Choi Hye-jin


Choi Hye-jin is a South Korean professional golfer.

Amateur career

Choi represented South Korea at the 2014 Asian Games where she helped the [Golf at the Golf at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's team|2014 Asian Games – Women's team|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.
Choi won the 2016 Canadian Women's Amateur and was low amateur at the 2016 U.S. Women's Open. 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. She finished second at the 2017 U.S. Women's Open at the age of seventeen. She was attempting to become the second amateur to win the U.S. Open. 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.
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.

Amateur wins

Source:

Professional wins (13)

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (12)

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

Other wins

  • 2017 LF Point Final Championship

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2023.
Tournament2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Chevron ChampionshipT48T1717T46T9
U.S. Women's OpenT382T27T303T20CUTT4
Women's PGA ChampionshipT5T52T16T8
The Evian ChampionshipT14T49NTT22T48T7T14
Women's British OpenCUTCUTT28T66T37CUT

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

Summary

  • Most consecutive cuts made – 13
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 3

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
YearRankingSource
2014605
2015274
2016144
201712
201822
201927
202025
202155
202220
202335
202441
202516

Team appearances

Amateur
Source:
Professional