Kevin Na

The following day, Na earned his first PGA Tour victory at the 211th attempt, having been on tour for eight years.

He shot a final round 65 with birdies at 15, 16 and 17 to win by two strokes from Nick Watney and earn $792,000 in prize money.

Na also broke the tournament scoring record of 21-under par when he finished the week at 23-under par.

This victory earned Na a two-year exemption on tour.

He ranked 30th in season earnings.

He placed 37th in season earnings.

Kevin Sangwook Na (나상욱; born September 15, 1983) is a Korean American professional golfer.

He was a member of the PGA Tour until June 2022, when he resigned in order to join LIV Golf.

Na has played on the Asian Tour (with a win at the 2002 Volvo Masters of Asia), European Tour and PGA Tour.

He got his PGA Tour card for the 2004 season.

He finished third at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic and fourth at the Honda Classic.

In 2005 he finished second at the FBR Open and Chrysler Classic of Tucson.

He missed six months with a hand injury in 2006.

In his first start back, a rehab start on the Nationwide Tour, he won the Mark Christopher Charity Classic.

Na played on the PGA Tour in 2007 via a medical extension, and finished fourth at the Verizon Heritage.

In 2008 he was fourth at the FBR Open and Sony Open in Hawaii.

He finished third at the 2009 Players Championship and the FBR Open, fifth at the Sony Open in Hawaii, Mayakoba Golf Classic and Reno-Tahoe Open.

With nine top-10 finishes and 14 top-25 finishes, he ranked in 19th place on the money list, securing his entry to the Masters Tournament and the U.S. Open in 2010 for the first time.

In the 2010 season, Na finished second at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and third at the BMW Championship.

He won five tournaments on the PGA Tour between 2011 and 2021.

Born in Seoul, South Korea, Na emigrated with his family to the United States when he was eight years old, settling in southern California.

He left Diamond Bar High School after his junior year to play professional golf at age 17.

In February 2011, Na was in contention to win his first PGA Tour title at the Northern Trust Open.

He entered the final round in a tie for 2nd at −9, one stroke behind Aaron Baddeley.

However a run of four bogeys in the first ten holes ended Na's chances of victory.

On April 14, 2011, Na played the worst ever par-4 hole on the PGA Tour since the tour began recording hole-by-hole scores in 1983, making a 16 on the ninth hole at the Valero Texas Open.

Na needed extra shots after an unplayable lie from his tee shot and was then given a two-stroke penalty after his ball hit a tree and rebounded back onto him.

It was initially scored as a 15 but changed to 16 on review.

Na ended up shooting an eight-over-par round of 80, which saw him shoot four-under for his other 17 holes.

In August 2011, Na finished tenth at the PGA Championship with a 72-69-70-67 score card.

He also finished fifth at the Bob Hope Classic and Wells Fargo Championship.

On October 1, 2011, Na apparently whiffed his tee shot on the par-4 15th hole in the third round of the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas, missing high and to the outside of the ball.

Tour officials, though, ruled Na was not intending to hit the ball and did not count the swing as a stroke, and Na finished with a 5-under 66 to remain tied for the tournament lead.

During the 2012 PGA Tour season, Na finished fourth at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, fifth at the Phoenix Open and AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, seventh at the Players Championship and 12th at Masters Tournament.

A back injury limited Na to eight starts in early 2013.

After rehabbing, he made a comeback in October in his first PGA Tour start since April with a third-place finish at the Frys.com Open.

Na was given 18 starts on a medical extension, but needed only seven to remain on the PGA Tour.

In 2014 he finished second at the Memorial Tournament and Valspar Championship, third at the Frys.com Open, fourth at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, ninth at The Barclays and 12th at the U.S. Open.

He finished 20th in season earnings.

He would eventually fight back on the back nine and a vital birdie on the par-five 17th sealed a third-place finish, behind eventual winner Baddeley and Vijay Singh.