Kim Joo-hyung (; born 21 June 2002), commonly known as Tom Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer. He has won four times on the PGA Tour, and twice on both the Asian Tour and the Korean Tour.
Early life and amateur career Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea, and is the son of a professional golfer, Kim Chang-ik, who played on the Buy.com Tour before becoming a teaching professional. As a result, Kim was based in Australia, the Philippines and later Thailand for a number of years. In 2018 he won the Philippine Amateur Open Championship and the W Express RVF Cup Amateur Championship.
Professional career
Kim turned professional in May 2018, playing on the Philippine Golf Tour. In 2019 he initially played mostly on the Asian Development Tour. In March he had two fourth-place finishes in Malaysia and then two runner-up finishes in Thailand before winning his first event, the PGM ADT Championship, in Malaysia in late June, six strokes ahead of the field. He won the Ciputra Golfpreneur Tournament in Indonesia in August, after a playoff, and the Raya Pakistan Open by nine shots in October. His third win gave him automatic promotion to the Asian Tour for the rest of 2019. In November, he won the Panasonic Open India, becoming, at 17 years and 149 days, the second youngest professional to win on the Asian Tour. The event was reduced to 54 holes because of smog.
In early 2020, he finished fourth in the SMBC Singapore Open. The event was part of the Open Qualifying Series and his high finish gave him an entry into the 2020 Open Championship, his first major championship.
Kim won the 2022 Singapore International, beating Rattanon Wannasrichan in a playoff. The following week he recorded a runner-up finish at the SMBC Singapore Open, seeing him finish as the leading money winner of the 2020–21–22 Asian Tour season. In July, Kim finished solo-third at the Genesis Scottish Open, a co-sanctioned event between the PGA Tour and the European Tour; he was one of three players who had earned entry to the tournament through the Korea Professional Golfers' Association (KPGA). With a T47 finish at the 2022 Open Championship, Kim became eligible for Special Temporary Membership on the PGA Tour for the remainder of the 2021–22 season. He earned his PGA Tour card for the 2022–23 season with a 7th place finish at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. The following week, he shot a final-round 61 to win the Wyndham Championship despite opening the tournament with a quadruple-bogey 8. That victory gave him entry into the 2022 FedEx Cup Playoffs.
Kim qualified for the International team at the 2022 Presidents Cup; he won two and lost three of the five matches he played, and was hailed by the media as one of the stars of the event due to his entertaining play.
In October 2022, Kim won the Shriners Children's Open in Las Vegas, Nevada; in doing so, he became the second youngest two-time PGA Tour winner behind Ralph Guldahl, and the first player to win twice on tour before the age of 21 since Tiger Woods in 1996.
In October 2023, Kim won the Shriners Children's Open for the second consecutive time, joining Byron Nelson as the only golfers to have won the same PGA Tour event twice in the same season.
In July 2026, Kim won the Genesis Scottish Open for his first win since 2023. Kim achieved further success representing South Korea at the 2026 Asian Games, winning the gold medal in the men's individual event to secure an exemption from his country's mandatory military service.
Personal life Kim's nickname Tom is derived from Thomas the Tank Engine.
Amateur wins 2017 Philippine Junior Amateur 2018 Philippine Amateur Open Championship, W Express RVF Cup Amateur Championship
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Professional wins (14) PGA Tour wins (4) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up17 Aug 2022Wyndham Championship−20 (67-64-68-61=260)5 strokes John Huh, Im Sung-jae29 Oct 2022Shriners Children's Open−24 (65-67-62-66=260)3 strokes Patrick Cantlay, Matthew NeSmith315 Oct 2023Shriners Children's Open (2)−20 (68-68-62-66=264)1 stroke Adam Hadwin412 Jul 2026Genesis Scottish Open1−17 (65-66-68-64=263)2 strokes Min Woo Lee 1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
PGA Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12024Travelers Championship Scottie SchefflerLost to par on first extra hole
European Tour wins (1) Legend Rolex Series (1)Other European Tour (0) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up112 Jul 2026Genesis Scottish Open1−17 (65-66-68-64=263)2 strokes Min Woo Lee 1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour
European Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12024Genesis Championship An Byeong-hunLost to birdie on first extra hole
Asian Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up117 Nov 2019Panasonic Open India1−13 (70-68-65=203)1 stroke S. Chikkarangappa, Shiv Kapur216 Jan 2022Singapore International−4 (72-73-69-70=284)Playoff Rattanon Wannasrichan 1Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India
Asian Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12022Singapore International Rattanon WannasrichanWon with birdie on first extra hole
Korean Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up112 Jul 2020KPGA Gunsan CC Open−16 (65-70-64-69=268)2 strokes Kim Min-kyu213 Jun 2021SK Telecom Open−14 (67-70-65-68=270)3 strokes Kim Baek-jun (a)
Korean Tour playoff record (0–2) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12020Woosung Construction Aramir CC Busan Gyeongnam Open Lee Ji-hoonLost to birdie on first extra hole22024Genesis Championship An Byeong-hunLost to birdie on first extra hole
Asian Development Tour wins (3) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up129 Jun 2019Tiara Melaka Championship1−23 (69-63-67-66=265)6 strokes Sukree Othman, Naoki Sekito224 Aug 2019Ciputra Golfpreneur Tournament2−18 (69-68-66-67=270)Playoff Mardan Mamat320 Oct 2019Raya Pakistan Open−17 (66-64-68-73=271)9 strokes Muhammad Shabbir 1Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf of Malaysia Tour 2Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Indonesia
Philippine Golf Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up17 Jul 2018ICTSI Pueblo de Oro Championship−18 (69-63-69-69=270)1 stroke Jobim Carlos226 Apr 2019TCC Invitational +2 (75-71-70-74=290)1 stroke Keanu Jahns
Other wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up13 Oct 2026Asian Games−18 (67-66-65-64=262)3 strokes Kazuki Higa
Results in major championships Results not in chronological order in 2020. Tournament2020202120222023202420252026Masters TournamentT16T30T52PGA ChampionshipCUTCUTCUTT2671U.S. Open23T8T26T333The Open ChampionshipNTT47T2CUTCUTCUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeMasters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2U.S. Open 0 0 1 1 2 3 5 5The Open Championship 0 1 0 1 1 1 5 2Totals 0 1 1 2 3 5 18 12 Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2023 U.S. Open – 2024 U.S. Open) Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2023 U.S. Open – 2023 Open Championship)
Results in The Players Championship Tournament202320242025The Players ChampionshipT51WDT42
WD = withdrew "T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships Tournament 2023Match PlayT31 "T" = Tied
Team appearances Professional Presidents Cup (representing the International team): 2022, 2024, 2026
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