Si Woo Kim

In 2017 Si Woo Kim became the youngest-ever winner of the Players Championship at 21, beating Ian Poulter and Louis Oosthuizen – the Champion Golfer in 2010 – by three strokes 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. Kim has had two more wins since then, but none since the 2023 Sony Open in Hawaii, where he closed with back-to-back rounds of 64.

Kim registered his best Open performance at Royal Birkdale in 2026, finishing in a three-way tie for sixth alongside Casey Jarvis and Lucas Herbert.

And he memorably made a hole-in-one at Royal Troon's 17th hole in 2024.

Aged 17 in 2012 Kim 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.