The 17-year-old freshman has been living the dream this year, having won three times on the Asian Development Tour (ADT) to earn playing rights on the Asian Tour in October and found immediate success on the region’s premier Tour with a victory in India last month.

Kim, playing in only his fifth start on Tour this week which is also his last event of the year, hopes to close his dream rookie season on a high note when he steps up to the tee at the highly acclaimed Royale Jakarta Golf Club, home of the Indonesian Masters since 2011.

Kim’s challenge, however, will be put to test as he faces a strong field of players that include defending champion Poom Saksansin, a two-time winner of the BNI Indonesian Masters, as well as newly crowned Order of Merit winner Jazz Janewattananond.

The talented 144-man field from 21 countries also features more than 50 Tour champions and six Order of Merit winners and they will all be vying for top honours in the US$750,000 event, which is celebrating its ninth straight edition on the Asian Tour this week.

Danny Masrin will spearhead the local charge alongside Rory Hie, who became the first Indonesian to win on the Asian Tour in September. Together with 24 other Indonesians in the field, they will be vying to keep the Indonesian Masters trophy on home soil for the first time in the tournament’s history.

Chinese Taipei’s Wang Wei-lun, who has shown great potential with three top-five finishes in seven starts this season, will continue his chase for a breakthrough victory on the Asian Tour this week. The 26-year-old enjoyed a tied-third place result when he played on the same course for an Asian Development Tour (ADT) event earlier in May.

Other notable players in the field are John Catlin of the United States, Scott Hend of Australia, India’s Shiv Kapur and S.S.P. Chawrasia, as well as Thailand’s Pavit Tangkamolprasert and Phachara Khongwatmai.

The BNI Indonesian Masters will form the third leg of the 2019/20 Panasonic Swing and the winner of the event will again receive a coveted spot in the World Golf Championships – FedEx St. Jude Invitational in 2020.

By being the flagship event of the Asian Tour, the BNI Indonesian Masters will award the winner with no less than 20 Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) points, ensuring more players benefit from the points breakdown in what is the penultimate event of the 2019 season.