Choi Hye-jin

Choi Hye-jin (Korean: 최혜진; born 23 August 1999) is a South Korean amateur golfer.

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.[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 second at the 2016 New Zealand Women's Open on the ALPG 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]

Amateur wins

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Team appearances

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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. 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. 1 2 "Hye-jin Choi". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
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