Following Choi Kyung-joo (53) and Lim Seong-jae (25), Kim Si-woo (28) has surpassed $20 million in prize money on the PGA tour.
On the 15th (Korean time), on the final day of the tournament held at TPC Craig Ranch (par 71) in McKinney, Texas, USA, Kim Si-woo picked out 8 birdies without bogey in the 4th round and scored 8 under par 63 for a final total of 22 under par 262 strokes. Record, tied for second place, one stroke behind Jason Day (Australia, 23 under par, 261 strokes).
Kim Si-woo, who challenged for his second win of the season following the Sony Open in January, pursued a second place by two strokes until the 15th hole, aiming for a turnaround. He caught a birdie in the 16th hole (par 4) and chased it by one stroke, but in the last hole, Kim Si-woo and Day finished with a birdie side by side and were satisfied with a tie for second place.
Kim Si-woo, who received $845,500 in prize money as runner-up on this day, increased his career prize money to $20,563,889, with Kyung-Joo Choi ($32,803,596) and Seong-Jae Lim ($21,590,471). He became the third Korean player to break the $20 million mark in career prize money on the PGA Tour. It is the 86th overall on the PGA Tour.
Kim Si-woo, who went through qualifying school in 2012 and stepped on the PGA Tour stage, was unable to perform normal tour activities due to age restrictions in the first year, and from 2013 onwards, he was active on the Korn Ferry Tour for three seasons. This is the 8th season since re-entering the PGA Tour in the 2015-2016 season.
By season, excluding the first year of their debut and 2013-2015 when they played the Korn Ferry Tour, the 2015-2016 season was $3,086,369, the 2016-2017 season was $2,681,177, the 2017-2018 season was $2,276,114, and the 2018-2019 season was $2,190,000. He earned $1,808, $1,074,246 in the 2019-2020 season, $3,245,928 in the 2020-2021 season, and $2,234,151 in the 2021-2022 season. This year, he has already earned $3,774,096 by entering the top 10 four times, including one win, exceeding the personal maximum prize money recorded in the 2020-2021 season. The season prize money ranking is 25th.
The PGA Tour’s total prize money is the ‘golf emperor’토스카지노 Tiger Woods (USA), who won $120,895,206 (approximately 149.48 billion won) and is in the overwhelming first place. He is the only player who has ever earned more than $100 million. Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) in second place is $71,559,057.