As an amateur, Kim won the gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games, both individual and team.

[2] As a gold medalist in the Asian Games, Kim became exempt from military service.

He was twice a runner-up in 2017, in the FedEx St. Jude Classic and then losing in a playoff in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, an early season event on the 2018 PGA Tour.

Korean Tour playoff record (1–0) PGA Tour playoff record (0–1) CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Amateur

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