Chella Choi

Chella Choi
Personal information
Full name	Woon-jung Choi
Born	(1990-08-25) 25 August 1990 Daegu, South Korea
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationality	South Korea
Residence	Jacksonville, Florida
Career
Turned professional	2008
Current tour	LPGA Tour (2009–)
Former tour	Futures Tour (2008)
Professional wins	1
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship	T16: 2014
Women's PGA C'ship	3rd: 2017
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
RR	Choe Unjeong
MR	Ch'oe Unjŏng

Woon-jung "Chella" Choi (born 25 August 1990) is a South Korean professional golfer.

Career

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 wins (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 by birdie on second hole Choi eliminated by 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

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012
Chevron Championship			CUT	T49
Women's PGA Championship	T53	T47	CUT	T36
U.S. Women's Open		61	T13	CUT
Women's British Open		CUT	T54	T10

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Chevron Championship	T32	T16	CUT	T45	T47	T40	T35	CUT
Women's PGA Championship	T5	T22	T26	T8	3	T57	T30	T48
U.S. Women's Open	T25	T15	T20	T32	CUT	T41	T26	T23
The Evian Championship ^	T6	CUT	T25	T39	T48	T16	T22	NT
Women's British Open	CUT	T38	T50	T40	T30	CUT	CUT

Tournament	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Chevron Championship	CUT	T53	T49
U.S. Women's Open			CUT
Women's PGA Championship	T33	T16	CUT			CUT
The Evian Championship	T38	T60	CUT			T53
Women's British Open	T59	CUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Top 10

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Chevron Championship	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	9
U.S. Women's Open	0	0	0	0	0	5	12	9
Women's PGA Championship	0	0	1	2	3	5	16	13
The Evian Championship	0	0	0	0	1	4	11	9
Women's British Open	0	0	0	0	1	1	12	7
Totals	0	0	1	2	5	16	64	47

• Most consecutive cuts made – 11 (2015 WPGA – 2017 WPGA)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2013 WPGA – 2013 Evian)

External links

• Chella Choi at the LPGA Tour official site
• Chella Choi at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site