The Korea Times
Kim Si-woo and Im Sung-jae will be the two Korean players competing for the iconic green jacket at the Masters this week. Korea has had at least one player in the exclusive Masters field at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, in every year since 2003. Starting Thursday, there will be 91 players teeing off at the first major of the year, including former Masters champions, the top-12 players at the 2025 Masters, recent major winners and players inside the top 50 in the world rankings. Kim, the highest-ranked Korean at No. 28, will make his ninth Masters appearance after missing out in 2025. His best performance at Augusta is a tie for 12th in 2021. Kim, 30, tied for 10th at his Masters tuneup, the Valero Texas Open, over the weekend. The four-time PGA Tour winner had a fast start to the 2026 season, recording three consecutive top-six finishes from late January to early February. He then cooled off with three finishes outside the top 30 in his next four tournaments before making a final round surge for his fourth top-10 finish of the season at the Texas tournament. Kim is 14th
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