Kim Bi-o

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Kim Bi-o
Personal information
Born (1990-08-21) 21 August 1990 (age 33)
Asian Tour
Rookie of the Year
2022

Kim Bi-o (Korean: 김비오; born 21 August 1990) is a South Korean professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour.

Amateur career

As an amateur, Kim won the Korean Amateur Open and Japan Amateur Golf Championship in 2008.[2] He also represented Asia/Pacific in the 2008 Bonallack Trophy and South Korea in the 2008 Eisenhower Trophy.

Professional career

Kim turned professional in 2009 and joined his home Korean Tour for 2010, winning the Johnnie Walker Open by 6 strokes.

At the end of the 2010 season, he entered

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 was the leading money winner on the Korean Tour in 2012 even though he only played three events. Kim's highest World Ranking was 200th, in May 2012.[3]

In 2013, he played on the

Web.com Tour for a second season, but made only two cuts in 15 tournaments.[4]

From 2014, he has played mainly on the

Gunsan CC Open and the 2017 DGB Financial Group Daegu Gyeongbuk Open

Kim showed a return to form in 2019. He won the

NS HomeShopping Gunsan CC Jeonbuk Open, the second event of the 2019 Korean Tour season, his first win since 2012. In late September he had his second win of the season, the DGB Financial Group Volvik Daegu Gyeongbuk Open
.

On 1 October 2019, the Korean Professional Golfers Association announced that Kim has been suspended for three years after making an obscene gesture during the final round of the DGB Financial Group Volvik Daegu Gyeongbuk Open, which Kim won. On the 16th hole, after a cellphone camera shutter went off during his downswing, Kim turned and flipped off the crowd, before slamming his club into the ground.[5] Kim apologized for the gesture and decided not to appeal the suspension. His suspension was reduced to one year on 24 October, but the 10 million won fine and 120 hours of community service remained.[6]

Amateur wins

  • 2008 Korean Amateur Open, Japan Amateur Golf Championship

Professional wins (10)

Asian Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 8 May 2022
GS Caltex Maekyung Open
1 		−9 (67-68-68-72=275) 2 strokes South Korea Cho Min-gyu

1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour

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 Australia Craig Hancock, Australia Scott Laycock,
New Zealand Michael Long
2 13 May
2012
GS Caltex Maekyung Open
1 		−15 (69-69-67-68=273) 5 strokes South Korea Ryu Hyun-woo
3 20 May 2012 SK Telecom Open1 −18 (68-68-67-67=270) 3 strokes South Korea Park Sang-hyun

1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour

OneAsia Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1
2011
 Nanshan China Masters Australia Craig Hancock, Australia Scott Laycock,
New Zealand Michael Long 		Won with birdie on third extra hole
Hancock eliminated by par on second hole
Laycock eliminated by par on first hole

Korean Tour wins (9)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 8 Aug 2010 Johnnie Walker Open −20 (68-65-68-67=268) 6 strokes South Korea Lee Min-chang, South Korea Park Do-kyu,
South Korea Yoon Jung-ho (a)
2 13 May 2012
GS Caltex Maekyung Open
1 		−15 (69-69-67-68=273) 5 strokes South Korea Ryu Hyun-woo
3 20 May 2012 SK Telecom Open1 −18 (68-68-67-67=270) 3 strokes South Korea Park Sang-hyun
4 28 Apr 2019
NS HomeShopping Gunsan CC Jeonbuk Open
 −7 (68-70-72-67=277) 2 strokes South Korea Kim Tae-hoon
5 29 Sep 2019 DGB Financial Group Volvik Daegu Gyeongbuk Open −17 (69-67-67-68=271) 1 stroke South Korea Kim Dae-hyun
6 7 Nov 2021 LG Signature Players Championship −23 (71-65-66-63=265) 6 strokes South Korea Tom Kim
7 8 May 2022
GS Caltex Maekyung Open
2 (2) 		−9 (67-68-68-72=275) 2 strokes South Korea Cho Min-gyu
8 5 Jun 2022 SK Telecom Open (2) −19 (69-66-67-63=265) 7 strokes South Korea Gang Yun-seok
9 3 Sep 2023 LX Championship −21 (65-68-67-67=267) Playoff South Korea Hwang Jung-gon

1Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Korean Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2023 LX Championship South Korea Hwang Jung-gon Won with par on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
U.S. Open T45
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
PGA Championship CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship NT CUT

T = Tied
CUT = missed the halfway cut
NT = No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Note: Kim never played in the Masters Tournament.

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. OWGR
    . Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Young guns fire ahead". Asian Tour. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21.
  3. ^ "Bio Kim". Official World Golf Ranking.
  4. ^ "Bio Kim". PGA Tour.
  5. ^ Lavner, Ryan (1 October 2019). "Korean Tour money leader suspended 3 years for obscene gesture". Golf Channel.
  6. ^ Wacker, Brian (24 October 2019). "Report: Bio Kim's suspension on the Korean Tour reduced from three years to one". Golf Digest.

External links

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