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South Korean golfer
Na Yeon Choi
(
Korean
:
최나연
;
[t??we
naj?n]
; 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
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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.
Professional career
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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
.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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Legend
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Major championships (1)
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Other LPGA Tour (8)
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LPGA Tour playoff record (1?3)
LPGA of Korea Tour wins (8)
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Major championships
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Wins (1)
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Results timeline
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Results not in chronological order before 2019.
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
Win
Top 10
Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = disqualified
NT = no tournament
T = tied
Summary
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- Most consecutive cuts made ? 9 (twice)
- Longest streak of top-10s ? 3 (2009 LPGA ? 2009 British Open)
LPGA Tour career summary
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Year
|
Tournaments
played
|
Cuts
made
|
Wins
|
2nds
|
3rds
|
Top 10s
|
Best
finish
|
Earnings
(
$
)
|
Money
list rank
|
Scoring
average
|
Scoring
rank
|
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
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0
|
2
|
1
|
9
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T2
|
1,095,759
|
11
|
71.10
|
8
|
2009
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26
|
26
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2
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0
|
3
|
11
|
1
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1,341,078
|
6
|
70.51
|
7
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2010
|
23
|
22
|
2
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4
|
2
|
15
|
1
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1,871,166
|
1
|
69.87
|
1
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2011
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21
|
20
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1
|
2
|
3
|
12
|
1
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1,357,382
|
3
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70.53
|
2
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2012
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22
|
22
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2
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3
|
1
|
10
|
1
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1,981,834
|
2
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70.49
|
5
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2013
|
24
|
24
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0
|
2
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0
|
8
|
2
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929,964
|
9
|
70.31
|
5
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2014
|
26
|
24
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0
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
2
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945,813
|
13
|
70.54
|
10
|
2015
|
22
|
20
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2
|
0
|
0
|
3
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1
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808,566
|
17
|
71.76
|
48
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2016
|
24
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13
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0
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0
|
1
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3
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T3
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348,390
|
55
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72.55
|
93
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2017
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20
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9
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0
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0
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0
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1
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T7
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46,311
|
135
|
72.81
|
142
|
2018
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4
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1
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0
|
0
|
0
|
0
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T62
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2,988
|
177
|
74.40
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n/a
|
2019
|
21
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11
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0
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0
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1
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1
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T3
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132,699
|
95
|
72.15
|
109
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2020
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6
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2
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0
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0
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0
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0
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T43
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7,263
|
160
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72.69
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n/a
|
2021
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16
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8
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0
|
0
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0
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0
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T17
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68,025
|
126
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72.44
|
121
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2022
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17
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6
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0
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0
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0
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0
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T18
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51,427
|
146
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72.95
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145
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- official through 2022 season
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Team appearances
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Professional
References
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† event won in a playoff; ‡ winner held lead wire-to-wire; # event won by an amateur; ∞ event won in match-play
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