Kim Si-woo Tops $10 Million in PGA Tour Season Earnings Without a Win… First Korean Player to Do So

Kim Si-woo's 2026 season earnings, built on 3 runner-up finishes, reached $10.27 million, a first for a Korean player. The final piece of the puzzle was the $536,250 he earned for a share of 14th place at the Tour Championship.

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$10,271,694. That is the official prize money Kim Si-woo (31) has earned on the 2026 PGA Tour. According to his PGA TOUR player page, he ranks 8th in earnings and is the first Korean player to top $10 million in a single season (as confirmed at 00:00 KST on 2026.09.01). Without a single win, he rewrote the Korean golf earnings record.

Kim Si-woo's $536,250 Tour Championship Prize Money, the Final Step

At the Tour Championship, which ended Aug. 30 at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia, Kim Si-woo shot 69-68-65-69 for a total of 9 under par, 271, tying Kim Joo-hyung (24) for 14th place. Right before the event, his season earnings stood at $9,735,444. Added to that, the official PGA TOUR points and prize money tally put it at $536,250, bringing the total to $10,271,694.

The figures differed on this amount. Seoul Economic Daily's English edition and some Golfweek reprints reported $545,000, but the official PGA Tour tally and NBC Sports list $536,250. The previous best by a Korean player was $7,774,918, set by Kim Joo-hyung in the 2022-23 season. Kim Si-woo raised that by $2,496,776, or 32%.

Kim Si-woo's Career Earnings of $41.16 Million, No. 1 Among Korean Players, With 0 Wins

Born in 1995. In 2012, at age 17, he became the youngest ever to pass the PGA Tour Qualifying School and turned pro, and he earned his first win at the 2016 Wyndham Championship. The following year he won the Players Championship at age 21, becoming the youngest champion in the tournament's history. He later added wins in 2021 and 2023 for 4 career wins. This year he made 23 cuts in 24 events, with 3 runner-up finishes and 11 top-10s. Only the win was missing.

Career Official PGA Tour Earnings — Top 5 Korean Players (as of 2026.09.01)

Rank	Player	Career Earnings	Notes
1	Kim Si-woo	$41,169,934	4 PGA Tour wins
2	Im Sung-jae	$38,712,481	CBS Sports/Golf Today tally
3	Choi Kyung-ju	$32,835,054	8 PGA Tour wins
4	An Byeong-hun	$21,535,424	PGA Tour player page
5	Kim Joo-hyung	$21,136,324	CBS Sports tally

Kim Si-woo's career official earnings are $41,169,934, leaving a gap of $2,457,453 over second-place Im Sung-jae. That is less than a quarter of the $10,271,694 Kim earned in this one season alone. His overall career-earnings rank on the tour is listed as either 39th or 46th depending on the outlet, so it is safer to compare Korean players by dollar amount. He is 13th in the world rankings, which the OWGR profile shows as his career best.

The Distance to No. 1 Scheffler's $30.93 Million in Earnings

The No. 1 earner this season is Scottie Scheffler (30), with $30,937,524 (official tally published by ESPN). That is 3 times the total of Kim Si-woo, who is 8th. Scheffler won the Tour Championship, which had a total purse of $40 million, at 16 under par, 264, and collected $10 million. In just 4 days, Scheffler earned only $271,694 less than what Kim accumulated across 24 events over the entire season.

Seoul Economic Daily's English edition reported that the PGA Tour will continue its fall series with the Biltmore Championship, which opens Sept. 17. The PGA Tour player and ranking pages are updated frequently, and the figures in this article were confirmed as of 00:00 KST on Sept. 1, 2026. Advertising and sponsorship income is not covered because individual figures could not be confirmed from reliable tallies.

Related Official Sites

PGA TOUR Official Profile of Kim Si-woo — original source for season and career earnings and tournament results
PGA TOUR 2026 Tour Championship Leaderboard — round-by-round scores and final standings
PGA TOUR Tour Championship Official Points and Prize Money Tally — prize distribution table by finish
OWGR Profile of Kim Si-woo — world ranking trend and career-best rank

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