Tom Kim Age: Know His, Height, Girlfriend, and Net Worth
Kim Joo-hyung is Tom Kim’s real name. He was born in South Korea on June 21, 2002. Besides the two wins he has had on the Asian and Korean tours, he also has three PGA Tour wins. Kim was raised by his father, Kim Chang-ik, a player who speaks English well and used to be a tour pro before becoming a teacher. It was in Australia, the Philippines, and Thailand that he grew up.
“Tom,” Kim Joo-hyung’s nickname, comes from the character in the popular British children’s book “Thomas the Tank Engine,” who works too hard in the railyard even though he isn’t as strong or has a longer history than the stronger engines. The magazine Golf Digest says that this is not at all a good metaphor for Tom Kim.
How old is Tom Kim?
Tom Kim is a great golfer. He was born on June 21, 2002, in South Korea as Kim Joo-hyung. As a child, Kim lived with his father, who used to be a professional player and is now a teacher, in Australia, the Philippines, and Thailand. He was named “Tom” because he liked Thomas the Tank Engine so much. He was an amateur golfer who won the Philippine Amateur Open Championship and the W Express RVF Cup Amateur Championship in 2018.
Career
The W Express RVF Cup Amateur Championship and the Philippine Amateur Open Championship were won by Tom Kim in 2018. But not much is known about his time as a hobbyist.
Kim first played officially on the Philippine Golf Tour in May 2018. At the start of 2019, he mostly performed on the Asian Development Tour. He won his first event, the PGM ADT Championship, in Malaysia at the end of June, six strokes ahead of everyone else. In March, he came in fourth place twice in Malaysia and then second place twice in Thailand.
In October, Kim won the Raya Pakistan Open by nine shots. In August, she won the Ciputra Golfpreneur Tournament in Indonesia after a tie. He would be able to play on the Asian Tour for the rest of 2019 thanks to his third win. In November, when he won the Panasonic Open India, he was 17 years and 149 days old. That made him the second youngest professional winner on the Asian Tour.
Kim came in fourth at the start of 2020 at the SMBC Singapore Open. In the Open Qualifying Series event, he did well enough to get into the 2020 Open title, which will be his first major title.
The 2022 Singapore International was won by Kim over Rattanon Wannasrichan in the playoffs. In the following week, after coming in second at the SMBC Singapore Open, he won the most money on the Asian Tour for 2020–21–22. Through the Korea Professional Golfers’ Association (KPGA), Kim was one of three golfers who got into the Genesis Scottish Open in July.
After finishing T47 at the 2022 Open Championship, Kim became a Special Temporary Member of the PGA Tour for the rest of the 2021–2022 season. He tied for seventh place at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, which got him on the PGA Tour for the 2022–2023 season.
Kim won the Wyndham Championship the next week, and with a 61 in the final round, she made it to the 2022 FedEx Cup Playoffs. In the first round of the Wyndham Championship, he made four bogeys, but he finished with a 9-under 61 and won by five shots.
Kim made history when he won the Shriners Children’s Open in Las Vegas, Nevada, in October 2022. He was the first player on the tour since Tiger Woods in 1996 to win twice before turning 21. Ralph Guldahl was the youngest person to win twice on the PGA Tour. He was tied for second place.
Two golfers, Byron Nelson and Kim, have won the same PGA Tour event twice in the same season. Kim won the Shriners Children’s Open in October 2023, making her the record holder.
Tom Kim’s Wife and Kids
As of 2024, Tom Kim is not dating anyone and there is no knowledge about a girlfriend either. The things that Kim seems to be focusing on and prioritizing are his professional golf job goals.
Tom Kim Height and Weight
Tom Kim is 183 cm (6 feet) tall.
Tom Kim’s Net Worth
As of 2024, Tom Kim is thought to have a net worth of $6 million. The money Kim made from his career went up by 13% after he won the Shriner’s Children’s Open in 2023. The money he gets paid out is a lot less than what he’s worth.