Choi Na-yeon

 ( South Korean Female Golfers ) 

Na Yeon Choi (; ; born 28 October 1987) is a South Korean 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.

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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.

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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.

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. 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. In 2010, Choi was both the LPGA Tour money leader and the leading scorer (Vare Trophy).

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Professional wins (15)

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LPGA Tour wins (9)

Major championships (1)

Other LPGA Tour (8)

1	20 Sep 2009	Samsung World Championship	71-67-63-71=272	−16	1 stroke	Ai Miyazato	250,000
2	1 Nov 2009	Hana Bank-KOLON Championship	68-71-67=206	−10	1 stroke	Maria Hjorth Yani Tseng	255,000
3	4 Jul 2010	Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic	64-67-68-71=270	−14	Playoff	Christina Kim In-Kyung Kim Song-Hee Kim	150,000
4	31 Oct 2010	LPGA Hana Bank Championship	69-68-69=206	−10	2 strokes	Vicky Hurst	270,000
5	16 Oct 2011	Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia	66-68-67-68=269	−15	1 stroke	Yani Tseng	285,000
6	8 Jul 2012	U.S. Women's Open	71-72-65-73=281	−7	4 strokes	Amy Yang	585,000
7	18 Nov 2012	CME Group Titleholders	67-68-69-70=274	−14	2 strokes	So Yeon Ryu	500,000
8	31 Jan 2015	Coates Golf Championship	68-70-66-68=272	−16	1 stroke	Jang Ha-na Lydia Ko Jessica Korda	225,000
9	28 Jun 2015	Walmart NW Arkansas Championship	66-63-69=198	−15	2 strokes	Mika Miyazato	300,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–3)

1	2008	Evian Masters	Helen Alfredsson Angela Park	Alfredsson won with birdie on third extra hole Park eliminated by birdie on first hole
2	2010	Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic	Christina Kim In-Kyung Kim Song-Hee Kim	Won with birdie on second extra hole
3	2011	Safeway Classic	Suzann Pettersen	Lost to par on first extra hole
4	2012	HSBC Women's Champions	Shanshan Feng Jenny Shin Angela Stanford	Stanford won with par on third extra hole Choi eliminated by par on second hole Feng eliminated by par on first hole

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LPGA of Korea Tour wins (8)

1	6 Nov 2004	ADT CAPS Invitational (as an amateur)	68-66-68=202	−14	4 strokes	Pak Se-ri Han Ji-yeon Kim So-hee
2	3 Jun 2005	Lakeside Ladies Open	71-69-71=211	−5	1 stroke	Lim Seo-hyun Shin Eun-jeong Kim Seon-A
3	30 Sep 2006	KB Star Tour 3rd Tournament in Hampyeong	68-67-69=204	−12	3 strokes	Jiyai Shin
4	21 Sep 2007	Shinsegae Cup KLPGA Championship	68-69-68=205	−11	3 strokes	Ji Eun-hee
5	1 Nov 2009	Hana Bank-KOLON Championship (co-sanctioned with LPGA)	67-68-71=206	−10	1 stroke	Yani Tseng Maria Hjorth
6	31 Oct 2010	LPGA Hana Bank Championship (co-sanctioned with LPGA)	69-69-68=206	−10	2 strokes	Vicky Hurst
7	4 Sep 2011	Hanwha Finance Classic	72-75-71-69=287	−1	4 strokes	Choi Hye-yong
8	9 Dec 2012	Swinging Skirts World Ladies Masters	73-68-72=213	−3	Playoff	Teresa Lu

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Major championships

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Wins (1)

Amy Yang

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Results timeline Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Chevron Championship

T6

T40

T27

T47

T8

T32

T16

T29

T18

CUT

CUT

U.S. Women's Open

CUT

T19

T9

T2

CUT

1

T17

T13

T26

CUT

T60

CUT

T54

CUT

Women's PGA Championship

T18

8

CUT

T43

DQ

T9

T25

T34

CUT

CUT

T71

CUT

The Evian Championship ^

T44

5

WD

NT

Women's British Open

T21

T8

T3

T7

T13

T2

CUT

T61

CUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

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

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Summary

9

9

7

2

7

• Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (twice)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2009 LPGA – 2009 British Open)

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LPGA Tour career summary

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
2016	24	13	0	0	1	3	T3	348,390	55	72.55	93
2017	20	9	0	0	0	1	T7	46,311	135	72.81	142
2018	4	1	0	0	0	0	T62	2,988	177	74.40	n/a
2019	21	11	0	0	1	1	T3	132,699	95	72.15	109
2020	6	2	0	0	0	0	T43	7,263	160	72.69	n/a
2021	16	8	0	0	0	0	T17	68,025	126	72.44	121
2022	17	6	0	0	0	0	T18	51,427	146	72.95	145

• official through 2022 season

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Team appearances Professional

• Lexus Cup (representing Asia team): 2008
• International Crown (representing South Korea): 2014

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External links

• Profile on Seoul Sisters site

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