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Kim has made six starts on the PGA TOUR this season,
highlighted by a third-place finish at the Genesis Scottish
Open. He recorded additional top-25s at the AT&T Byron
Nelson (T17) and U.S. Open (23rd). Kim crossed the
threshold for Special Temporary Membership with a tie
for 47th at last week's Open Championship, accumulating
as many or more points through the non-member
FedExCup points list this season as No. 150 on the 2020-
21 FedExCup standings (287).
To earn full status on the PGA TOUR for the 2022-23
season, Kim must earn as many or more non-member
FedExCup points as the final eligible player from the
2021-22 FedExCup standings to qualify for the 2022
FedExCup Playoffs. Kim currently has 296 points, and for
reference, that would fall between Nos. 131 and 132 in
the current FedExCup standings.

Kim, 20, is the youngest player to join the TOUR as a
Special Temporary Member since Joaquin Niemann
did so as a 19-year-old during the 2017-18 season. He
has seven international victories to date, collecting two
victories each on the Korean Tour and Asian Tour and
three on the Asian Development Tour. He led the Genesis
points list on the Korean Tour and won the Asian Tour
Order of Merit in 2021. Kim has posted nine top-five
finishes in his last 18 worldwide starts, including a win
at the 2022 Singapore International, and has moved from

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