Choi Hye-jin

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

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In this Korean name, the family name is Choi.
Choi Hye-jin
— Golfer —
File:2022 KPMG Women's PGA Championship - Choi Hye-jin (52178950830).jpg
Personal information
Born (1999-08-23) 23 August 1999 (age 25)
Gimhae, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
Nationality  South Korea
Career
Turned professional 2017
Current tour(s) LPGA of Korea Tour
LPGA Tour
Professional wins 13
Number of wins by tour
LPGA of Korea Tour 12
Other 1
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration T17/17th: 2022, 2023
Women's PGA C'ship T5: 2022
U.S. Women's Open 2nd: 2017
Women's British Open T28: 2022
Evian Championship T14: 2017
Achievements and awards
LPGA of Korea Tour
leading money winner		 2019

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

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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
Women's PGA Championship T5 T52
The Evian Championship T14 T49 NT T22 T48
Women's British Open CUT CUT T28 T66
  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 6 6
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 4
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
Totals 0 1 1 3 3 8 20 18
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 13 (2019 Evian – 2023 Chevron, current)
  • 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]

Team appearances

Amateur

Source:[10]

Professional

References

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