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Robyn Choi

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Robyn Choi
Personal information
Born (1998-03-17) 17 March 1998 (age 26)
Sydney, Australia
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Sporting nationality Australia
ResidenceGold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Career
CollegeUniversity of Colorado Boulder
Turned professional2018
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2019)
WPGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s)Epson Tour (joined 2020)
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
ALPG Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT54: 2024
Women's PGA C'shipCUT: 2024
U.S. Women's OpenCUT: 2017, 2018
Women's British OpenDNP
Evian ChampionshipDNP

Robyn Choi (born 17 March 1998) is an Australian professional golfer and LPGA Tour player.[1]

Early life and amateur career

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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

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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

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  • 2015 Katherine Kirk Classic, Queensland Amateur Championship, Queensland Girls Amateur, Greg Norman Junior Masters
  • 2016 Queensland Amateur Championship

Source:[3]

Professional wins (1)

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WPGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning
score
To par Runner-up
1 22 Oct 2023 Webex Players Series South Australia 67-68-70-71=276 −4 Australia Emma Ash

Results in LPGA majors

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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
  Did not play

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

Team appearances

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Amateur

References

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  1. ^ a b "Robyn Choi Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Robyn Choi Bio". Seoul Sisters. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Robyn Choi". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Karis Davidson and Robyn Choi off to Korea for big Asia-Pacific women's amateur event". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  5. ^ "World Amateur Team Championships, México 2016". World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Women's Golf Roster: Robyn Choi". Colorado Buffaloes. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  7. ^ "2018 U.S. Women's Open Qualifying Results". USGA. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Hee Young Park wins women's Vic Open". Golf Australia. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Robyn Choi Bio". Epson Tour. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Bautista's brilliant back nine delivers Webex Players Series title". Golf Australia. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  11. ^ "2023 LPGA Q-Series: Meet the Top 45 and Ties". LPGA. 7 December 2023.
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