JOINED TOUR
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PGA TOUR Latinoamérica: 2022
Personal
- Fluent in Korean and very proud of his Korean heritage/culture.
- Has a very supportive family, including his mom, dad, older brother (by nine years) and sister (by six years).
- Is close friends of fellow competitors Patrick Flavin and Nick Hardy.
- Started playing golf seriously when he was age eight. His first time holding a club was when he was a toddler. His dad saw his potential when he broke a living-room window with the club.
- Earliest golf memory was hitting yellow range balls at Des Plaines Golf Center in Illinois in front of his dad and his friends and being told his swing was already prettier than his dad's.
- Best memory as a golf fan was watching his friends Nick Hardy and Patrick Flavin in contention on Sunday at the Korn Ferry Evans Scholar Invitational. Had feeling of jealousy but also attainability, that he would be able to join them.
- Is an uncle to his niece, Leia, and his dinosaur-loving nephew, Luca.
- Earliest golf memory was hitting yellow range balls at Des Plaines Golf Center in Illinois in front of his dad and his dad's friends. Remembers them telling him his swing was already prettier than his dad's.
Special Interests
CURRENT YEAR HIGHLIGHTS
- Estrella del Mar Open 2022: Opened with a 2-under 70 then fired off a pair of 67s and a third-round 66 to finish at 18-under and alone in fifth place, five shots behind winner Matt Ryan.
- PGA TOUR Latinoamerica Qualifying Tournament Mexico: Finished T11 at Estrella del Mar Resort in Mazatlan in mid-November but lost in a seven-players-for-one-spot playoff for the 12th and last exempt position for the the first six tournaments of the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica season. Is conditionally exempt for the entire year.
Career Highlights
2022 Season
Played in 11 PGA TOUR Latinoamérica tournaments, making three cuts. Turned in one top-10, a fifth-place finish at Estrella del Mar Open, to finish the campaign No. 69 in the Totalplay Cup standings.
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Estrella del Mar Open 2022: Opened with a 2-under 70 then fired off a pair of 67s and a third-round 66 to finish at 18-under and alone in fifth place, five shots behind winner Matt Ryan.
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PGA TOUR Latinoamerica Qualifying Tournament Mexico: Finished T11 at Estrella del Mar Resort in Mazatlan in mid-November but lost in a seven-players-for-one-spot playoff for the 12th and last exempt position for the the first six tournaments of the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica season. Is conditionally exempt for the entire year.
Amateur Highlights
- Was a second-team All-Mid-American Conference selection his sophomore and junior seasons.
Q SCHOOL GRADUATE
- PGA TOUR Latinoamérica: 2022