Kevin Na 나상욱 |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Kevin Sangwook Na |
Born |
Seoul, South Korea |
September 15, 1983
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight | 167 lb (76 kg; 11.9 st) |
Nationality |
United States South Korea |
Residence | Las Vegas, Nevada |
Career | |
Turned professional | 2001 |
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Former tour(s) | Asian Tour |
Professional wins | 4 |
Number of wins by tour | |
PGA Tour | 1 |
Asian Tour | 1 |
Web.com Tour | 1 |
Other | 1 |
Best results in major championships |
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Masters Tournament | T12: 2012, 2015 |
U.S. Open | 7th: 2016 |
The Open Championship | T22: 2016 |
PGA Championship | T10: 2011 |
Kevin Na | |
Hangul | 나상욱 |
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Hanja | 羅相昱 |
Revised Romanization | Na Sang-uk |
McCune–Reischauer | Na Sang-uk |
Kevin Sangwook Na (born September 15, 1983) is a Korean American professional golfer currently playing on the PGA Tour.
Born in Seoul, South Korea, Na emigrated with his family to the United States when he was eight years old, settling in southern California. He left Diamond Bar High School after his junior year to play professional golf at age 17.
Na has played on the Asian Tour (with a win at the 2002 Volvo Masters of Asia), European Tour and PGA Tour.
Na got his PGA Tour card for the 2004 season. He finished third at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic and fourth at the Honda Classic. In 2005 he finished second at the FBR Open and Chrysler Classic of Tucson. He missed six months with a hand injury in 2006. In his first start back, a rehab start on the Nationwide Tour, he won the Mark Christopher Charity Classic.
Na played on the PGA Tour in 2007 via a medical extension, and finished fourth at the Verizon Heritage. In 2008 he was fourth at the FBR Open and Sony Open in Hawaii.
He finished third at the 2009 Players Championship and the FBR Open, fifth at the Sony Open in Hawaii, Mayakoba Golf Classic and Reno-Tahoe Open. With nine top-10 finishes and 14 top-25 finishes, he ranked in 19th place on the money list, securing his entry to the Masters Tournament and the U.S. Open in 2010 for the first time.