Kang Sung-hoon "Reserved as the $10 Million Man"..."$450,000 Left"

PGA Tour Career Earnings Ranked 206th Nearing $10 Million, Woods 1st with $120.85 Million, Mickelson 2nd, Choi Kyung-ju Tied 29th

Kang Sung-hoon is expected to surpass a total of 10 million dollars in earnings on the PGA Tour this season.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyun-jun, Golf Specialist] "The man of 10 million dollars (10.8 billion KRW)."

Kang Sung-hoon (34, CJ Logistics) is approaching a total PGA Tour earning of 10 million dollars. As of the 5th (Korean time), he ranks 206th with $9,549,730, leaving $450,270 to reach the milestone. He joined the PGA Tour in 2011 and secured his first victory at the AT&T Byron Nelson in May 2019. Considering he has earned over 1 million dollars annually since 2017, the probability of surpassing 10 million dollars early this season is high.

Kang Sung-hoon emerged as a promising player by winning the Lotte Skyhill Open on the Korean Tour as an amateur in 2006, and he achieved his first professional win at the Eugene Investment & Securities Open in 2010. Although he entered the U.S. stage in 2011, he failed to make significant achievements and dropped to the Korn Ferry Tour (the second-tier tour) in 2012, where he honed his skills for three years. It is remarkable that in October 2013, he briefly returned to Korea and won back-to-back titles at the CJ Invitational and the Korean Open, becoming the 'domestic money leader.'

After returning to the PGA Tour in 2016, he successfully landed by finishing tied for 2nd at the Shell Houston Open in April 2017. The highlight year was 2019, when he earned $2.8 million with one win and four top-10 finishes. Kang Sung-hoon was disappointed with his runner-up finish at the Genesis Championship in February last year. Starting the final day tied for 8th, three strokes behind, he made a 2-under-par charge but settled for a tie for 2nd. He also added a tie for 9th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March.

Tiger Woods is the all-time leading money winner on the PGA Tour. He has earned a total of $120.85 million.

The number one is naturally the 'Returned Golf Emperor' Tiger Woods. With a staggering $120.85 million (1.3082 trillion KRW), he holds the PGA Tour record for most wins (82), along with 31 second-place finishes, 19 third-place finishes, and a total of 199 top-10 finishes, marking a brilliant milestone. Phil Mickelson is second with $92.17 million, and world number one Dustin Johnson is already fifth with $70.71 million. This year, he is expected to surpass third-ranked Jim Furyk (both USA, $71.31 million) and fourth-ranked Vijay Singh (Fiji, $71.24 million). K.J. Choi (51, SK Telecom) is tied for 29th with $32.7 million.

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