Woon-jung "Chella" Choi (born 25 August 1990)[1] is a South Korean professional golfer.

Chella Choi
Personal information
Full nameWoon-jung Choi
Born (1990-08-25) 25 August 1990 (age 34)
Daegu, South Korea
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationality South Korea
ResidenceJacksonville, Florida
Career
Turned professional2008
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (2009–)
Former tour(s)Futures Tour (2008)
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT16: 2014
Women's PGA C'ship3rd: 2017
U.S. Women's OpenT13: 2011
Women's British OpenT10: 2012
Evian ChampionshipT6: 2013
Achievements and awards
William and Mousie
Powell Award
2014
Chella Choi
Hangul
최운정
Revised RomanizationChoe Un jeong
McCune–ReischauerCh'oe Un jŏng

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)

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LPGA Tour (1)

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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

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Results not in chronological order before 2023.

! 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
Chevron Championship CUT T53 T49
Women's PGA Championship T33 T16 CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUT
The Evian Championship T38 T60 CUT
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

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 9
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 1 2 3 5 15 13
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 9
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 1 4 10 8
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 7
Totals 0 0 1 2 5 16 62 46
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 11 (2015 WPGA – 2017 WPGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2013 WPGA – 2013 Evian)

References

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