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Ryu Hyun-woo (golfer)

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Ryu Hyun-woo
Personal information
Born (1981-09-08) 8 September 1981 (age 43)
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb; 12.8 st)
Sporting nationality South Korea
Career
Turned professional2002
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Korean Tour
Former tour(s)OneAsia Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour2
Other2
Achievements and awards
Korean Tour
Order of Merit winner
2013
Korean Tour
Player of the Year
2013

Ryu Hyun-woo (Korean: 류현우; born 8 September 1981) is a South Korean professional golfer.

Ryu has played on the Korean Tour, the OneAsia Tour since 2010 and the Japan Golf Tour since 2012. He won on the Japan Golf Tour in September 2012 at the Coca-Cola Tokai Classic.[1] He won the 2013 GS Caltex Maekyung Open, co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour and the Korean Tour.

Professional wins (4)

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Japan Golf Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 30 Sep 2012 Coca-Cola Tokai Classic −6 (71-73-67-71=282) Playoff Japan Shingo Katayama
2 3 Sep 2017 Fujisankei Classic −3 (72-69-71-69=281) Playoff United States Seungsu Han, Japan Satoshi Kodaira

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2012 Coca-Cola Tokai Classic Japan Shingo Katayama Won with par on first extra hole
2 2017 Fujisankei Classic United States Seungsu Han, Japan Satoshi Kodaira Won with par on first extra hole
3 2024 ACN Championship Japan Takumi Kanaya Lost to birdie on first extra hole

OneAsia Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 12 May 2013 GS Caltex Maekyung Open1 −14 (72-65-67-70=274) 1 stroke South Korea Kim Do-hoon, South Korea Kim Hyung-sung

1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour

Korean Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 18 Oct 2009 Shinhan Donghae Open −10 (68-70-68=206)* 1 stroke South Korea Kim Dae-hyun
2 12 May 2013 GS Caltex Maekyung Open1 −14 (72-65-67-70=274) 1 stroke South Korea Kim Do-hoon, South Korea Kim Hyung-sung

*Note: The 2009 Shinhan Donghae Open was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
1Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour

Korean Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2018 SK Telecom Open South Korea Kwon Sung-yeol Lost to birdie on second extra hole

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 2017
Championship
Match Play
Invitational
Champions T24
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

References

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  1. ^ "Ryu overcomes triple-bogey to win first Japan Tour title". 30 September 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
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