For the South Korean diver, see Choi Hye-jin (diver).
Choi Hye-jin
Birth date23 August 1999 (age 27)
Birth placeGimhae, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
Yearpro2017
TourLPGA of Korea Tour
LPGA Tour
Prowins13
Klpgawins12
Otherwins1
AnainspirationT9: 2025
LpgaT5: 2022
Wusopen2nd: 2017
WbritopenT28: 2022
EvianT7: 2024
Award 1LPGA of Korea Tour
leading money winner
Year 12019

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.

Tournament20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Chevron ChampionshipT48T1717T46T9T21
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

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship00001466
U.S. Women's Open01133487
Women's PGA Championship00012344
The Evian Championship00001466
Women's British Open00000063
Totals01147153026
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 13 (2019 Evian – 2023 Chevron)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2025 Chevron – 2025 Women's PGA)

World ranking

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

YearRankingSource
2014605[11]
2015274[12]
2016144[13]
201712[14]
201822[15]
201927[16]
202025[17]
202155[18]
202220[19]
202335[20]
202441[21]
202516[22]

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. ^ "Hye-jin Choi". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 29, 2014.
  12. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2015.
  13. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2016.
  14. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2017.
  15. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 31, 2018.
  16. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2019.
  17. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2020.
  18. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 27, 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.
  22. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 29 December 2025.