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Mo Joong-kyung
Personal information
Born (1971-08-23) 23 August 1971 (age 53)
Seoul, South Korea
Sporting nationality South Korea
Career
Turned professional1995
Current tour(s)Asian Tour
Korean Tour
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour2
Other5
Achievements and awards
Korean Tour
Rookie of the Year
1997

Mo Joong-kyung (Korean모중경; born 23 August 1971) is a professional golfer from South Korea who currently plays on the Asian Tour, where he has won twice.

Early life

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Mo was born in Seoul and turned professional in 1995.

Professional career

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After turning professional in 1995, Mo decided to stay and play mainly in South Korea to be close to his family. He has won five events on the Korean Tour, with his best year coming in 2004, which was the first year he earned six figures in season-long earnings.

Mo has also had some success on the Asian Tour. He won the 1996 Guam Open by three strokes over three players. In 1997 he finished a distant runner-up to Tiger Woods at the Asian Honda Classic. He maintained full-time status for many years afterwards but would not win again until the 2008 Singha Thailand PGA Championship. He defeated seasoned campaigners Juvic Pagunsan and hometown favorite Prayad Marksaeng down the stretch giving him the biggest victory of his career. He credited the victory to his hard work and self-belief in Chiang Rai.[1] Later in the year he recorded a top-10 at the Volvo Masters of Asia. Overall 2008 would be his most successful year on the Asian Tour.

Mo represented Asia in 2005 in the Dynasty Cup where he and his Asian team were victorious.

Personal life

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Mo currently resides in his place of birth Seoul with his wife and one child.

Professional wins (7)

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Asian Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 12 May 1996 Guam Open −1 (77-73-70-67=287) 3 strokes Australia Don Fardon, United States Aaron Meeks,
Australia Jeff Wagner
2 29 Jun 2008 Singha Thailand PGA Championship −21 (69-64-69-65=267) 3 strokes Philippines Juvic Pagunsan

Asian Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2004 Volkswagen Masters-China India Rahil Gangjee Lost to par on first extra hole

Korean Tour wins (5)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 9 Sep 2000 Chungcheong Open −13 (71-70-71-63=275) 7 strokes South Korea Choi Gwang-soo, South Korea Yang Yong-eun
2 10 Nov 2002 KTRD Open −7 (69-73-69-70=281) 1 stroke South Korea Choi Sang-ho, South Korea Kang Wook-soon,
South Korea Lee Jun-young
3 9 Jul 2004 Sports Toto Open −12 (70-71-69-66=276) 1 stroke South Korea Jang Ik-jae
4 30 Jul 2006 SBS Gaya Open −15 (68-70-67-68=273) 1 stroke South Korea Bae Sang-moon, South Korea Jun Tae-hyun,
South Korea Park Do-kyu
5 15 May 2016 Maeil Dairies Open −18 (69-67-68-66=270) 3 strokes South Korea Kang Kyung-nam

Team appearances

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References

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  1. ^ "Mo makes his move on Order of Merit". asiantour.com. 30 June 2008. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
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