Robyn Choi
| Robyn Choi | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 17 March 1998 Sydney, Australia |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) |
| Sporting nationality |  Australia |
| Residence | Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia |
| Career | |
| College | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Turned professional | 2018 |
| Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 2019) WPGA Tour of Australasia |
| Former tour(s) | Epson Tour (joined 2020) |
| Professional wins | 1 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| ALPG Tour | 1 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |
| Chevron Championship | T54: 2024 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | CUT: 2024 |
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT: 2017, 2018 |
| Women's British Open | DNP |
| Evian Championship | DNP |
Robyn Choi (born 17 March 1998) is an Australian professional golfer and LPGA Tour player.[1]
Early life and amateur career
[edit]Choi was born in Sydney to Korean parents, and grew up in Gold Coast, Queensland.[2] She won the Queensland Amateur Championship in 2015 and 2016, and reached the semi-finals of the 2015 Australian Women's Amateur. She finished 3rd at 2018 the Australian Master of the Amateurs.[3]
Choi represented Australia at the 2016 Queen Sirikit Cup where the team finished second behind Korea, and the 2016 Espirito Santo Trophy, alongside Karis Davidson and Hannah Green.[4][5]
After graduating from Benowa State High School, Choi played college golf at the University of Colorado Boulder with the Colorado Buffaloes women's golf team for two and a half years 2016−2018, where she was named co-MVP and All-American.[6]
She qualified for both the 2017 and 2018 U.S. Women's Open, where she missed the cut.[7]
Professional career
[edit]Choi turned professional after she obtained a card at the LPGA Tour Q School in November 2018 by finishing tied 45th. She joined the 2019 LPGA Tour and in her rookie season played in 12 events and made three cuts.[1] Playing in the 2020 ISPS Handa Vic Open she finished in a tie for 6th.[8]
In 2020, she played mainly on the Epson Tour, where she was runner-up at the Four Winds Invitational, a stroke behind Kim Kaufman, and finished 13th in the rankings. In 2021, her season-best result was a solo 3rd place at the Four Winds Invitational, behind Lilia Vu and Ruixin Liu. She was runner-up at the 2022 Circling Raven Championship, and at the 2023 Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout, behind Natasha Oon.[9]
In 2023, playing on the WPGA Tour of Australasia, she was the leading woman at the Webex Players Series South Australia.[10]
Choi earned her card for the 2024 LPGA Tour through qualifying school, where she was the medalist, outpacing runner-up Mao Saigo by three strokes.[11]
Amateur wins
[edit]- 2015 Katherine Kirk Classic, Queensland Amateur Championship, Queensland Girls Amateur, Greg Norman Junior Masters
- 2016 Queensland Amateur Championship
Source:[3]
Professional wins (1)
[edit]WPGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 Oct 2023 | Webex Players Series South Australia | 67-68-70-71=276 | −4 | Emma Ash |
Results in LPGA majors
[edit]| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | T54 | |||||||
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | CUT | ||||||
| Women's PGA Championship | CUT | |||||||
| The Evian Championship | NT | |||||||
| Women's British Open |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied
Team appearances
[edit]Amateur
- Queen Sirikit Cup (representing Australia): 2016
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Australia): 2016
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Robyn Choi Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "Robyn Choi Bio". Seoul Sisters. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Robyn Choi". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "Karis Davidson and Robyn Choi off to Korea for big Asia-Pacific women's amateur event". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "World Amateur Team Championships, México 2016". World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "Women's Golf Roster: Robyn Choi". Colorado Buffaloes. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "2018 U.S. Women's Open Qualifying Results". USGA. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "Hee Young Park wins women's Vic Open". Golf Australia. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "Robyn Choi Bio". Epson Tour. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "Bautista's brilliant back nine delivers Webex Players Series title". Golf Australia. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "2023 LPGA Q-Series: Meet the Top 45 and Ties". LPGA. 7 December 2023.
External links
[edit]- Robyn Choi at the LPGA Tour official site
- Robyn Choi at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site