Choi Hye-jin

For the South Korean diver, see Choi Hye-jin (diver).

In this Korean name, the family name is Choi.
Choi Hye-jin
At the 2022 Women's PGA Championship
Personal information
Born (1999-08-23) 23 August 1999 (age 25)
Gimhae, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
Sporting nationality South Korea
Career
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s)LPGA of Korea Tour
LPGA Tour
Professional wins13
Number of wins by tour
LPGA of Korea Tour12
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT17/17th: 2022, 2023
Women's PGA C'shipT5: 2022
U.S. Women's Open2nd: 2017
Women's British OpenT28: 2022
Evian ChampionshipT7: 2024
Achievements and awards
LPGA of Korea Tour
leading money winner		2019
Medal record
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Women's team

Choi Hye-jin (Korean: 최혜진; born 23 August 1999) is a South Korean professional golfer.

Amateur career

Choi represented South Korea at the 2014 Asian Games where she helped the team to a silver medal and finished fifth in the individual event. She help the Korean team to a third place finish at the 2014 Espirito Santo Trophy.

In 2015, Choi won the World Junior Girls Championship, both individually and with the South Korean team.[1]

Choi won the 2016 Canadian Women's Amateur and was low amateur at the 2016 U.S. Women's Open.[2] She led the Korean team to victory at the 2016 Espirito Santo Trophy. She also finished runner-up at the 2016 New Zealand Women's Open, co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour and the Ladies European Tour.

Choi won the 2017 Australian Women's Amateur and also won the ChoJung Sparkling Water Yongpyong Resort Open on the 2017 LPGA of Korea Tour.[3][4] She finished second at the 2017 U.S. Women's Open at the age of seventeen.[5][6] She was attempting to become the second amateur to win the U.S. Open.[7] She won a second LPGA of Korea Tour event in August 2017, the Bogner-MBN Ladies Open.

Professional career

Choi turned professional in August 2017.[8]

She was runner-up at the 2018 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open, an LPGA Tour event.

In 2019, she won five events and was LPGA of Korea Tour leading money winner.

Choi earned her card for the 2022 LPGA Tour through qualifying school.[9]

Amateur wins

Source:[10]

Professional wins (13)

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (12)

  • 2017 (2) ChoJung Sparkling Water Yongpyong Resort Open (as amateur), Bogner-MBN Ladies Open (as amateur)
  • 2018 (2) Hyosung Championship, BC Card-Hankyung Ladies Cup
  • 2019 (5) CreaS F&C KLPGA Championship, NH Investment & Securities Ladies Championship, S-Oil Championship, McCol-Yongpyong Resort Open, SK Networks Seokyung Ladies Classic
  • 2020 (2) S-Oil Championship, SK Telecom–ADT CAPS Championship
  • 2023 (1) Lotte Open

Other wins

  • 2017 LF Point Final Championship

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2023.

Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chevron Championship T48 T17 17 T46
U.S. Women's Open T38 2 T27 T30 3 T20 CUT
Women's PGA Championship T5 T52 T16
The Evian Championship T14 T49 NT T22 T48 T7
Women's British Open CUT CUT T28 T66 T37
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
NT = no tournament

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 4
U.S. Women's Open 0 1 1 2 2 3 7 6
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 3
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 5
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
Totals 0 1 1 3 4 10 24 21
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 13 (2019 Evian – 2023 Chevron)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2022 U.S. Open – 2022 WPGA)

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year Ranking Source
2014 605 [11]
2015 274 [12]
2016 144 [13]
2017 12 [14]
2018 22 [15]
2019 27 [16]
2020 25 [17]
2021 55 [18]
2022 20 [19]
2023 35 [20]
2024 41 [21]

Team appearances

Amateur

Source:[10]

Professional

References

  1. ^ Stevenson, Chris (16 July 2017). "Attacking style pays off for Sung Hyun Park in U.S. Women's Open win". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  2. ^ Herrington, Ryan (16 July 2017). "How an amateur nearly stole the U.S. Women's Open title". Golf Digest. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  3. ^ Stevenson, Chris (16 July 2017). "Cool putter an unwelcome change". Brockville Recorder. Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Hye-jin Choi prevails at Australian Women's Amateur". Amateurgolf.com. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  5. ^ Conway, Tyler (16 July 2017). "US Women's Open Golf 2017: Sung Hyun Park Tops Hye-Jin Choi to Capture Title". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  6. ^ "US Women's Open: Teenage amateur Choi Hye-Jin tied for second behind Shanshan Feng". BBC Sport. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  7. ^ "17-year-old amateur Hye-Jin Choi misses chance to win U.S. Women's Open". ESPN. Associated Press. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Hot-shot amateur golfer turns pro, signs lucrative endorsement deal". Yonhap. 28 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Na Rin An Secures Medalist Honors At LPGA Q-Series". LPGA. 13 December 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Hye-jin Choi". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 29 December 2014.
  12. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2015.
  13. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2016.
  14. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2017.
  15. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
  16. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
  17. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
  18. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2021.
  19. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2022.
  20. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2023.
  21. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 24 December 2024.