Joohyung Kim shot a final-round 61 at Sedgefield Country Club to claim a five-shot victory at the 2022 Wyndham Championship.
The Korean native’s final day in Greensboro, North Carolina featured a scorecard comprised of just one bogey against eight birdies and an eagle to finish on 20-under par.
“I played great this week,” said Kim. “It was hard to stay in the moment in the final round just knowing that I was so close, but I just never let my guard down until I holed that putt on 18.
“Just it’s been a crazy week with rain delays. I was worried, I was anxious actually playing my last three holes knowing that maybe we’re not going to finish. I did not want a three-, four-shot lead needing to sit down for three hours or to come back tomorrow, so I’m glad I was able to finish. And yeah, here we are.
“It was a long day today, it was a grind. But we stayed sharp, we stayed focused pretty much all day. We knew it was going to be a grind, we knew we were going to get wore down, but we had to just keep at it, keep firing and at the end of the day I walked away with the low score.”
For his maiden PGA Tour title, Kim earned $1,314,000 and 500 FedExCup points.
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Winner’s Pro-File
Name: Joohyung “Tom” Kim
Nationality: Korean
Height: 6’0″
Weight: 200
Birthdate: June 21, 2002 (age 20)
Native: Seoul, South Korea
Turned Pro: 2018
Highest OWGR: 21 (2022)
Best Masters: DNP
Best PGA: MC (2022)
Best Open: T47 (2022)
Best U.S. Open: 23rd (2022)
Leaderboard: 2022 Wyndham Championship
Top-10 Finishers
Pos-Player-To Par (Rd 4 Score)
1. Joohyung Kim -20 (-9)
2. John Huh -15 (-3)
3. Sungjae Im -15 (-2)
4. Ben Griffin -14 (-6)
5. Max McGreevy -13 (-5)
5. Russell Henley -13 (-4)
5. Taylor Moore -13 (-3)
8. Tyrrell Hatton -11 (-6)
8. Chesson Hadley -11 (-6)
8. Cameron Percy -11 (-4)
8. Anirban Lahiri -11 (-2)
Top-3 Check Cashers
1. Joohyung Kim – $1.314m
2. John Huh – $649.7k
3. Sungjae Im – $649.7k
Joohyung Kim’s Winning Numbers
Topline Stats:
Driving: 301.5 yards (138th)
Fairways: 41/56, 73.21% (T6)
Greens: 57/72, 79.17% (T19)
Putts/GIR: 1.649 (2nd)
Scrambling: 73.33% (T8)
Strokes Gained:
Off the Tee: 1.170 (36th)
Approach: 3.829 (12th)
Around the Green: -1.119 (74th)
Putting: 12.546 (1st)
Total: 16.390 (1st)
Joohyung Kim’s PGA Tour Season
Starts: 9
Cuts Made: 8
Wins: 1 (Wyndham)
Additional Top 10: 2
Earnings: $2,529,338 (44th)
FedExCup Pts: 917 (35th)
World Rank Before/After: 34/21
WITB: Joohyung Kim 2022
“Tom” Kim won his first career PGA Tour title playing a full bag of Titleist gear, including a Titleist TSR3 driver and Titleist Pro V1x golf balls.
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (9°)
3-wood: Titleist TSR3 (13.5°)
Utility Irons: Titleist T200 (2-3)
Irons: Titleist T100 (4-9)
Pitch: Vokey SM9 (46°)
Gap: Vokey SM9 (52°)
Lob: Vokey SM9 Wedgeworks (60Ëš)
Putter: Scotty Cameron TourType Timeless GSS
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Credits: Getty Images, GolfWRX
