The awesome Kim Joo-Hyung is a South Korean professional golfer. He has won once on the PGA Tour, twice on the Asian Tour, as well as having two victories on the Korean Tour.
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 an 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.
Why is Kim Joo-hyung called ‘Tom Kim’?
Kim Joo-Hyung is called Tom Kim due to his fascination as a kid with Thomas the Tank Engine in the TV series Thomas & Friends moved to No. 21 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Only Sergio Garcia and Rory McIlroy reached that high in the ranking at a younger age. And he did it similarly to McIlroy winning his first PGA TOUR event in 2010 when he shot 62 in the final round at Quail Hollow.
Kim rolled birdie putts of 20 feet and 25 feet on the second and third holes. He followed with a 12-foot birdie putt at No. 4, an 8-foot eagle putt at No. 5, and an 18-foot birdie on the next hole. He closed out the front nine with two more birdies for a 27 and was on his way.
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