Kim Bi-o
| Kim Bi-o | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
21 August 1990 Seoul, South Korea |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 178 lb (81 kg; 12.7 st) |
| Nationality |
 South Korea |
| Career | |
| College | Yonsei University |
| Turned professional | 2009 |
| Current tour(s) | Korean Tour |
| Former tour(s) |
PGA Tour Web.com Tour OneAsia Tour |
| Professional wins | 4 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | T45: 2013 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| Achievements and awards | |
| OneAsia Tour Order of Merit winner | 2012 |
| Korean Tour Order of Merit winner | 2012 |
Kim Bi-o (born 21 August 1990) is a South Korean professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour.
As an amateur, Kim won the Korean Amateur Open and Japan Amateur Golf Championship in 2008.[1] He turned professional in 2009 and joined his home Korean Tour for 2010, winning once.
At the end of the 2010 season, he entered qualifying school for the PGA Tour and gained his playing rights in eleventh place. He lost his PGA Tour card after finishing 162nd on the money list. He split his 2012 season between the OneAsia Tour and Web.com Tour. Kim won for the second time as a professional in 2011 at the Nanshan China Masters on the OneAsia Tour. He picked up his third victory at the GS Caltex Maekyung Open on the OneAsia Tour in May 2012. Along with his two victories on the OneAsia Tour in 2012, Kim won the tour's Order of Merit. With his two victories, he also won the Korean Tour Order of Merit in 2012.
In 2013, he played on the Web.com Tour for a second season, but made only two cuts in 15 tournaments.[2]
From 2014, he played mainly on the Korean Tour.
His highest World Ranking was 200th, in May 2012.[3] In 2014, he slipped out of the top 1000 players.
Amateur wins
- 2008 Korean Amateur Open, Japan Amateur Golf Championship
Professional wins (4)
OneAsia Tour wins (3)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 Jun 2011 | Nanshan China Masters | –10 (74-67-71-66=278) | Playoff |  Craig Hancock, Scott Laycock, Michael Long |
| 2 | 13 May 2012 | GS Caltex Maekyung Open | –15 (69-69-67-68=273) | 5 strokes | Ryu Hyun-woo |
| 3 | 20 May 2012 | SK Telecom Open | –18 (68-68-67-67=270) | 3 strokes | Park Sang-hyun |
Korean Tour wins (3)
- 2010 Johnnie Walker Open
- 2012 GS Caltex Maekyung Open, SK Telecom Open (co-sanctioned by OneAsia Tour)
Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Korea): 2008
See also
References
External links
- Kim Bi-o at the PGA Tour official site
- Kim Bi-o at the Official World Golf Ranking official site