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2023 Shriners Children's Open
PGA Tour
TPC at Summerlin
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
12-15 October 2023
Tom Kim will be eager to become the second golfer to win back-to-back
Shriners Children's Open titles after Jim Furyk who won it in 1998 and 1999.
What to know about Kim
Kim Joo-hyung, commonly known as Tom Kim, has established himself as one of the top golfers in the world in the current 2022-23 PGA Tour season.
Kim has won 11 professional tournaments and he finished 16th at the 2023 Masters Tournament - his best performance to date in a golf major.
The 2021 Korean Tour Player of the Year has also won twice each on the PGA Tour, the Asian Tour, and the Korean Tour.
News
Kim - who is nicknamed Tom - took part in the 2023 Cazoo Open France which is part of the European Tour last month and he finished sixth, and he will now compete in Las Vegas.
Tom is coming into the Shriners Children's Open placed 16th in the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) and his best ranking is 13th.
Why Kim is one of the favourites
The youngster has already recorded a victory on the 2022-23 PGA Tour schedule as he clinched the 2022 Shriners Children's Open.
Kim is the highest-ranked golfer on the OWGR among the players set to compete at the TPC at Summerlin this weekend and he will be confident of winning the event once again.
Quotes
“I'm having fun playing on the PGA Tour. It's awesome,” Kim said after clinching the Shriners Children's Open.
“I’m playing on the PGA Tour as a 20-year-old. It’s hard to get tired of this. I’m a five-year-old at Disneyland for sure.
“I got very lucky on the 18th. I’m not going to lie, Patrick played awesome, and it was an honor to battle with him, and to come out on top, I feel very fortunate."
The last five Shriners Children's Open winners
2018 - Bryson DeChambeau (USA)
2019 - Kevin Na (USA)
2020 - Martin Laird (Scotland)
2021 - Im Sung-jae (South Korea)
2022 - Tom Kim (South Korea)
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