2017-18 Men's Golf Roster

David Kim

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Buena Park, Calif.

Biography

2017-18 (Senior)
• Earned first-team All-Big West honors for the second-straight year
• Tops on the squad with a 72.12 scoring average through 33 rounds
• Held at least a share of the team lead in all 11 tournaments
• Finished at or below par 11 times with nine sub-70 rounds
• Tied for third at the Big West Championships with a 5-under 211 (73-69-69)
• Runner-up at the Bill Cullum Invitational with a 7-under 209 (71-70-68)
• Also placed second overall at the Sacramento State Invitational at 4-under 212 (77-66-69)
• Carded an 18-hole season-best 66 on two occasions
• One of those came in the second round of the John A. Burns Intercollegiate where he recorded his first collegiate hole-in-one on the seventh hole
• Tied for 30th at the NCAA Stockton Regional at even-par 216 (69-76-71)
• Tabbed the Big West Men's Golfer of the Month for October

2016-17 (Junior)
• Named the Big West Player of the Year and garnered first-team all-conference honors
• Earned an individual NCAA Regional berth, where he came in 20th overall at the Stanford Golf Course
• Led the 'Eaters with a 71.28 stroke average over 12 tournaments
• Shot under par in 17 rounds and finished in the 60s on 10 occasions
• Had eight top-10 finishes
• Earned medalist honors at the Cal Poly Shootout (208)
• Carded a career-low 7-under 65 in the second round 
• Tabbed the Big West Golfer of the Month for October after placing third at the Bill Cullum Invitational (73-66-68) and fifth at the Nick Watney Invitational (73-70-68)
• Finished eighth at the Big West Championships

2015-16 (Sophomore)
• Received All-Big West honorable mention recognition
• Saw action in six tournaments, posting a team-best average of 73.33
• Earned medalist honors at the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational with a total score of 209 (69-71-69)
• Matched his season-low 69 at the Bill Cullum Invitational
• Also came in sixth at the Winter Intercollegiate
• Tied for 20th at the Big West Championships

2014-15 (Freshman)
• Named to the All-Big West Second Team
• Played in all 10 tournaments and ranked second on the team with a 72.79 scoring average
• Helped UC Irvine to a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Regional
• Placed 46th individually with a three-round total of 217 (74-71-72)
• Came in 15th at the Big West Championships
• Took fifth at the Jones Invitational and sixth at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic
• Added a top-20 showing at the Western Intercollegiate
• Recorded a season-low 67 in the first round of the Bill Cullum Invitational

High School
• Graduated from Eastside Christian High School in 2014

Tournaments
• Finished fourth in the 2014 American Junior Golf Association at River Ridge (72-69)
• Placed sixth overall at the 2014 AJGA Heather Farr Classic (70-67-73) at Longbow GC in Mesa, Ariz.
• Came in fourth in the 2013 AJGA Randy Wise Junior Open at Warwick Hills CC (Grand Blanc, Mich.)
• Took fifth in the 2013 AJGA Junior at River Ridge
• Won the 2012 Scholastic Junior Golf Championship (68-65) at Morgan Run in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
• Claimed runner-up honors in the 2012 AJGA Under Armour/Gary Woodland Championship at Diablo Grande in Patterson, Calif.

Personal
• Majoring in criminology, law and society
• Mother is Sun Sook Kim


Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

  • 2015-16Sophomore

  • 2016-17Junior

  • 2017-18Senior

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