Chan Kim

Kim was born in Suwon, South Korea, but grew up in Hawaii was an American citizen, and played his college golf at Arizona State. He won the 2009 Pacific Coast Amateur. He was also twice the winner of the Arizona Stroke Play Championship. Played on the Asian Tour in 2013 and '14, best year was '13 when he was 56th in the order of merit. The highlight of his rookie season came when he was the winner of the 2013 Asian Tour qualifying school and almost won his first Asian Tour title at the Yeangder Tournament Players Championship in Chinese Taipei only to be pushed into second place by Thai legend Thaworn Wiratchant.
2015 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 15; in money - 9; Top-10 finishes - 0; scoring average - 72.38 (ranked 83rd); money yen5,275,846 ($48,642) (ranked 99th); Best finish, T-14th Gate Way To The Open Mizuno Open.
2016 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 17; in money - 10; Top-10 finishes - 3; scoring average - 71.67 (ranked 49th); money yen14,090,942 ($129,917) (ranked 69th); Best finish, T-8th Honma Tourworld Cup.
2017 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 20; in money - 14; Top-10 finishes - 5; scoring average - 71.05 (ranked T-20th); money yen111,819,609 ($1,030,966) (ranked 5th); Best finish, winner Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open, Shigeo Nagashima Invitational SEGA Sammy Cup and Heiwa PGM Championship.
2018 Notes: Didn't play at all, had suffered most of the year with a wrist injury.
2019 Notes: Came back from his injury, Was T-8th at the SK Telecom Open, 3rd at the Kolon Korea Open, both on the Asian Tour, also qualified for the U.S. Open, missed the cut. He also played in the U.S. Open in 2017 and missed the cut, was T-11th at the 2017 British Open. Missed the cut in the 2019 British Open, T-41st in the Zozo Championship, and T-46th in the WGC-HSBC Championship.
2019 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 22; in money - 16; Top-10 finishes - 7; scoring average - 70.48 (ranked 6th); money yen105,880,318 ($997,529) (ranked 4th); Best finish, winner Japan Open Golf Championship. Also missed the cut in the 2019 U.S. Open, Open Championship, and T-41st in the Zozo Championship.
In 2020 was T-46th at the WGC-HSBC Championship, T-7th at the New Zealand Open.
2020/21 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 20; In Money - 18; Top-10 Finishes - 8; Scoring Average - 70.48 (Rank T-6th); Money - Yen127,599,803 ($989,836) (Rank 1st); Best Finish - Win three times in the 2020 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup, 2021 Vantelin Tokai Classic & Dunlop Phoenix.
Also played in two U.S. Opens (missed cut), missed cut in the 2020 PGA Championship and T-23rd in the 2021 PGA Championship, T-53rd in the 2021 British Open, T-35th in the WGC - Workday Championship at The Concession, and T-15th in the 2022 Zozo Championship.
By finishing first on the 2021 money list got a spot in the 2022 Open Championship at St. Andrews.

2022 Japan Tour Record
Tournament Score To Par Place Yen
Token Homemate Cup 69-70-70-69=278 -6 T-16th Yen1,976,000
Kansai Open Golf Champ. 70-75=145 +3 Cut
ISPS Handa Japan 68-69-70-70=277 -7 T-66th Yen219,0000
The Crowns 69-65-72-67=273 -7 T-12th Yen2,120,000

Kim has won yen4,315,000 ($33,472) on the Japan Golf Tour in 2022 and is 64th on the money list.