Sung Kang
Height: 5'8" (1.73 m)
Weight: 165 (75 kg)
Age: 36 (June 04, 1987)
Birthplace: Jeju, South Korea
Residence: Seoul, South Korea; Irving, Texas
Family:
Wife, Soyoung; Eugene Gunn
Education:
Yonsei University (2009)
Special Interests:
Watching movies
Turned Professional:
2007
City plays from:
South Korea
Exempt Status
PGA TOURPast champion beyond 150 in 2021-22 FedExCup (thru 2022-23)
Career Victories
PGA TOUR Victories (1):
2019 (1) AT&T Byron Nelson.International Victories (2):
Player Statistics
Career Low Round:
60 - 2016 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Round 2)Career High FedExCup Rank:
#5 : 2018 CIMB ClassicCareer High Official World Golf Rank:
#52 : 2020 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MastercardCareer Largest Paycheck:
$1,422,000 : 2019 AT&T Byron Nelson (Finished 1)Career Records
| PGA TOUR (Playoff Record: 0 - 0) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Events | Rounds | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10 | Top 25 | Cuts Made | Cuts Missed | WD | FedExCup Rank | Earnings | |
| Total: | 268 | 776 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 39 | 134 | 131 | 3 | $10,480,657 | ||
| 2023 | 16 | 43 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 193 | $292,639 | ||||||
| 2022 | 31 | 80 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 173 | $359,397 | |||||
| 2021 | 31 | 86 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 178 | $428,931 | ||||||
| 2020 | 22 | 73 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 72 | $1,560,024 | ||||
| 2019 | 27 | 84 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 45 | $2,801,650 | ||||
| 2018 | 29 | 85 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 111 | $1,243,309 | |||
| 2017 | 32 | 102 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 12 | 59 | $1,943,309 | ||||
| 2016 | 29 | 87 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 96 | $979,576 | |||||
| 2012 | 30 | 73 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 182 | $169,439 | ||||||
| 2011 | 21 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 160 | $702,382 | ||||
| (A) - Amateur | |||||||||||||
Top Tournaments |
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| PGA TOUR | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE PLAYERS Championship | Masters Tournament | PGA Championship | U.S. Open | The Open Championship | WGC-HSBC Champions | WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play | WGC-FedEx St. Jude Inv | WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession | |
| 2021 | CUT | T29 | CUT | ||||||
| 2020 | CNL | 79 | T44 | 71 | |||||
| 2019 | T47 | 7 | CUT | 60 | |||||
| 2018 | CUT | T67 | |||||||
| 2017 | T30 | T44 | T44 | ||||||
| 2016 | T18 | ||||||||
| 2012 | T61 | ||||||||
| 2011 | T39 | ||||||||
| FedExCup Playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FedEx St. Jude Championship | Dell Technologies Championship | BMW Championship | TOUR Championship | |
| 2020 | CUT | |||
| 2019 | CUT | T63 | ||
| 2018 | 75 | |||
| 2017 | CUT | T35 | T53 | |
| 2016 | T18 | CUT | ||
Personal
- Favorite professional team is the Los Angeles Lakers.
- Favorite food is kalbee.
- Attended Namju High School in Jeju, Korea.
- Dream foursome would include Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer.
- Has played on the Korean PGA, Asian PGA, One Asia and Japan Golf Tours.