Kim Si-woo, 'Ten-Million-Dollar Man,' Returns to Domestic Stage After a Year

Kim Si-woo, who became the first South Korean player to surpass 10 million dollars in a single-season prize money on the U.S. PGA Tour this year, is set to meet domestic fans at a home tournament for the first time in a year.

Kim, who has four career PGA Tour wins, did not secure a victory this season, but he earned 10.27 million dollars, equivalent to 13.6 billion won, with three runner-up finishes.

He will compete in the Genesis Championship, which is co-sanctioned by the domestic KPGA Tour and the European Tour, opening today, October 22.

[Kim Si-woo / PGA Tour Player: It is so great to greet domestic fans like this, and I will do my best to showcase great performances while playing well alongside world-class players.]

The tournament, which will also feature New Zealand's Ryan Fox, the winner of this year's major tournament The Open, and Im Sung-jae, boasts the largest prize purse in the country with a total prize pool of 5.3 billion won and a winner's prize of 900 million won.

(Video by Hwang In-seok, Video Editing by Park Jung-sam)
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