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Choi Kyung-Ju (born
May 19 1970) is a
South Korean professional golfer, who is better known to golf fans in many countries as
K.J. Choi. He is the most internationally successful Asian male golfer of all time, though he hasn't achieved the same level of success as several of his South Korean female compatriots such as
LPGA hall of fame player
Se Ri Pak and
Grace Park have in women's golf.
He was born in
Wando,
South Korea. After establishing his career on the
Asian Tour, where he picked up his first professional win at the 1996
Korean Open, and the
Japan Golf Tour, where he won twice in 1999, Choi qualified for membership of the U.S. based
PGA Tour by finishing tied 35th at the 1999 qualifying tournament. He was the first Korean to earn a PGA Tour card. In his rookie season in 2000 he finished 134th on the money list and had to requalify, but since 2001 he's been a consistent performer on the tour. In 2002 he became the first Korean to win on the PGA Tour at the
Compaq Classic of New Orleans, and followed this up with another win at the
Tampa Bay Classic in the same year. In 2003 he won the
Linde German Masters on the
European Tour.
Choi won
Jack Nicklaus's
Memorial Tournament in 2007. He mentioned on CBS during the
AT&T National that he read Jack Nicklaus's "Golf My Way" book early in his golf career, which assisted him in becoming the golfer he's today.
Choi won the first AT&T National hosted by
Tiger Woods at the
Congressional Country Club in
Bethesda, Maryland. The trophy is a small replica of the
United States Capitol building in
Washington, DC. He made a spectacular sand trap shot on the 17th hole for a birdie to clinch the win over Steve Stricker by 3 shots. Choi was a crowd favorite and threw his golf ball into the crowd after holing his sand shot on the 17th hole.
Choi represented South Korea in the
WGC-World Cup in 2002, 2003 and 2005, and was a member of the International Team in the
Presidents Cup in 2003 and 2007. In August 2007 he reached the top 10 of the
Official World Golf Rankings for the first time. In January 2008, Choi won the
Sony Open in Hawaii and rose to world number 7. In March 2008, Choi reached fifth place in the rankings. He has spent over 20 weeks in the top-10 of the rankings.
Before picking up golf Choi was a competitive power lifter, being able to squat 350 pounds as a 95 pound 13 year-old teenager, thus aptly nicknamed "Tank" by South Koreans.
After his 7th PGA Tour victory at the 2008 Sony Open in Hawaii, Choi donated $320,000 of his earnings to the victims' families of a warehouse fire in Seoul, South Korea which killed over forty people.
Professional wins (14)
PGA Tour wins (7)
European Tour wins (1)
Asian Tour wins (4)
1996 Korean Open
1999 Kolon Korean Open
2003 SK Telecom Open
2005 SK Telecom Open
Japan Golf Tour wins (2)
1999 Kirin Open, Ube Kosan Open
Results in major championships
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10
Team appearances
World Cup (Representing South Korea): 2002, 2003, 2005
Presidents Cup (International Team): 2003 (tie), 2007Further Information
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