hyung-Sung Kim wins by one in Japan". Fox News. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/26/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.