Kim Hyung-sung

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

Kim Hyung-sung
Personal information
Born (1980-05-12) 12 May 1980
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Nationality South Korea
Career
Turned professional2005
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins7
Highest ranking62 (29 December 2013)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour4
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2014
U.S. OpenCUT: 2014
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2013, 2014
Achievements and awards
Korean Tour
Order of Merit winner
2008

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.[2]

Professional wins (7)

Japan Golf Tour wins (4)

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

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2015 Top Cup Tokai Classic Shingo Katayama Won with birdie on second extra hole

Korean Tour wins (3)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2013 2014
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT CUT
PGA Championship CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament201220132014
Match Play
Championship T34
Invitational
Champions T56 63
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

this list may be incomplete

References

  1. "Week 52 2013 Ending 29 Dec 2013" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. "Hyung-Sung Kim wins by one in Japan". Fox News. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.


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