PINGAN BANK CHINA TOUR - PGA TOUR CHINA SERIES VICTORIES (1): 2014 Mission Hills Haikou Open.

CAREER VICTORIES (2): 2016 Trophee Hassan II [Eur], AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open [Eur].

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Current Year: Two weeks after fellow Korean Soomin Lee won the Shenzhen International, claimed his first European Tour title at the Trophée Hassan II in playoff fashion over Nacho Elvira. Victory at the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam layout came in dramatic fashion as he birdied the par-5 18th hole three times Sunday, doing so by holing nearly 90 feet of putts. After Elvira finished regulation at 5-under 283, he forced a playoff by holing an 18-foot putt on the final hole. Elvira appeared in control on the first playoff hole when he reached the par-5 18th in two but watched as his competitor rolled in a dramatic 50-foot birdie putt to set the stage for a second playoff hole. Playing the 18th again, his putting mastery continued, rolling in a 20-footer for the victory…Came back the next week with a one-stroke victory over Siddikur Rahman at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, becoming the European Tour's first player to win in back-to-back weeks since Rory McIlroy won the 2014 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational and PGA Championship. Entered the final round one stroke behind Rahman and then found himself three back as he approached the 16th hole. A double bogey on No. 16 and bogey on No. 17 by Rahman opened the door. He capitalized with a par-par-birdie finish for the one-stroke victory, just seven days clear of his win at the Trophée Hassan II in Morocco. In the process, became the youngest player in European Tour history to win in consecutive weeks and the first Asian to perform the feat. Joined Charl Schwartzel and Danny Willett as multiple winners this season on Tour…Making just his fourth start of the season, finished T2 (along with Anirban Lahiri) at the Hero Indian Open, two strokes behind champion S.P.P. Chawrasia...Recorded his fourth consecutive top-10 on the Asian Tour, turning in a T3 at the Queen’s Cup in Thailand in mid-June. Opened and closed with 2-under 69s in a week that included a career-low 62 in the third round. Made two bogeys in his first five holes then finished his front nine with an eagle-birdie-birdie-par finish. Added five more birdies on his back nine, completing his day with a flourish—an 18th-hole eagle for a back nine 28 (7-under) and the 62. Had any hopes of victory dashed on his back nine Sunday when he double bogeyed the 11th hole and bogeyed the 15th.

2015：Finished 17th on the final Order of Merit, with a pair of runner-up finishes in his only two starts. A year after dominating Mission Hills GC’s Sandbelt Trails Course on his way to a 10-shot victory in 2014, he returned to Haikou to play in the Buick Open. Strung together rounds of 71-71-69-70 to finish at 7-under and in solo second, a stroke behind champion Josh Geary. Was the only player in the field with four under-par rounds for the week...On the OneAsia Tour’s SK Telecom Open in late-May, finished T3 with Gareth Paddison, Dimitrios Papadatos, Kyungtae Kim and Jaebum Park, two shots behind winner Jinho Choi. Moved into contention with a day’s best, 9-under 63 at Sky 72 GC...Faced heartbreak at the Lanhai Open in late-May, again falling by a stroke to Geary. Held a share of the 18-hole lead and led outright after 36 and 54 holes. Trailed Geary by a stroke with a hole to play and was on the 18th-hole, par-4 green in two at Lanhai International GC. After he missed his 25-foot birdie putt, leaving himself a four-footer for par, Geary left the door open for a playoff when the New Zealander lipped out his nine-foot par putt. With a chance to force overtime, he missed his par putt, giving Geary his second win of the campaign. Earned ￥129,600 for the second consecutive time this season and moved into second on the Order of Merit, a little less than ￥10,000 ahead of Shih Chang Chan. Kept alive his streak of shooting nothing but under-par rounds this season. Has eight consecutive sub-par rounds this season.…Contended all week at the OneAsia Tour’s Thailand Open in mid-June. Shot rounds of 69-70-64-67 but still fell three strokes short of winner, countryman K.T. Kim at Siam CC’s Pattaya Plantation Course. The finish was his third runner-up performance of the campaign...Shot a final-round 70 at Kolon Korea Open in mid-September to T3 with Dongmin Lee, seven shots behind winner Kyounghoon Lee..Took the first-round lead at the Asian Tour's Venetian Macau Open in mid-October. Fired an opening 65 at Macau G&CC to share the top spot with Bangladesh's Siddikur Rahman. Was in second through 36 holes before a 71-73 (2-over) weekend dropped him into a T15 with David Lipsky.

2014: At the PGA TOUR China Series’ qualifying tournament in Haikou in mid-March, used a third-round 67 that followed a 77 a day earlier to catapult himself into a fully-exempt slot on the Series’ inaugural season. Finished T4 with Brad Drewitt, six shots behind medalist Alex Hawley...Made history by winning the first PGA TOUR China Series event, the Mission Hills Haikou Open. Was completely dominant all week, taking a share of the lead after 18 holes. Followed an opening 67 with a Mission Hills GC’s Sandbelt Trails’ course-record 63 to move ahead by eight shots through 36 holes. With a weekend 69-66, finished at 23-under in coasting to a 10-shot victory over China’s Xinjun Zhang. He made only six bogeys all week in winning his first professional tournament...Enjoyed three under-par rounds, including a second-round, 3-under 69, to T13 at the Buick Open, with Ray Beaufils, Brett Drewitt and Chris Campbell…Was in contention throughout the ICTSI Philippine Open in mid-May on the Asian Tour. Opened with a 72 that put him in good position, with a 4-under 68. Couldn’t muster a charge on the weekend (72-74) and finished T8 with Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond at Wack Wack G&CC in Manila…Playing on the Asian Tour, at the Queen’s Cup, shot rounds of 72-69-68-69 at Santiburi Samui CC to T6 with Tze Huang Choo and Richard T. Lee…Continued his stellar season, posting his third top-15 finish in three starts. At the Earls Beijing Open, sandwiched first- and final-round 68s around a pair of 70s to finish solo sixth in mid-June…Played on the Asian Tour in mid-September, at the Yeangder Tournament Players Championship. Finished 60th at Linkou International G&CC in Taiwan…Entered the final round of the OneAsia Tour’s Nanshan China Masters at even-par then fashioned a 5-over 76 during windy, difficult conditions Sunday to T19 with four others...Got off to a slow start at the Hong Kong Open, shooting a 2-over 72 at Hong Kong GC. Recovered nicely with a 3-under 67 to make the cut then shot back-to-back 69s on the weekend to T34…Shot four par-or-better rounds in late-October at the Asian Tour’s Venetian Macau Open. Began his final round with three consecutive birdies and appeared ready to make a run at victory. Could only muster two additional birdies the rest of the way, settling for a 1-under 70 and a T15 with four others, including PGA TOUR China Series’ players Weitze Yeh and Shih Chang Chan…Was tied for second at the halfway mark of the Asian Tour’s Resorts World Manila Masters after opening 68-65 at Manila Southwoods G&CC in late-November. Dropped considerably Saturday after shooting a 5-over 77 but recovered for a top-10 with a 2-under 70 on the final day. Finished at T9 with 10 others at 8-under.

2013: Played in 16 Asian Tour tournaments after finishing 21st at the Asian Tour qualifying school. First-top 10 of his career was a fourth-place finish at the Solaire Open in the Philippines. Shot a third-round 70 and a final-round 69 to move up the leaderboard…Only other top-25 was a T12, also in the Philippines, at the Resorts World Manila Masters. Stumbled with a 74 in the second round but pieced together an opening 67 and a 68-68 weekend…His best finish on the Korean Tour was a T52 at the Gunsan Country Club Open. After an opening-round 70, shot three consecutive 73s.

2012: After turning professional, made one Asian Tour start, at the Volvik Hildesheim Open at Volvik Hildesheim CC in South Korea. Concluded the tournament with a 69 to T25.

Amateur: Won five titles, with the first coming in 2010, at the Carlubang Amateur Open, the Youngin University President Cup and the Sports Chosun Cup…Won twice in 2011, at the DHL National Golf Championship and the Philippines Amateur.