Chella Choi
| Chella Choi | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Woon-jung Choi |
| Born |
25 August 1990 Daegu, South Korea |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Nationality |
 South Korea |
| Residence | Jacksonville, Florida |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2008 |
| Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (2009–) |
| Former tour(s) | Futures Tour (2008) |
| Professional wins | 1 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 1 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |
| ANA Inspiration | T16: 2014 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | T5: 2013 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T13: 2011 |
| Women's British Open | T10: 2012 |
| Evian Championship | T6: 2013 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| William and Mousie Powell Award | 2014 |
| Chella Choi | |
| Hangul | 최운정 |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | Choe Un jeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe Un jŏng |
Woon-jung "Chella" Choi (born 25 August 1990)[1] is a South Korean professional golfer.
Choi played on the Duramed Futures Tour in 2008 with a best finish of T-2 at the Bright House Networks Open. She earned her 2009 LPGA Tour card at LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, having to earn her card through a playoff.
Her first professional victory came on 19 July 2015, at the LPGA Tour's Marathon Classic, where she defeated Jang Ha-na in a playoff. The win happened after seven years and 157 LPGA Tour events. For the first eight years of Choi's professional career, her father was her caddie and vowed to remain until she won.
Professional wins (1)
LPGA Tour (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 Jul 2015 | Marathon Classic | 73-66-65-66=270 | −14 | Playoff | Jang Ha-na |
LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2012 | Manulife Financial LPGA Classic |  Brittany Lang Inbee Park Hee Kyung Seo |
Lang won with birdie on third extra hole Park eliminated with birdie on second hole Choi eliminated with birdie on first hole |
| 2 | 2015 | Marathon Classic | Jang Ha-na |
Won with par on first extra hole |
Results in LPGA majors
Results not in chronological order before 2015.
| Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | DNP | DNP | CUT | T49 |
| Women's PGA Championship | T53 | T47 | CUT | T36 |
| U.S. Women's Open | DNP | 61 | T13 | CUT |
| Women's British Open | DNP | CUT | T54 | T10 |
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | T32 | T16 | CUT | T45 |
| Women's PGA Championship | T5 | T22 | T26 | T8 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T25 | T15 | T20 | T32 |
| Women's British Open | CUT | T38 | T50 | T40 |
| The Evian Championship ^ | T6 | CUT | T25 | T39 |
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
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 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Women's PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| Women's British Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
| The Evian Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 25 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (2015 Women's PGA – 2016 Evian, current)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2013 Women's PGA – 2013 Evian)
References
External links
- Chella Choi at the LPGA Tour official site