Choi Hye-jin (; born 23 August 1999) is a South Korean

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Amateur career

Choi represented South Korea at the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games (), officially known as the 17th Asian Games () and also known as Incheon 2014 (), were a pan-Asian multi-sport event held from 19 September to 4 October 2014 in Incheon, South Korea. On 17 April 2007, Incheon was awarded ...

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

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. In 2015, Choi won the World Junior Girls Championship, both individually and with the South Korean team. Choi won the 2016

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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 The 2016 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 14–17 September at Mayakoba El Camaleon Golf Club and Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico. It was the 27th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the ...

. She also finished runner-up at the 2016 New Zealand Women's Open, co-sanctioned by the

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and the

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. 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

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event. In 2019, she won five events and was LPGA of Korea Tour leading money winner. Choi earned her card for the 2022

through

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Amateur wins

*2015 Korean Women's Amateur - KangMinKoo Cup, World Junior Girls Championship (individual) *2016 Lake Macquarie International Championship, Neighbors Trophy Team Championship, Hosim Cup,

, Song Am Cup, Polo Golf Junior Classic *2017 Australian Women's Amateur, Neighbors Trophy Team Championship, Queen Sirikit Cup Source:

Professional wins (13)

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (12)

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

(2) ChoJung Sparkling Water Yongpyong Resort Open (as amateur), Bogner-MBN Ladies Open (as amateur) *

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

(2) Hyosung Championship, BC Card-Hankyung Ladies Cup *

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

(5) CreaS F&C KLPGA Championship, NH Investment & Securities Ladies Championship, S-Oil Championship, McCol-Yongpyong Resort Open, SK Networks Seokyung Ladies Classic *

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

(2) S-Oil Championship, SK Telecom–ADT CAPS Championship *

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

(1) Lotte Open

Other wins

*2017 LF Point Final Championship

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order before 2023.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
NT = no tournament

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 13 (2019 Evian – 2023 Chevron) *Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice, current)

World ranking

Position in

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at the end of each calendar year.

Team appearances

Amateur *

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years for athletes of Asia. The Games were regulated by Asian Games Federation from the 1951 Asian Games, first Games in New Delhi, India in 1951, until ...

(representing South Korea):

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

(representing South Korea):

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

(winners) *

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(representing Asia/Pacific): 2016 (winners) * World Junior Girls Championship (representing South Korea): 2015 (winners) Source: Professional *

International Crown The Hanwha LifePlus International Crown is a biennial women's professional team golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. Eight national teams of four players each (32 players in total) participate in the match play event. Beginning in 2025, the field ...

(representing South Korea):

References

External links

Choi Hye-jin
at the

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official site * {{DEFAULTSORT:Choi, Hye-jin South Korean female golfers LPGA of Korea Tour golfers LPGA Tour golfers Asian Games medalists in golf Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Golfers at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Sportspeople from Gimhae 1999 births Living people 21st-century South Korean sportswomen