Kang Sung hoon (golfer)

Kang Sung-hoon (Korean: 강성훈; born 4 June 1987) is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

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• Korean Tour wins 3
• Results in major championships
• Team appearances
• References

Kang turned professional in 2007 and joined the Korean Tour in his home country. He first gained international prominence in 2009 when he finished runner-up at the Ballantine's Championship, a tournament co-sanction by the Korean Tour and the European Tour. The following year, Kang won for the first time on the Korean Tour, at the Eugene Open, and ended the season by qualifying for the PGA Tour via qualifying school.

In May 2011, Kang lost a playoff for the BMW Charity Pro-Am on the Nationwide Tour. The following month, he qualified for the U. S. Open, his first major, and finished in a tie for 39th. Kang retained his PGA Tour card for 2012 with a T3 at the Children's Miracle Network Classic to finish 120th on the money list. After the 2012 season, he dropped down to the Web.com Tour for three years.

In 2015, Kang finished 22nd in the Web.com Tour regular season, to earn a return to the PGA Tour for 2016.

At the 2016 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Kang shot a course record 60 during the second round at the Monterrey Peninsula course. This took him into a share of the lead moving into the weekend: he finished the tournament tied for 17th.

In April 2017, Kang took a three shot lead into the final round of the Shell Houston Open, in a bid to win his first PGA Tour title. This was the first time in his career he held the 54-hole lead of a PGA Tour event. He finished second to Russell Henley.