Im Sung Jae, also known as Sungjae Im was born on March 30, 1998, is a Korean Professional Golfer. Im Sung Jae won the 2018 web.com Tour two times and he was player of the year twice. Im Sung Jae was rookie of the year for the 2018-19 PGA Tour. Im Sung Jae won his first PGA tour at the honda classic which was held in March of 2020.
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Im Sung Jae’ Professional Career
Im Sung Jae started playing professionally in 2015. In the years 2016 and 2017, he played on the Japan Golf Tour. In the 2017 Mynavi ABC Championship, he was the joint runner-up which is his best finish ever. Im Sung Jae finished 12th in the tour money list and also 5th in the scoring average in the same year which is 2017. In the Korean Tour, he played many tournaments and his best finish being joint runner-up in the 2017 T-up Gswing Mega Open.
Im finished second in the Web.com Tour Q-school, which was held in December of 2017, Im finished 2nd. He won The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic which was the first event of the season and he became the second-youngest winner in Web.com Tour history at only 19 years. Im Sung Jae had three solo runner-up finishes, inn the following:
- The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic
- The Knoxville Open
- The Pinnacle Bank Championship
Im Sung Jae finished the regular season by winning the WinCo Foods Portland Open. He was named Web.com Tour Player of the Year and he was at the top of the regular-season money list.
Im Sung Jae won the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year In the 2018–19 PGA Tour season. He became just the 13th rookie to qualify for the Tour Championship in the FedEx Cup era, and he finished it in 19th place. Im stats of the tour were following:
- 35 Starts
- 26 Cuts
- 118 Rounds
Im rounds were 18 more than the nearest competitor. He was
- seven top-10s in 2019
- T-3 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational
- 17th in strokes gained
Im Sung Jae was the only player to be named the Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year when he joined Stewart Cink (1996–97) and PGA Tour Rookie of the Year in consecutive seasons.
Im Sung Jae played on the International team at the 2019 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Australia which was in December of 2019. The U.S. team won 16–14. Im went 3–1–1 and won his Sunday singles match against Gary Woodland.
Im won The Honda Classic at PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on March 1, 2020, he had an overall score of -6 in 66 rounds. He was ahead of Mackenzie Hughes by one stroke and moved to second place in the FedEx Cup standings.
Im finished tied for second place at the Master’s Tournament; five shots behind Dustin Johnson which was held In November 2020, Im won the Shriners Children’s Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas which was held in October 2021.
Wins and Stats
PGA Tour Wins
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
| 1 | 1 Mar 2020 | The Honda Classic | −6 (72-66-70-66=274) | 1 stroke | Mackenzie Hughes |
| 2 | 10 Oct 2021 | Shriners Children’s Open | −24 (63-65-70-62=260) | 4 strokes | Matthew Wolff |
Web.com Tour Wins
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin ofvictory | Runner-up |
| 1 | 16 Jan 2018 | The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic | −13 (69-69-72-65=275) | 4 strokes | Carlos Ortiz |
| 2 | 19 Aug 2018 | WinCo Foods Portland Open | −18 (65-66-68-67=266) | 4 strokes | John Chin |
