Young English amateur star Kris Kim, who last year become the fifth youngest-ever player to make the cut in a PGA Tour event, has been revealed as the first recipient of a new elite scholarship from the Wentworth Foundation.
The teenager’s thrilling performance in last May’s THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson wowed golf audiences around the world, not least when he very nearly made a hole-in-one during his third round.
But his maturity and promise had been evident in the amateur game before then.
In a superb 2023 campaign he claimed victories in the prestigious Fairhaven Trophy and the R&A’s Boys Amateur Championship, he broke a course record when winning the bronze medal with England in the European Boys Team Championship, and he won three and a half points from four matches in a resounding European Junior Ryder Cup triumph.
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Under the terms of the Wentworth Foundation’s new elite scholarship, Kim will have access to the three celebrated courses at Wentworth, in addition to all of the practice facilities including the newly opened state-of-the-art Wentworth Golf Academy.
“I was so happy when I found out about the scholarship,” said Kim ahead of a thrilling fortnight in which he will make his senior debut for England and return to PGA Tour action in THE CJ CUP.
“The idea of practising and playing at Wentworth every day is so cool and it will be really good for my game. I attended the BMW PGA Championship there and spent most of my time following Rory McIlroy around the course or closely watching the golfers on the range.
“To think that Rory is now a Masters champion and that I will be practising where he and the rest of the field did is just amazing.
“I want to take my game to the next level and Wentworth is the place for me to achieve that. I’m very excited and very grateful to everyone at the club for making it happen.”
The Wentworth Foundation was created in 1991 by the club’s former head professional, and now honorary member, Bernard Gallacher to help aspiring young golfers and tennis players in the area.
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