Kim Si-woo Ties for 14th at Tour Championship, Becoming First South Korean to Surpass $10M in Single-Season Earnings

Kim Si-woo and Tom Kim (Kim Joo-hyung) both finished in a tie for 14th place at the Tour Championship, the final event of the PGA Tour playoffs, which boasts a total purse of $40 million.

World No. 13 Kim Si-woo, who has shown consistent form throughout the season, shot a 1-under 69 in the fourth and final round of the tournament held on the 31st (KST) at East Lake Golf Club (par 70) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Finishing with a total score of 9-under 271, Kim Si-woo wrapped up the tournament in a tie for 14th place alongside Tom Kim, Xander Schauffele (USA), and Collin Morikawa (USA).

Having earned $9,735,444 in prize money this season prior to the tournament, Kim added $545,000 this week to bring his total season earnings to $10,028,444 (approx. 14.2 billion won).

Kim is the first South Korean player in PGA Tour history to surpass $10 million in single-season earnings.

Kim bogeyed the 5th hole (par 4) but bounced right back with a birdie on the 6th hole (par 5).

After finishing the front nine at even par, Kim lifted his momentum with a shot eagle on the 10th hole (par 4), the first hole of the back nine.

His second shot from 109.7 meters out in the fairway landed on the green and rolled straight into the cup.

Kim clenched both of his fists and dropped to his knees on the fairway to celebrate.

Unluckily, his tee shot on the 11th hole (par 3) landed in a bunker in front of the green, resulting in a bogey, but he recovered a stroke with a 1.2-meter birdie putt on the 12th hole (par 4).

A regrettable mistake came on the 15th hole (par 3).

His tee shot landed in the water, leading to a penalty stroke and a double bogey.

However, he defended his position by rolling off consecutive birdies on the 16th (par 4) and 17th (par 4) holes.

On the final 18th hole (par 5), his third shot found the bunker in front of the green, resulting in a closing bogey.


Tom Kim shot a 2-under 68 featuring five birdies and three bogies, climbing two spots from a tie for 16th after the third round to finish the tournament tied for 14th.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (USA) claimed the championship title.

Scheffler carded a 4-under 66 with six birdies and two bogies, finishing at 16-under 264 to beat runner-up Viktor Hovland (Norway) by three strokes.

He had been in third place through the third round, but capitalized as co-leaders Hovland and Ryan Gerard (USA) both struggled with rounds of 2-over 72 to stage a comeback victory.

Securing his third win of the season, Scheffler tied for the most wins on tour and hoisted the Tour Championship trophy for the first time in two years since 2024.

With the $10 million winner's check, Scheffler reached $130,390,661 in career earnings, surpassing "Golf Emperor" Tiger Woods ($120,999,166, USA) to become No. 1 on the PGA Tour's all-time money list.

Woods relinquished the top spot in career earnings that he had held for roughly 26 years.

However, the Associated Press noted, "During his prime from 1997 through 2008, Woods never played in a tournament with a total purse exceeding $10 million."

Experts have pointed out that considering the scale of PGA Tour purses back then compared to today, directly comparing the career earnings of the two players under the same metric may lack context.


Viktor Hovland, the 2023 champion of this event, sought to reclaim the throne after three years, but fell short due to a sluggish final round.

Australian golfer Min Woo Lee finished tied for 4th alongside Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) and others at 11-under 269, putting up a strong fight.

Defending champion Tommy Fleetwood (England) tied for 11th.

Following Scheffler's recapture of the FedEx Cup title, the 2026 PGA Tour season will continue its Fall Series schedule with the Biltmore Championship opening on September 17.

(Photo: AP, Yonhap News)
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