Residence : Seoul, South Korea
Birth Date : 20^th August 1973
Turned Professional : 1995
Interests : Music

Tournament Wins : (6) (2006) Mizuno Open; (2005) Japan PGA Championship, JCB Classic Sendai; (2004) Japan PGA Championships, Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishidohills Cup; (2002) Juken Sangyo Hiroshima

Player Profile :

S.K. Ho’s sixth career title at the Mizuno Open allowed the Seoul native to qualify for the British Open. In his fourth time at the Open, Ho held the world’s attention when he capped his best appearance - a tie for 11th place, just outside the top ten, after he shot an impressive round of 68.

Ho, who started to play the game under the guidance of his father at the age of ten and later attended the Korea Physical Education University, is a globetrotting golfer, playing on the highly competitive Japan Tour (2001 – 2006), where he won the PGA Championship in 2004 and 2005, and the Korea PGA Tour (1995 – 2006).

In 2004, the Seoul native finished third on the Japan Tour’s Order of Merit list. Two years earlier, Ho was the first Korean winner in Japan since 1999. Ho is no stranger to team match play, however, as he was a critical player in South Korea’s tied third place finish in the 2002 World Golf Championship-World Cup in Mexico.

This will be Ho’s second time representing Asia in the Royal Trophy.