Kim Min-kyu (golfer)

Kim Min-kyu (Korean: 김민규; born 24 March 2001), also known as Minkyu Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer. Aged 17, he won the 2018 D+D Real Czech Challenge on the Challenge Tour becoming the youngest-ever winner on the tour.

Kim Min-kyu
Personal information
Born	(2001-03-24) 24 March 2001 (age 24) Gwangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sporting nationality	South Korea
Career
Turned professional	2017
Current tour(s)	European Tour Asian Tour Korean Tour
Former tour(s)	Challenge Tour
Professional wins	7
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour	2
Challenge Tour	1
Other	4
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T31: 2024

Professional career

Kim turned professional in early 2017 and won his first professional event on the Jamega Pro Golf Tour at the Windmill Hill Classic.^[1] Following this, Kim then played on the 2017 PGA EuroPro Tour. He won two tournaments in successive weeks in August, the Pentahotels Championship and FORE Business Championship.^[2][3] He was runner-up in the end-of-season Tour Championship Amendoeira Golf Resort and finished second in the Order of Merit to earn a place on the Challenge Tour for 2018.

In May 2018 he won the D+D Real Czech Challenge on the Challenge Tour becoming, at 17 years, 64 days, the youngest-ever winner on the tour.^[4]

In June 2022, Kim won the Kolon Korea Open; a co-sanctioned Asian Tour and Korean Tour event. He beat Cho Min-gyu in a three-hole aggregate playoff.^[5]

Professional wins (7)

Asian Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	26 Jun 2022	Kolon Korea Open1	−4 (72-71-68-69=280)	Playoff	Cho Min-gyu
2	23 Jun 2024	Kolon Korea Open1 (2)	−11 (70-66-71-66=273)	3 strokes	Song Young-han

¹Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour

Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2022	Kolon Korea Open	Cho Min-gyu	Won three-hole aggregate playoff; Kim: E (3-5-4=12), Cho: +1 (3-4-6=13)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	27 May 2018	D+D Real Czech Challenge	−20 (67-66-69-66=268)	3 strokes	Sebastian Söderberg

Korean Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	26 Jun 2022	Kolon Korea Open1	−4 (72-71-68-69=280)	Playoff	Cho Min-gyu
2	2 Jun 2024	Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay	20 holes		Cho Woo-young
3	23 Jun 2024	Kolon Korea Open1 (2)	−11 (70-66-71-66=273)	3 strokes	Song Young-han

¹Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Korean Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2020	KPGA Open	Kim Han-byeol, Lee Soo-min	Lee won with birdie on second extra hole Kim Han-byeol eliminated by birdie on first hole
2	2022	Kolon Korea Open	Cho Min-gyu	Won three-hole aggregate playoff; Kim: E (3-5-4=12), Cho: +1 (3-4-6=13)

PGA EuroPro Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	18 Aug 2017	Pentahotels Championship	−14 (65-67-73=205)	2 strokes	Stiggy Hodgson
2	25 Aug 2017	FORE Business Championship	−12 (68-63-73=204)	Playoff	Niall Kearney

Jamega Pro Golf Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	7 Aug 2017	Windmill Hill Classic	−6 (67)*	1 stroke	Jamie Abbott, Ben Storey, Joshua White

*Note: The 2017 Windmill Hill Classic was shortened to 18 holes due to rain.

Results in major championships

Tournament	2022	2023	2024
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open
The Open Championship	CUT		T31

  Did not play

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