In his seventh start at the event, claimed his first top-10 finish of the season, a T5, at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Nicknamed Kevin "ArizoNA" because of a history of strong finishes at TPC Scottsdale. Prior to his T5, he finished T2 in 2005, T4 in 2008 and third in 2009.

Came back the following week with his first top-10 finish in six starts at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, finishing six strokes behind Phil Mickelson to T5. As a result of his finish, moved into the top 64 in the Official World Golf Ranking to earn an invitation to the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship.

Finished T4 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, with rounds of 73-68-69-73. His week at Bay Hill started another solid three-tournament stretch, which included a T12 at the Masters Tournament and a T8 at the RBC Heritage, with his solid play in Harbour Town marking his 10th consecutive made cut. Has three top 10s at the RBC Heritage, including in back-to-back seasons (also T9 in 2011).

2011: Picked up first TOUR win despite recording his fewest made cuts (15) in a season since 2006. Finished No. 30 on the money list to earn an invite to the 2012 Masters.

Finished T5 at the Bob Hope Classic, with all five rounds in the 60s, his second consecutive top-10 performance at the Hope.

Posted second top-five of the year with solo third at the Northern Trust Open, his best finish in eight career appearances at the event he attended as a youth.

Posted third top-10 finish of the season with a T9 at The Heritage, thanks in large part to a final-round, 5-under 66.

Recorded his second straight top 10 with a fifth-place finish at the Wells Fargo Championship. Opened with three rounds in the 60s before a final-round 71 dropped him three shots out of the playoff.

Recorded his first top-10 finish in his 10th major championship start. Had a T10 at the PGA Championship. Second-round 69 and final-round 67 represented his first sub-70 scores in 28 overall major championship rounds.

After entering the final round of the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open with a share of the lead with Nick Watney, carded a 6-under 65 Sunday to top Watney by two strokes for his first PGA TOUR victory. In the process set the tournament 72-hole scoring record, with a 23-under 261. Became the 12th straight winner of the event to post every round in the 60s. Entered the week with $10,254,294 in career earnings, trailing only Briny Baird ($11,905,122) and Brett Quigley ($11,016,575) for most career money earned without a TOUR victory. Became the 13th first-time winner this season. Ironically, he won his only Nationwide Tour event as a resident of Rancho Cucamonga, CA—the host city of his win at the 2006 Mark Christopher Charity Classic. First PGA TOUR win also came in his current city of residence (Las Vegas). 2010: Earned second straight trip to the TOUR Championship and totaled four top-10s through the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup.

Turned in his first top-10 finish (T8) at the Bob Hope Classic in six career starts, finishing with a final-round 66.

Posted back-to-back top-10 finishes with T10 at Northern Trust Open, again shooting a final-round 66 which earned a spot in the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship field.

Finished T2 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, two strokes behind Ernie Els. Pulled within one of Els on Monday with one hole remaining, but bogeyed the 18th hole after driving in the right rough and laying up. It was the third career runner-up finish and first since 2005.

Did not finish inside the top 10 again until 15 starts later, with a T3 at the BMW Championship. It marked his best finish in 11 career Playoff starts and helped him jump from No. 41 to No. 20 in the FedExCup standings, earning a spot at The TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP.

At the TOUR Championship, opened with three rounds in the 60s, but final-round 76 dropped finish to T17. Finished 26th in final FedExCup standings for the second consecutive season. 2009: Enjoyed a career year highlighted by a 26th-place finish in the FedExCup. Made 19 of 26 cuts, set a career high in top-10 finishes (9) and surpassed $2 million in earnings for the first time.

Played in each of the four events of the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup, highlighted by a T8 at the BMW Championship.

Shot 65-66-66 over the final three rounds to finish T5 at the Sony Open in Hawaii.

At age 8, his family moved from South Korea to the United States. Took up the game a year later and by the time he left the junior golf program had become the top junior player in the U.S. Bypassed senior year of high school and college to turn professional at age 17.

Appeared in a January 2010 episode of "CSI: Las Vegas" on CBS along with Rocco Mediate, Duffy Waldorf, Gary McCord and David Feherty.