Bae Sang-Moon

Bae turned professional in 2004. He won the 2006 Emerson Pacific Group Open on the Korean Tour, and in 2007 he won the SK Telecom Open, an Asian Tour and Korean Tour co-sanctioned event held in his home country. In 2008, he won his home country's open, the Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open. In 2009, he won the GS Caltex Maekyung Open.

In 2011, Bae finished as the leading money winner on the Japan Golf Tour for the season after winning three tournaments. Bae was the second consecutive Korean to take this accolade after Kim Kyung-tae's success in 2010. His three victories all came within two months of each other at the Vana H Cup KBC Augusta, the Coca-Cola Tokai Classic and the Japan Open. At the end of the year, he competed at the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament, where he finished T11 to secure his playing rights for the 2012 PGA Tour season. He also reached his career high world ranking of 26th in 2011.

Bae started the season very strongly, making all of his first eight cuts on the PGA Tour. He recorded his first top-10 finish of the year when he reached the quarter-finals at the 2012 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, knocking out Ian Poulter and Charl Schwartzel before losing to Rory McIlroy. In March 2012, Bae lost in a four-man playoff at the Transitions Championship on the PGA Tour. After finishing at −13 for the tournament, he lost the playoff when Luke Donald holed a birdie putt on the first extra hole to defeat Bae, Jim Furyk and Robert Garrigus. He finished his debut season making 17 out of 25 cuts and ended up 71st in the FedEx Cup standings, one position outside of qualifying for the third playoff event.

In May 2013, Bae won his first PGA Tour event at the HP Byron Nelson Championship, beating Keegan Bradley by two strokes. Bae entered the final round a single stroke behind Bradley, but birdied four out of his first seven holes to move four ahead. However Bae double-bogeyed the ninth after finding water and bogeyed the 10th and 15th to drop back to a share of the lead. Bae then proceeded to birdie the 16th and when Bradley bogeyed the 17th, Bae had a comfortable two shot lead to come down the 18th and secure his maiden victory. He became just the fourth South Korean-born winner on the PGA Tour, after K. J. Choi, Yang Yong-eun, and Kevin Na.

Bae was embroiled in political controversy late 2014 after his work visa expired and he had yet to serve twenty-one months in the South Korean military as required of men age 18–35. By comparison, K. J. Choi and Yang Yong-eun completed their military requirements before turning professional. Bae countered that he had residency in the U.S. and was exempt. In July 2015, a South Korean court ruled Bae spent too much time in South Korea to be exempt and must fulfill his military requirement. In response, the PGA Tour created a "Mandatory Obligation" category that would allow Bae to retain his exemption after completing his service, similar to the major medical exemption.

 

Bae earned an invitation to the 2015 Presidents Cup as a captain's pick by Nick Price. It was his last event before military service, which began in November 2015. His military service ended in August 2017.

Bae made his return to professional golf at the 2017 Shinhan Donghae Open, an event he won twice as a member of the Korean Tour. His PGA Tour return came at the Safeway Open. Bae finished 202nd in the FedEx Cup, but earned entry to the Web.com Tour Finals via his military exemption. He won the Albertsons Boise Open and regained his PGA Tour card for the 2018–19 season.

PGA Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	19 May 2013	HP Byron Nelson Championship	66-66-66-69=267	−13	2 strokes	Keegan Bradley
2	12 Oct 2014	Frys.com Open	66-69-65-73=273	−15	2 strokes	Steven Bowditch

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2012	Transitions Championship	Luke Donald,   Jim Furyk,   Robert Garrigus	Donald won with birdie on first extra hole

Japan Golf Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	28 Aug 2011	Vana H Cup KBC Augusta	65-64-70-67=266	−22	2 strokes	Ryo Ishikawa,   Tomohiro Kondo
2	2 Oct 2011	Coca-Cola Tokai Classic	69-67-72-73=281	−7	1 stroke	Tadahiro Takayama
3	16 Oct 2011	Japan Open Golf Championship	69-74-68-71=282	−2	Playoff	Kenichi Kuboya

• The Japan Open Golf Championship is also a Japan major championship.

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2011	Japan Open Golf Championship	Kenichi Kuboya	Won with par on first extra hole
2	2011	Mynavi ABC Championship	Koichiro Kawano	Lost to birdie on sixth extra hole

Asian Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	27 May 2007	SK Telecom Open1	64-69-71-67=271	−17	6 strokes	Aaron Baddeley,   Kim Hyung-tae
2	5 Oct 2008	Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open1	67-70-67-69=273	−11	1 stroke	Ian Poulter
3	17 May 2009	GS Caltex Maekyung Open1	71-70-70-70=281	−7	Playoff	Ted Oh

¹Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour

Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2009	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	Ted Oh	Won with par on second extra hole

Web.com Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	16 Sep 2018	Albertsons Boise Open	65-67-67-66=265	−19	1 stroke	Anders Albertson,   Adam Schenk,   Roger Sloan

OneAsia Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	13 Sep 2009	Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open1	71-71-65-67=271	−10	1 stroke	Kim Dae-sub
2	23 May 2010	SK Telecom Open1	68-65-66-67=266	−22	3 strokes	Kim Dae-hyun

¹Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour

Korean Tour wins (9)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	5 Nov 2006	SBS Emerson Pacific Group Open	70-66-70-69=275	−13	6 strokes	Kang Kyung-nam
2	27 May 2007	SK Telecom Open1	64-69-71-67=271	−17	6 strokes	Aaron Baddeley,   Kim Hyung-tae
3	23 Mar 2008	KEB Invitational (1st)	66-75-71-75=287	−1	1 stroke	Suk Jong-yul
4	5 Oct 2008	Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open1	67-70-67-69=273	−11	1 stroke	Ian Poulter
5	17 May 2009	GS Caltex Maekyung Open1	71-70-70-70=281	−7	Playoff	Ted Oh
6	13 Sep 2009	Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open2 (2)	71-71-65-67=271	−10	1 stroke	Kim Dae-sub
7	23 May 2010	SK Telecom Open2	68-65-66-67=266	−22	3 strokes	Kim Dae-hyun
8	29 Sep 2013	Shinhan Donghae Open	72-66-68-63=279	−9	3 strokes	Ryu Hyun-woo
9	9 Nov 2014	Shinhan Donghae Open (2)	69-67-68-71=275	−13	5 strokes	Kim Bong-sub,   Moon Kyong-jun

¹Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
²Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour

Korean Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2009	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	Ted Oh	Won with par on second extra hole
2	2009	SBS Johnnie Walker Blue Label Open	Hwang Inn-choon,   Kim Dae-sub,   Maeng Dong-seop	Maeng won with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

• 2008 Fortis International Challenge (Malaysia; with Kim Hyung-tae)

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place

Summary

• Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (twice, current)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 0

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied

• World Cup (representing South Korea): 2008, 2013
• Royal Trophy (representing Asia): 2012 (winners)
• Presidents Cup (representing the International team): 2015

• 2011 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
• 2018 Web.com Tour Finals graduates