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    2012
  • Previous Opens
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Si Woo Kim

Si-Woo Kim

In 2017 became the youngest-ever winner of the Players Championship at 21, beating Ian Poulter and Louis Oosthuizen by three when ranked 75th in the world.

Si-Woo Kim
  • 2017

    Open debut

  • Cristiano Ronaldo

    Favourite Athlete

  • Tiger Woods, K.J. Choi, Adam Scott

    Dream four-ball

In 2017 became the youngest-ever winner of the Players Championship at 21, beating Ian Poulter and Louis Oosthuizen by three when ranked 75th in the world.

It was his second PGA Tour victory – in 2016 he finished five clear of Luke Donald at the Wyndham Championship after posting a second-round 60 – and the three-time Presidents Cup player has had two more since then, but none since the 2023 Sony Open in Hawaii, where he closed with back-to-back rounds of 64.

Kim did not have a place at Royal Portrush until Sunday, coming in as first reserve when Ernie Els withdrew.

He tied for 15th at St Andrews in 2022 and memorably made a hole-in-one at Royal Troon's 17th hole in 2024.

Aged 17 in 2012 he was the youngest player to survive the PGA Tour qualifying school, but he could not join the circuit until his next birthday. Two years later he was the second youngest winner – behind Jason Day – on the Web.com Tour.

Venue
Finish
R1
R2
R3
R4
Total
Par
Royal Troon 2024
T43
76
71
71
74
292
8
Royal Liverpool 2023
M/C
69
80
-
-
-
M/C
St Andrews 2022
T15
69
69
67
73
278
-10
Royal Portrush 2019
m/c
70
75
-
-
-
M/C
Carnoustie 2018
T67
71
72
75
73
291
7
Royal Birkdale 2017
M/C
70
76
-
-
-
M/C

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