Choi Na-yeon

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Choi.
Na Yeon Choi
최나연
— Golfer —
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Personal information
Born (1987-10-28) 28 October 1987 (age 37)
Seoul, South Korea
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Nationality  South Korea
Residence Orlando, Florida[1]
Career
Turned professional 2004
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2008)
Former tour(s) KLPGA Tour (joined 2004)
Professional wins 15
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 9
LPGA of Korea Tour 8
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 1)
ANA Inspiration T6: 2008
Women's PGA C'ship 8th: 2009
U.S. Women's Open Won: 2012
Women's British Open T2: 2013
Evian Championship 5th: 2014
Achievements and awards
LPGA Vare Trophy 2010
LPGA Tour
Money Winner		 2010
Choi Na-yeon
Hangul 최나연
Hanja 崔蘿蓮
Revised Romanization Choe Na Yeon
McCune–Reischauer Choi Na Yŏn

Na Yeon Choi (Korean: 최나연 [tɕʰwe najʌn]; born 28 October 1987) is a South Korean female professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. In July 2012, she won the U.S. Women's Open for her first major championship.[2]

Amateur career

At age 17 in 2004, Choi won the ADT CAPS Invitational on the LPGA of Korea Tour (KLPGA), beating future Hall-of-Famer Se Ri Pak by four strokes. Choi turned professional shortly thereafter, in November 2004. She won once each year on the KLPGA Tour in 2004 through 2007.

Professional career

In 2007, Choi played in the Hana Bank-KOLON Championship, an event co-sponsored by the LPGA and KLPGA Tours, and finished eighth. She attended LPGA Qualifying Tournament in the fall of 2007, but finished two shots shy of earning a fully exempt Tour card for the 2008 season. Her non-exempt card meant she was not automatically eligible for every event, yet her high conditional status and consistent good play put her in nearly every tournament. She won over $1 million and finished 11th on the 2008 money list with nine top-10 finishes in 27 events played. She finished second in the LPGA Rookie of the Year race, just behind winner Yani Tseng.[3]

In 2009, Choi won twice on the LPGA Tour. In October she won the 20-player Samsung World Championship. Two weeks later she won the Hana Bank-KOLON Championship, an event co-sanctioned with the KLPGA.[4] Her third LPGA Tour win came in July 2010 at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic at which she beat three other players on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.[5] In 2010, Choi was both the LPGA Tour money leader and the leading scorer (Vare Trophy).[6]

Professional wins (15)

LPGA Tour wins (9)

Legend
Major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (8)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Earnings ($)
1 20 Sep 2009 Samsung World Championship 71-67-63-71=272 −16 1 stroke Japan Ai Miyazato 250,000
2 1 Nov 2009 Hana Bank-KOLON Championship 68-71-67=206 −10 1 stroke Sweden Maria Hjorth
Taiwan Yani Tseng		 255,000
3 4 Jul 2010 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic 64-67-68-71=270 −14 Playoff United States Christina Kim
South Korea In-Kyung Kim
South Korea Song-Hee Kim		 150,000
4 31 Oct 2010 LPGA Hana Bank Championship 69-68-69=206 −10 2 strokes United States Vicky Hurst 270,000
5 16 Oct 2011 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia 66-68-67-68=269 −15 1 stroke Taiwan Yani Tseng 285,000
6 8 Jul 2012 U.S. Women's Open 71-72-65-73=281 −7 4 strokes South Korea Amy Yang 585,000
7 18 Nov 2012 CME Group Titleholders 67-68-69-70=274 −14 2 strokes South Korea So Yeon Ryu 500,000
8 31 Jan 2015 Coates Golf Championship 68-70-66-68=272 −16 1 stroke South Korea Jang Ha-na
New Zealand Lydia Ko
United States Jessica Korda		 225,000
9 28 Jun 2015 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship 66-63-69=198 −15 2 strokes Japan Mika Miyazato 300,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–3)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2008 Evian Masters Sweden Helen Alfredsson
United StatesBrazil Angela Park		 Alfredsson won with birdie on third extra hole
Park eliminated with birdie on first hole
2 2010 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic United States Christina Kim
South Korea In-Kyung Kim
South Korea Song-Hee Kim		 Won with birdie on second extra hole
3 2011 Safeway Classic Norway Suzann Pettersen Lost to par on first extra hole
4 2012 HSBC Women's Champions China Shanshan Feng
South Korea Jenny Shin
United States Angela Stanford		 Stanford won with par on third extra hole
Choi eliminated with par on second hole
Feng eliminated with par on first hole

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (8)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 6 Nov 2004 ADT CAPS Invitational (as an amateur) 68-66-68=202 −14 4 strokes South Korea Pak Se-ri
South Korea Han Ji-yeon
South Korea Kim So-hee
2 3 Jun 2005 Lakeside Ladies Open 71-69-71=211 −5 1 stroke South Korea Lim Seo-hyun
South Korea Shin Eun-jeong
South Korea Kim Seon-A
3 30 Sep 2006 KB Star Tour 3rd Tournament in Hampyeong 68-67-69=204 −12 3 strokes South Korea Jiyai Shin
4 21 Sep 2007 Shinsegae Cup KLPGA Championship 68-69-68=205 −11 3 strokes South Korea Ji Eun-hee
5 1 Nov 2009 Hana Bank-KOLON Championship (co-sanctioned with LPGA) 67-68-71=206 −10 1 stroke Taiwan Yani Tseng
Sweden Maria Hjorth
6 31 Oct 2010 LPGA Hana Bank Championship (co-sanctioned with LPGA) 69-69-68=206 −10 2 strokes United States Vicky Hurst
7 4 Sep 2011 Hanwha Finance Classic 72-75-71-69=287 −1 4 strokes South Korea Choi Hye-yong
8 9 Dec 2012 Swinging Skirts World Ladies Masters 73-68-72=213 −3 Playoff Taiwan Teresa Lu

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship Winning score Margin Runner-up
2012 U.S. Women's Open −7 (71-72-65-73=281) 4 strokes South Korea Amy Yang

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
ANA Inspiration DNP T6 T40 T27 T47 T8 T32 T16 T29 T18
Women's PGA Championship DNP T18 8 CUT T43 DQ T9 T25 T34
U.S. Women's Open CUT T19 T9 T2 CUT 1 T17 T13 T26
Women's British Open DNP T21 T8 T3 T7 T13 T2 CUT T61
The Evian Championship ^ T44 5 DNP

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = disqualified
T = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
ANA Inspiration 0 0 0 0 2 4 9 9
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 2 4 8 6
U.S. Women's Open 1 1 0 2 3 6 9 7
Women's British Open 0 1 1 2 4 6 8 7
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2
Totals 1 2 1 5 12 21 36 31
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (twice)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2009 LPGA – 2009 British Open)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made		 Wins 2nds 3rds Top 10s Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2005 2 1 0 0 0 0 T14 18,136 n/a 73.80 n/a
2006 2 2 0 0 0 0 T11 29,113 n/a 72.17 n/a
2007 3 1 0 0 0 1 T8 27,899 n/a 75.00 n/a
2008 27 27 0 2 1 9 T2 1,095,759 11 71.10 8
2009 26 26 2 0 3 11 1 1,341,078 6 70.51 7
2010 23 22 2 4 2 15 1 1,871,166 1 69.87 1
2011 21 20 1 2 3 12 1 1,357,382 3 70.53 2
2012 22 22 2 3 1 10 1 1,981,834 2 70.49 5
2013 24 24 0 2 0 8 2 929,964 9 70.31 5
2014 26 24 0 1 1 6 2 945,813 13 70.54 10
2015 22 20 2 0 0 3 1 808,566 17 71.76 48
  • official through 22 November 2015[7]

Team appearances

Professional

References

  1. ↑ LPGA.com, LPGA 2013 Player Guide
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