Chan Kim (born March 24, 1990) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He formerly played on the Japan Golf Tour, where he won eight times, and the Korn Ferry Tour, where he won twice.
Early life Kim was born in Suwon, South Korea, but grew up in Hawaii.
Amateur career Kim played his college golf at Arizona State University.
He won the 2009 Pacific Coast Amateur. He was also a two-time winner of the Arizona Stroke Play Championship.
Professional career Kim played on the Canadian Tour in 2011. He played on the Challenge Tour in 2013 and the Asian Tour in 2013 and 2014. In 2013, he was runner-up at the Yeangder Tournament Players Championship. He has played on the Japan Golf Tour since 2015.
He won the Mizuno Open on the Japan Golf Tour to earn a spot in the 2017 Open Championship. Earlier that week he earned a qualifying spot to the 2017 U.S. Open. In early July, he won his second Japan Golf Tour event, the Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup, after a bogey-free final round of 66.
In August 2023, Kim won his first event on the Korn Ferry Tour, winning the Magnit Championship by three shots. He then won the Albertsons Boise Open the week after and by the end of the season, he secured his PGA Tour Card for the next season by finishing 2nd on the points list.
Amateur wins 2007 Hawaii Amateur 2008 Arizona Stroke Play Championship, Thunderbird International 2009 Pacific Coast Amateur 2010 Arizona Stroke Play Championship
Professional wins (10) Japan Golf Tour wins (8) Legend Flagship events (1) Japan majors (2) Other Japan Golf Tour (6) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up1May 28, 2017Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open−15 (68-70-67-68=273)5 strokes Michael Hendry2Jul 9, 2017Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup−18 (67-70-67-66=270)1 stroke Hwang Jung-gon3Nov 5, 2017Heiwa PGM Championship−6 (67-70-72-69=278)1 stroke Yuta Ikeda, Song Young-han4Oct 20, 2019Japan Open Golf Championship +1 (74-69-75-67=285)1 stroke Mikumu Horikawa, Shaun Norris5Dec 6, 2020Golf Nippon Series JT Cup−8 (66-66-73-67=272)1 stroke Hiroshi Iwata, Tomoharu Otsuki, Hideto Tanihara6Oct 3, 2021Vantelin Tokai Classic−14 (64-68-69-69=270)2 strokes Yuta Ikeda, Jinichiro Kozuma, Tomoharu Otsuki7Nov 21, 2021Dunlop Phoenix Tournament−17 (69-69-66-63=267)1 stroke Naoyuki Kataoka, Ryosuke Kinoshita8Nov 27, 2022Casio World Open−32 (64-66-64-62=256)6 strokes Aguri Iwasaki
Korn Ferry Tour wins (2) Legend Finals events (1) Other Korn Ferry Tour (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up1Aug 20, 2023Magnit Championship−20 (70-66-68-64=268)3 strokes Taylor Dickson2Aug 27, 2023Albertsons Boise Open−28 (66-62-64-64=256)2 strokes David Kocher
Results in major championships Results not in chronological order in 2020. Tournament2017 2018Masters TournamentU.S. OpenCUTThe Open ChampionshipT11PGA Championship Tournament2019202020212022Masters TournamentPGA ChampionshipCUTT23CUTU.S. OpenCUTCUTCUTCUTThe Open ChampionshipCUTNTT53CUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Results in World Golf Championships Tournament20172018201920202021ChampionshipT35Match PlayNT1InvitationalChampionsT58T46NT1NT1 1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
NT = No tournament "T" = Tied
Results in The Players Championship Tournament2025The Players ChampionshipCUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut
See also 2023 Korn Ferry Tour graduates
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