2014 masters winner
Bae Sang-moon
South Korean professional golfer
In this Korean name, the family name is Bae.
Bae Sang-moon (Korean: 배상문; born 21 June ), or Sang-moon Bae, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.
Professional career
Bae turned professional in He won the Emerson Pacific Group Open on the Korean Tour, and in he won the SK Telecom Open, an Asian Tour and Korean Tour co-sanctioned event held in his home country.
In , he won his home country's open, the Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open.
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In , Bae finished as the leading money winner on the Japan Golf Tour for the season after winning three tournaments. Bae was the second consecutive Korean to take this accolade after Kim Kyung-tae's success in His three victories all came within two months of each other at the Vana H Cup KBC Augusta, the Coca-Cola Tokai Classic and the Japan Open.
At the end of the year, he competed at the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament, where he finished T11 to secure his playing rights for the PGA Tour season.
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Bae started the season very strongly, making all of his first eight cuts on the PGA Tour. He recorded his first top finish of the year when he reached the quarter-finals at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, knocking out Ian Poulter and Charl Schwartzel before losing to Rory McIlroy.
In March , Bae lost in a four-man playoff at the Transitions Championship on the PGA Tour. After finishing at −13 for the tournament, he lost the playoff when Luke Donald holed a birdie putt on the first extra hole to defeat Bae, Jim Furyk and Robert Garrigus. He finished his debut season making 17 out of 25 cuts and ended up 71st in the FedEx Cup standings, one position outside of qualifying for the third playoff event.
In May , Bae won his first PGA Tour event at the HP Byron Nelson Championship, beating Keegan Bradley by two strokes.[3] Bae entered the final round a single stroke behind Bradley, but birdied four out of his first seven holes to move four ahead. However Bae double-bogeyed the ninth after finding water and bogeyed the 10th and 15th to drop back to a share of the lead.
Sang moon bae golf swing KEB Invitational 1st. Team appearances [ edit ]. The moment he eliminates such errors at Augusta will be the time he completes the career Grand Slam. Sullivan isn't alone when he says he is buzzing.Bae then proceeded to birdie the 16th and when Bradley bogeyed the 17th, Bae had a comfortable two shot lead to come down the 18th and secure his maiden victory.[4][5] He became just the fourth South Korean-born winner on the PGA Tour, after K. J. Choi, Yang Yong-eun, and Kevin Na.
Bae was embroiled in political controversy late after his work visa expired and he had yet to serve twenty-one months in the South Korean military as required of men age 18– By comparison, K. J. Choi and Yang Yong-eun completed their military requirements before turning professional. Bae countered that he had residency in the U.S. and was exempt.
In July , a South Korean court ruled Bae spent too much time in South Korea to be exempt and must fulfill his military requirement.[6] In response, the PGA Tour created a "Mandatory Obligation" category that would allow Bae to retain his exemption after completing his service, similar to the major medical exemption.
Bae earned an invitation to the Presidents Cup as a captain's pick by Nick Price.
Sang moon bae return Various feature golf columns leading up to first-round play and post reports daily. PGA Tour wins 2 [ edit ]. The year-old, who has three European Tour victories, enjoys the big time and is not the sort of character to be daunted by this golfing cathedral. Senior golf analyst Michael Collins will hand out nightly grades for the top players in the world plus other notable names.It was his last event before military service, which began in November His military service ended in August
Bae made his return to professional golf at the Shinhan Donghae Open, an event he won twice as a member of the Korean Tour. His PGA Tour return came at the Safeway Open. Bae finished nd in the FedEx Cup, but earned entry to the Tour Finals via his military exemption.
He won the Albertsons Boise Open and regained his PGA Tour card for the –19 season.
Professional wins (15)
PGA Tour wins (2)
PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)
Japan Golf Tour wins (3)
| Legend |
|---|
| Flagship events (1) |
| Japan majors (1)[a] |
| Other Japan Golf Tour (2) |
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–1)
Asian Tour wins (3)
1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour
Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)
Tour wins (1)
| Legend |
|---|
| Finals events (1) |
| Other Tour (0) |
OneAsia Tour wins (2)
1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour
Korean Tour wins (9)
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour
Korean Tour playoff record (1–1)
Other wins (1)
- Fortis International Challenge (Malaysia; with Kim Hyung-tae)
Results in major championships
&#;&#;Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
Summary
- Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (twice, current)
- Longest streak of tops – 0
Results in The Players Championship
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships
Results not in chronological order before
&#;&#;Top 10
&#;&#;Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied