Hometown : Irvine Ca.
2015-16 (Freshman): Carded 35 rounds for the Lobos this season … Scoring average of 72.94 … 16 rounds of par or better … Lowest 54 hole total was 7-under 137 at the MW Championships … Six Top-25 finishes … Three Top-10’s … Best finish was Second place at the San Diego Classic.
High School: Samuel prepped at Northwood High in Irvine, Calif. He played for Northwood High School, Coach Tim O’Brien, in Irvine, Calif. He was a four-time varsity MVP and he was team captain 2015, broke school record shoot 29 on 9 holes high school golf tournament May 2015 at Oak Creek GC.
Junior Career highlight: Earned 2013 AJGA Rolex All-American honorable mention
2013 AJGA Junior All-Star Team honors … The No. 27 golfer at the National Junior Golf Scoreboard rankings for the class of 2015 April … The No. 37 golfer at the National Junior Golf Scoreboard rankings with all class 2015 April … The No. 70 Golfweek Junior Ranking 2015 June … Won the 2014 U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier (68-69)) by eight shots posting a score of 7- under … Won the 2013 Junior All-Star at Cypress Ridge with scores of 69 and 70 to finish at 5- under … Champion of the 62nd Annual Gail Stockton Memorial in 2012 with a score of 1- under … Also won the Toyota Tour Cup Series in 2012 with a score of 3- under 69 … Out of the 21 total tournaments Kim competed in all were Top-20 finishes with 14 Top-5’s …
PERSONAL: Born July 15, 1997 in Anaheim, Calif.
parents are Darrel Kim and Elizabeth Kim, has one brother, Peter Kim (playing high school football).