Kevin Na

Kevin Sangwook Na was born in Seoul, South Korea. Na's family moved from South Korea to the United States when he was 8 years old. He started playing golf a year later, and by the time he left the junior golf program, he was the top junior in the United States.
He bypassed his senior year of high school and college to turn professional at age 17. He won the 2002 Long Beach Open. He spent 2002 and 2003 on the Asian Tour, finishing 46th on the Order of Merit in 2003 and 4th in 2002. He became the third-youngest winner in Asian Tour history at 19 years and 3 months after winning the 2002 Volvo Masters of Asia by two strokes. He added five more top-10s that season. He earned his first PGA Tour card at age 20, finishing T-21st in the 2003 Qualifying Tournament. In 2006, his third full season on the PGA Tour, he injured his right hand while slamming a car door. After withdrawing from the Shell Houston Open in April, he did not play again until October on the Korn Ferry Tour at the Mark Christopher Charity Classic, which he won. It was his second and last Korn Ferry event.
He finished 122nd on the money list in 2007, 100th in 2008, and 19th in 2009, when in 26 starts, he finished 3rd twice, at the FBR Open and The Players Championship.
2010 Notes: Earned a second-consecutive trip to the Tour Championship and had four top-10s. He finished 26th for the second consecutive year in the FedExCup standings.
2011 Notes: Picked up his first PGA Tour win at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open despite recording his fewest made cuts (15) in a season since 2006. He finished 30th on the money list to earn an invitation to the 2012 Masters. He finished 71st in the FedExCup standings, the FedExCup season was over before his victory in November.
2012 Notes: He continued his solid play. In 25 starts, he finished in the top 10 six times and 10 times in the top-25. He finished 52nd in the FedExCup standings and 38th on the money list.
2013 Notes: Missed the FedExCup playoffs for the first time since the series began in 2007. He made three of eight cuts before ending his season after the Masters with a back injury (bulging discs) that flared up before the Puerto Rico Open.
2014 Notes: Entered the season with 18 events to earn $484,619 under his Major Medical Extension. Got off to a good start with a T-3rd finish at the Frys.com Open, three strokes behind champion Jimmy Walker. Finished T-8th at the Sony Open in Hawaii, closing with rounds of 67-67-66, seven strokes behind champion Jimmy Walker. Earned his third top-10 of the season in eight starts with a T-4th finish at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. He made $290,400 to surpass the $484,619 he needed to remain exempt for the remainder of the 2013-14 season. Two starts later, he was runner-up at the Valspar Championship, with rounds of 70-68-68-72 and a 278 total. The 2nd-place finish was his best on Tour since winning the 2011 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. He lost on the first playoff hole to Hideki Matsuyama at The Memorial. He posted the only bogey-free score in the final round, an eight-under-par 64 that also was the lowest. He waited over two hours after finishing his round to find himself in the playoff, which lasted just one hole. His runner-up finish was the fourth of his career and second of the year. Started the FedExCup playoffs with a T-9th at The Barclays and played in all four events. He finished 24th in the final FedExCup standings and 20th on the money list.
2015 Notes: Entered the final round of the CIMB Classic tied for the lead with Ryan Moore. He was within a shot of the lead before a double-bogey at the 17th hole dropped him four behind and finished T-2nd. He made his first top-10 at a WGC event, finishing T-9th at the WGC-Cadillac. Earned a T-10th at the Valspar Championship, then a T-6th at the Arnold Palmer, a T-6th at The Players Championship, and a T-10th at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. He played in all four FedExCup playoffs. Best finish was T-10th at the BMW Championship. He ended the year 25th in the FedExCup standings and 26th on the money list.
2016 Notes: Lost a two-hole playoff at the season-opening Frys.com Open to Emiliano Grillo, marking his third career playoff loss. One week later, he followed with a runner-up finish, the seventh of his career, at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. He missed an 18-foot birdie putt to force a playoff with eventual champion Smylie Kaufman. He contended again in his next event, the CIMB Classic in Malaysia, finishing T-3rd to become the only player of the season with three top-10s in the first three events. He had his fourth top-three result of the year at the CareerBuilder Challenge, where he finished T-3rd. He had a strong close on the weekend at the RBC Heritage, shooting 66-69 to finish T-4th. He had a great weekend at the U.S. Open, shooting 69-69 for a 7th-place finish. His next top-10 was T-8th at the John Deere Classic, followed by a T-10th at the Wyndham Championship. He missed the cut at The Barclays, but that disappointment was short-lived. His wife gave birth to the couple's first child, Sophia Ria Na (6 lbs., 9 oz.), at 9:38 a.m. Monday after the tournament. He finished the year 28th in the FedExCup race and 19th on the money list.
2017 Notes: Played 26 PGA Tour events, making 14 cuts with four top-10 results. He finished 45th in the FedExCup rankings. He started the year with a 7th-place finish at the Safeway Open. He was T-4th at the Genesis Open, playing 36 holes on Sunday and carded a 67-70. He made it to the round of 16 at the WGC-Dell Match Play, where he lost to Bill Haas to finish T-9th. He played in Korea in May, finishing T-13th at the Kolon Korea Open. He finished T-4th at the Wyndham Championship and T-6th at the Dell Technologies Championship.
2018 Notes: Played 26 PGA Tour events, making 20 cuts with four top-10s. He was ranked 28th in the FedExCup standings. He was T-2nd at the Genesis Open, two strokes behind winner Bubba Watson. He was T-6th at the AT&T Bryon Nelson and 4th at the Fort Worth Invitational. With a final-round 64, Na won the Military Tribute at The Greenbrier. He was five strokes better than Kelly Kraft.
2019 Notes: Played in 19 PGA Tour events, making 14 cuts with three top-10 finishes. He was 61st in the FedExCup standings. Advanced out of group play and defeated Justin Rose in the round of 16 at the WGC-Dell Match Play before losing to Francesco Molinari, 6 & 5, in the quarterfinals. He finished T-5th. Shot a final-round 67 to finish T-10th at the RBC Heritage. Highlighted by a second-round 62, his third score of 62 or better at Colonial Country Club in a two-start stretch, he won the Charles Schwab Challenge by four strokes over Tony Finau. The victory was his third on the PGA Tour and came in his 392nd start at 35 years, 8 months, 11 days. He played in Korea and finished 6th at the Kolon Korea Open. All summer had problems with his back and neck, keeping him from playing in several events, including the British Open. In the FedExCup playoffs, he finished T-77th at the Northern Trust. He didn't start at the BMW Championship.
2020 Notes: Played in 21 PGA Tour events, making 15 cuts with four top-10 finishes. Was 27th in the FedExCup standings. Won the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, defeating Patrick Cantlay in a playoff to win the event for the second time. Made 558 feet, 11 inches of putts, becoming the first player to reach that mark in a 72-hole event in the ShotLink era. Was T-9th at the WGC-Mexico Championship. After the break, he was 5th at the Travelers, three strokes behind winner Dustin Johnson. He finished 9th at The Memorial. In the FedExCup playoffs, he was T-39th at the Northern Trust, T-51st at the BMW Championship, and T-27th at the Tour Championship.
2021 Notes: Played in 26 PGA Tour events making 20 cuts with five top-ten finishes. He was 3rd in the FedExCup standings. After an opening-round 73 at the November Masters, he played his last 47 holes in 8 under par to finish T-13th. He won the Sony Open in Hawaii by a shot over Chris Kirk and Joaquin Niemann, earning his fifth PGA Tour victory and fourth in a 55-start stretch. Na played his final six holes in four under. The win came in Na's 424th career start at 37 years, 4 months, 2 days. 72-hole score of 21-under 259 was Na's first sub-260 score on the PGA Tour. Shot a 9-under 61 in the third round, his fourth score of 61 or better since the start of the 2010 season. He opened with a 73 at the WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession and played his last 46 holes in 11 under par to finish T-11th. Opened with a 75 in the first round of the April Masters and with rounds of 70-79-71, finished T-12th. He was T-2nd at the John Deere Classic, he was two shots back of winner Lucas Glover. Na was qualified to play in the British Open but decided against it because of international travel requirements. Shot 67-66 over the weekend at the Wyndham Championship to find himself in a six-man playoff which Kevin Kisner won. In the FedExCup Playoffs was T-8th at the Northern Trust and T-17th at the BMW Championship. He finished 3rd at the Tour Championship, earning the first top-three result in the FedExCup playoffs of his career. He made just one bogey, the fewest of any player in the field, and tied Jon Rahm for the lowest 72-hole score. In the offseason, he won the QBE Shootout with partner Jason Kokrak.
2022 Notes: Played in 14 PGA Tour events making 9 cuts with two top-ten finishes. He held the first-round lead at the Sony Open in Hawaii with a 61 before finishing T-20th in his title defense. Na withdrew from The Players Championship to be at home with his wife, Jullianne, for the birth of the couple's third child. At the WGC-Dell Match Play, he won his group in a playoff over Maverick McNealy but lost to Will Zalatoris in the Round of 16 to finish T-9th. He finished T-7th at the Charles Schwab Challenge, four shots back of the Sam Burns/Scottie Scheffler playoff.
2023 Notes: Missed the cut at the Saudi International.