Education
He first gained international prominence in 2009 when he finished runner-up at the Ballantine"s Championship, a tournament co-sanction by the Korean Tour and the European Tour.
He first gained international prominence in 2009 when he finished runner-up at the Ballantine"s Championship, a tournament co-sanction by the Korean Tour and the European Tour.
Kang turned professional in 2007 and joined the Korean Tour in his home country. In May 2011, Kang lost a playoff for the Bayerische Motoren Werke Charity Pro-Am on the Nationwide Tour. The following month, he qualified for the United States Open, his first major, and finished in a tie for 39th.
Kang retained his Professional Golf Association Tour card for 2012 with a T3 at the Children"s Miracle Network Classic to finish 120th on the money list.
At the American Telephone & Telegraph Company Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Kang shot a course record 60 during the second round at the Monterrey Peninsula course. This took him into a share of the lead moving into the weekend.
Korean Tour wins (3) 2010 Eugene Open DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10. Amateur Eisenhower Trophy (representing South of Korea): 2006.