Na Yeon Choi
Name:
Na Yeon ChoiCountry:
South KoreaBorn:
Oct 28, 1987 in Seoul, South Korea.Original/Home Club:
Occupation:
Professional golferTurned Pro:
2004MAJORS (1). Multiple wins on the LPGA and Korea LPGA Tours. LPGA Tour leading money winner (2010).
At the age of 17, playing as an amateur, Choi won the Korean Tour's ADT CAPS Invitational beating Se Ri Pak by 4 shots. Choi turned professional shortly afterwards in in November 2004.
America
Walmart
Played as the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G (June 26-28). Second-placed Mika Miyazato (Jpn) finished 2 shots behind Na Yeon Choi (S Kor). [Pinnacle CC, Rogers, Arkansas].
America
Coates
Played as the inaugural Coates Golf Championship presented by R+L Carriers (Jan 28-31; LPGA Tour season opener). Second-placed Lydia Ko (NZ), Ha Na Jang (S Kor) and Jessica Korda (USA) finished 1 shot behind Na Yeon Choi (S Kor). [Golden Ocala G&EC, Ocala, nr Gainesville, FL].
Majors
USGA
The US Women's Open (67th) (July 5-8). Second-placed Amy Yang (S Kor) finished 4 shots behind Choi (S Kor), who claimed her first major championship title. [Original Championship course (composite of River & Meadow Valleys courses), Blackwolf Run, Kohler, Wis.].
America
CME
Played as the CME Group Titleholders (Nov 15-18; LPGA Tr season-ending event). Second-placed So Yeon Ryu (S Kor) finished 2 shots behind Na Yeon Choi (S Kor). [Eagle course, The Club at TwinEagles, Naples, FL].
Asia
Sime Darby
Played as the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia (Oct 13-16; LPGA Tour event). Second-placed Yani Tseng (Taiw) finished 1 shot behind Na Yeon Choi (S Kor). A week earlier at the LPGA Hana Bank Championship in Korea, Choi was the runner-up and Tseng the victor. [East course, TPC Kuala Lumpur, KL, Malaysia; at the time known as Kuala Lumpur G&CC].
Awards
LPGA Tr
Choi (S Kor) won the Vare Trophy, recording the season's lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour. Cristie Kerr (USA) was second with 69.95; Suzann Pettersen (Nor) was third with 70.09.
Asia
Hana Bank
Played as the LPGA Hana Bank Championship presented by SK Telecom (Oct 29-31; KLPGA/LPGA Tours event). Second-placed Vicky Hurst (USA) finished 2 shots behind defending champion Na Yeon Choi (S Kor). [Ocean course, Sky 72 GC, Incheon, S Korea].
America
Owens Corning
Played as the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic presented by Kroger (July 1-4). Wire-to-wire winner Na Yeon Choi (S Kor) beat In-Kyung "I.K." Kim (S Kor), Song-Hee Kim (S Kor) and Christina Kim (USA) with a birdie at the second playoff hole. [Highland Meadows GC, Sylvania, nr Toledo, Ohio].
Awards
LPGA Tr
Choi (S Kor) won the LPGA Tour 2010 Money List, with earnings of $1,871,165 on the Tour. Jiyai Shin (S Kor) was second with $1,783,127; Cristie Kerr (USA) was third with $1,601,551.
Asia
Hana Bank / Kolon
Played as the Hana Bank KOLON Championship (Oct 30-Nov 1; KLPGA/LPGA Tours event). Second-placed Yani Tseng (Taiw) and Maria Hjorth (Swe) finished 1 shot behind 22-year-old Na Yeon Choi (S Kor), who recorded her first home-country win, and second LPGA Tour win. [Ocean course, Sky 72 GC, Incheon, S Korea].
America
Samsung
Played as the Samsung World Championship (Sept 17-20). Second-placed Ai Miyazato (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind first-time LPGA Tour winner Choi (S Kor). [South course, Torrey Pines, La Jolla, CA].
Tournaments:
Women’s major championships: the month of June sees two women’s majors: the US Women’s Open (June 3-6), with A Lim Kim defending, and the Women’s PGA Championship (June 24-27), with Sei Young Kim defending.
Senior PGA Championship: the revered Southern Hills in Oklahoma hosts the 81st staging of this event (May 27-30); Ken Tanigawa holds the title from its last playing in 2019.
Who's Who:
Phil Mickelson: in winning the 2021 PGA Championship, the world’s most famous “leftie” became the oldest winner of a golf major championship.
Hideki Matsuyama: became the first Japanese professional to win a men’s major championship, when he triumphed in this year’s Masters Tournament.
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
American Dunes opens for play following Nicklaus transformation
Nicklaus Design has transformed the former Grand Haven Golf Club in Michigan into the American Dunes Golf Club, a new public course that is now open for play
New course opens for play at Barnbougle
Bill Coore designs 14-hole layout with “sporty” holes on dune ridge above Lost Farm (golf carts allowed).
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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