Kang Wook-soon
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Kang Wook-soon is a South Korea
n professional golf
er.
Kang has played on the Asian Tour
since it began in its modern form in 1995. He topped the Order of Merit in 1996 and 1998 and was the first man to reach career earnings of US$500,000 on the tour. In 2002 he was the top player on the Korean circuit. In 2003 he missed out on a PGA Tour
card by one shot after three-putting the last hole of Final Qualifying to make bogie. He still qualified to play the Nationwide Tour
in 2004, but despite recording a top ten finish in his third outing he left after six events because he couldn't live with the American food. He has seven career wins on the Asian Tour and several others elsewhere.
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
n professional golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
er.
Kang has played on the Asian Tour
Asian Tour
The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. The Asian Tour is administered from offices in Singapore...
since it began in its modern form in 1995. He topped the Order of Merit in 1996 and 1998 and was the first man to reach career earnings of US$500,000 on the tour. In 2002 he was the top player on the Korean circuit. In 2003 he missed out on a PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
card by one shot after three-putting the last hole of Final Qualifying to make bogie. He still qualified to play the Nationwide Tour
Nationwide Tour
The Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that level's Qualifying School to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to win enough money to stay at that level...
in 2004, but despite recording a top ten finish in his third outing he left after six events because he couldn't live with the American food. He has seven career wins on the Asian Tour and several others elsewhere.
Asian Tour wins (7)
- 1996 Tournament Players Championship (Malaysia), Kuala Lumpur Open (Malaysia)
- 1998 Perrier Hong Kong Open, Omega PGA Championship (Hong Kong)
- 1999 ERA Taiwan Open
- 2000 Maekyung LG Fashion Open (South Korea)
- 2001 Thailand Masters
Other wins (6)
- 1999 Bookyung Open (South Korea), Lance Field Open (South Korea), Asian Nations Cup (with Kim Wan-tae)
- 2001 SBS Open (South Korea)
- 2002 Pocari Sweat Open (South Korea)
- 2003 Bukyung Open (South Korea)