Kim Joo-hyung (20), who won two wins on the PGA Tour this year, was ranked 12th in the world golf news maker in 2022 by Golf Digest, an American golf media outlet.
On the 10th, Golf Digest announced the top 25 newsmakers who decorated golf news around the world by closing the golf world this year.
On this day, while the 11th to 25th places were announced first, Kim Joo-hyung ranked 12th.
Regarding Kim Joo-hyung, the media evaluated, “Golf fans may compare the appearance of Kim Joo-hyung in 2022 with the time when Tiger Woods made his professional debut in 1996 by saying hello, world.”
At the PGA Tour Wyndham Championship in August, despite losing 4 strokes on the first hole in the first round, he made a strong impression on the fans by winning with 61 strokes on the final day.
In addition, at the beginning of this year, he was not eligible for membership on the PGA Tour and was ranked 130th in the world, but after winning the Wyndham Championship and the Shriners Children’s Open in October, he is now ranked 15th in the world.
Kim Joo-hyung is also the second player after Woods to win two PGA tours before the age of 21.
Golf Digest also highly praised him for his outstanding performance in the Presidents Cup, a men’s golf competition between the United States and International.
The highest ranking announced by Golf Digest on the day, 11th, was due to a change in the composition of the Presidents Cup players following the launch of the LIV Golf Invitational Series sponsored by Saudi Arabia.
In particular, Cameron Smith, Mark Leishman (Australia), and Joaquin Niemann (Chile), the top international players, moved to the LIV series and could not make it to the Presidents Cup.
In 15th place, Lydia Ko (New Zealand), who won the LPGA Tour prize money, player of the year, and average number of strokes in the world, was selected.
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