Kim Bi-o
Encyclopedia
Kim Bi-o is an South Korea
n professional golf
er who plays on the PGA Tour
.
As an amateur, Kim won the Korean Amateur Open and Japan Amateur Golf Championship in 2008. He turned professional in 2009 and joined his home Korean Tour
for 2010, winning once. At the end of the 2010 season, he entered qualifying school
for the PGA Tour
and gained his playing rights in eleventh place. Kim won for the second time as a professional in 2011 at the Nanshan China Masters on the OneAsia Tour
.
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 who plays on the 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...
.
As an amateur, Kim won the Korean Amateur Open and Japan Amateur Golf Championship in 2008. He turned professional in 2009 and joined his home Korean Tour
Korean Tour
The Korean Tour is a men's professional golf tour run by the Korea Professional Golfers' Association of South Korea. In 2011, it had total prize money of about US$14 million....
for 2010, winning once. At the end of the 2010 season, he entered qualifying school
Qualifying school
In professional golf the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S. based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. A fixed number of players in the event win membership of the tour for the following season, otherwise known as a...
for the 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...
and gained his playing rights in eleventh place. Kim won for the second time as a professional in 2011 at the Nanshan China Masters on the OneAsia Tour
OneAsia Tour
OneAsia is a men's professional golf tour based in the Asia-Pacific region. The tour was founded in 2009 as a joint venture between the PGA Tour of Australasia, the China Golf Association, the Korean Golf Association and the Korean PGA. The Japan Golf Tour has been invited to participate in the...
.