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Si Woo Kim Becomes First Korean Golfer to Earn $10 Million in a Season
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Si Woo Kim Becomes First Korean Golfer to Earn $10 Million in a Season

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Si Woo Kim finished tied for 14th at the Tour Championship with a 9-under-par 271 total.
  • His $536,520 payout lifted his season earnings to $10.271694 million, a first for a Korean player on the PGA Tour.
  • Kim also became the first Korean player to surpass $40 million in career PGA Tour earnings.

Si Woo Kim ended the PGA Tour season without a victory, but reached a financial milestone no Korean player had achieved before.

Kim finished tied for 14th at the Tour Championship, the final event of the PGA Tour playoffs, at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia. He shot a 9-under-par 271 and earned $536,520 from the tournament.

That prize raised his season earnings to $10.271694 million, making him the first Korean player to earn more than $10 million in a single PGA Tour season. The previous Korean record belonged to Kim Joo-hyung, who earned $7.774918 million during the 2022-23 season.

Kim also passed $40 million in career earnings, reaching $41.169934 million. He played in 24 events this year, finishing runner-up three times and third twice, with 11 top-10 finishes. The season was described as nearly perfect apart from the absence of a win.

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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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