S.H. Kim wins AdventHealth Championship for first TOUR-sanctioned title

S.H. Kim strolled to his first Korn Ferry Tour title in his 30th career start on Tour, carding a 1-under final round en route to a three-stroke win at the AdventHealth Championship.

S.H. Kim (First/20 under)

• Converts five-stroke 54-hole lead into three-stroke victory, totaling 20-under 268 for the lowest 72-hole score at the AdventHealth Championship since its relocation to Blue Hills Country Club in 2019 (previous: 19-under 269/Harry Higgs and Tanner Gore, 2024; Grayson Murray, 2023; Cameron Young, 2021)
• Earns first Korn Ferry Tour title in his 30th career start on Tour at 26 years, 8 months, 1 day of age, becoming the eighth winner under the age of 30 this season
• Becomes the seventh player representing South Korea to win on the Korn Ferry Tour (most recent: Byeong Hun An/2022 LECOM Suncoast Classic)
• Follows Sudarshan Yellamaraju (Canada/The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club) and Jeremy Gandon (France/Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club) as the third international winner on Tour this season
• Improves to 1-for-2 when leading/co-leading after 54 holes of a Korn Ferry Tour event (previous: 1st/2022 Lake Charles Championship/finished P2, lost playoff to Trevor Werbylo)
• Previously earned four runner-up finishes on Tour (two each in 2022 and 2025)
• Rises to No. 1 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, supplanting Hank Lebioda, who had held the top spot since winning the season-opening The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island
• Records fourth top 10 in eighth start of the 2025 season, having previously logged runner-up finishes at The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island (lost playoff to Hank Lebioda) and the 118th VISA Argentina Open presented by Macro
• Finished T31 at the 2022 AdventHealth Championship, his only previous appearance at the event
• Finished No. 68 in the 2023 FedExCup Fall as a PGA TOUR rookie, but finished No. 130 in the 2024 FedExCup Fall, leaving him with conditional status for the 2025 PGA TOUR season
• Earned PGA TOUR membership upon conclusion of the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour season, which saw him finish in the top 25 of the standings as a rookie
• Prior to earning Korn Ferry Tour membership, won the 2020 KPGA Championship, becoming the first player in the history of the Korean Tour to win an event as a Monday qualifier, and won the 2021 Japan PGA Championship on the Japan Golf Tour

Additional notes

• Blaine Hale Jr. (second/17 under), who held PGA TOUR membership for the 2024 season after a top-five finish at Final Stage of 2023 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry, ties the course record with final-round 9-under 63 (Wilson Furr/2023/Round 1; Alvaro Ortiz/2025/Round 2) and posts a career-high finish on the Korn Ferry Tour for a second consecutive event (T8/Tulum Championship at PGA Riviera Maya).
• Korn Ferry Tour winner and two-time Korn Ferry Tour graduate Ben Taylor (T3/16 under) records his highest finish in a PGA TOUR-sanctioned event since the 2022 Texas Children’s Houston Open on the PGA TOUR (finished solo third).
• Alvaro Ortiz (T3/16 under), who held the 36-hole co-lead after tying the course record with a second-round 9-under 63, posts his first top-10 of the 2025 season and records a career-high finish in his 58th career start on the Korn Ferry Tour (previous: T4/2024 Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS, 2024 UNC Health Championship presented by STITCH).
• Carter Jenkins (T3/16 under), one of four 18-hole co-leaders earlier this week, logs his first top-10 of the season and third career top-three finish on Tour (previous: T2/2023 Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation; T2/2024 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship).
• Korn Ferry Tour winner Sudarshan Yellamaraju (sixth/14 under) records his first top-10 finish since winning the 2025 The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club in January.
• Trent Phillips (T8/12 under), who finished No. 33 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List in his second season on Tour, records his first top-10 finish since the 2024 Veritex Bank Championship (finished solo third).
• Pontus Nyholm (T8/12 under), who has three consecutive top 75 finishes on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List, logs his first top-10 of the 2025 season
• Conditional member Brandon Hoelzer (T16/9 under), who was the last man to gain entry to the field via the priority ranking, records his first top-25 in his 17th career start on the Korn Ferry Tour, earning a spot in next week’s Visit Knoxville Open.
• Korn Ferry Tour winner Andrew Kozan (T21/8 under), who played this week via a sponsor exemption, records his first top-25 since June 2024 (T19/UNC Health Championship presented by STITCH) and earns a spot in next week’s Visit Knoxville Open.