He made an immediate impact upon his return to the Tour previous year, however, winning his maiden PGA Tour title at the Wyndham Championship.
Two weeks ago, Poulter thought he had lost his PGA Tour card until officials realized a clerical oversight that restored his status and even gave him a spot in The Players Championship.
He is the second South Korean to win the Players after K.J. Choi in 2011. He took a penalty drop, and then hit wedge over the trees and almost holed it, tapping in for bogey.
In this Associated Press photo, Kim Si-woo of South Korea celebrates after winning The Players Championship at TPC at Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, on May 14, 2017.
"My form is good - I don't feel like I've got a lot out of my game over the last few weeks - but I've been working hard and hopefully the results will follow". "But the fourth shot was pretty special - from one of the worst shots I've ever hit to one of the very best".
Lucas Glover (70), who was 5-under through 11 holes, briefly came within one of Kim, but bogeyed Nos.
Most tour wins only carry a two-year exemption but victory in the Players comes with an extra three years. Another major championship victor, former Open Champion Louis Oosthuizen, made two of his own and then there was 54-hole co-leader J.B. Holmes, who made two sixes, an eight on the par-3 17th and went from tied for the lead to start the day to a T-41 finish with his final-round 84. He needed a circus shot to manage a bogey.
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Portugal has bagged the first rank in this year's Eurovision , followed by Bulgaria at second and Sweden at third rank. Portugal won their first victory in 53 years on Saturday night (13th May) with Salvador Sobral .
Elsewhere at Sawgrass on Sunday there was drama as Rafa Cabrera Bello scored a rare albatross. He made a double-eagle 2 at the 16th, the first ever at the hole during the tournament.
USA golf commentator Brandel Chamblee likened the 21-year-old's surprise victory to Donald Trump's shock US election victory and the outcome of the Brexit referendum.
The strength of The Players Championship is the depth of its field, the size of its purse and the pedigree of so many winners. He ended the tournament tied for second and picked up nearly $1 million in prize money. And while the best players in the world struggled, a 21-year-old stayed within himself and walked away with easily the biggest win of his young career.
Kim turned pro in 2012 and earned his PGA Tour card a year later aged just 17.
Just over four years ago, Kim came over to America to play the final version of PGA Tour's qualifying school.
"Mark Carens, his caddie of two years, noted after the win: "(Si Woo's) way mature. "I was confident that I could do well here as long as I had my short game in place".
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