Choi Hye-jin

For the South Korean diver, see Choi Hye-jin (diver).

In this Korean name, the family name is Choi.

Choi Hye-jin (Korean: 최혜진; born 23 August 1999) is a South Korean professional golfer.

Choi Hye-jin
At the 2022 Women's PGA Championship
Personal information
Born	(1999-08-23) 23 August 1999 (age 25) Gimhae, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
Career
Turned professional	2017
Current tour(s)	LPGA of Korea Tour LPGA Tour
Professional wins	13
Number of wins by tour
LPGA of Korea Tour	12
Other	1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship	T9: 2025
Women's PGA C'ship	T5: 2022
U.S. Women's Open	2nd: 2017
Women's British Open	T28: 2022
Evian Championship	T7: 2024
Achievements and awards
LPGA of Korea Tour leading money winner 2019
Medal record Asian Games 2014 Incheon Women's team

Amateur career

Choi represented South Korea at the 2014 Asian Games where she helped the team to a silver medal and finished fifth in the individual event. She help the Korean team to a third place finish at the 2014 Espirito Santo Trophy.

In 2015, Choi won the World Junior Girls Championship, both individually and with the South Korean team.^[1]

Choi won the 2016 Canadian Women's Amateur and was low amateur at the 2016 U.S. Women's Open.^[2] She led the Korean team to victory at the 2016 Espirito Santo Trophy. She also finished runner-up at the 2016 New Zealand Women's Open, co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour and the Ladies European Tour.

Choi won the 2017 Australian Women's Amateur and also won the ChoJung Sparkling Water Yongpyong Resort Open on the 2017 LPGA of Korea Tour.^[3][4] She finished second at the 2017 U.S. Women's Open at the age of seventeen.^[5][6] She was attempting to become the second amateur to win the U.S. Open.^[7] She won a second LPGA of Korea Tour event in August 2017, the Bogner-MBN Ladies Open.

Professional career

Choi turned professional in August 2017.^[8]

She was runner-up at the 2018 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open, an LPGA Tour event.

In 2019, she won five events and was LPGA of Korea Tour leading money winner.

Choi earned her card for the 2022 LPGA Tour through qualifying school.^[9]

Amateur wins

• 2015 Korean Women's Amateur - KangMinKoo Cup, World Junior Girls Championship (individual)
• 2016 Lake Macquarie International Championship, Neighbors Trophy Team Championship, Hosim Cup, Canadian Women's Amateur, Song Am Cup, Polo Golf Junior Classic
• 2017 Australian Women's Amateur, Neighbors Trophy Team Championship, Queen Sirikit Cup

Source:^[10]

Professional wins (13)

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (12)

• 2017 (2) ChoJung Sparkling Water Yongpyong Resort Open (as amateur), Bogner-MBN Ladies Open (as amateur)
• 2018 (2) Hyosung Championship, BC Card-Hankyung Ladies Cup
• 2019 (5) CreaS F&C KLPGA Championship, NH Investment & Securities Ladies Championship, S-Oil Championship, McCol-Yongpyong Resort Open, SK Networks Seokyung Ladies Classic
• 2020 (2) S-Oil Championship, SK Telecom–ADT CAPS Championship
• 2023 (1) Lotte Open

Other wins

• 2017 LF Point Final Championship

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2023.

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Chevron Championship			T48				T17	17	T46	T9
U.S. Women's Open	T38	2	T27		T30		3	T20	CUT	T4
Women's PGA Championship							T5	T52	T16	T8
The Evian Championship		T14		T49	NT		T22	T48	T7	T14
Women's British Open			CUT	CUT			T28	T66	T37	CUT

  Top 10

  Did not play

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

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Chevron Championship	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	5
U.S. Women's Open	0	1	1	3	3	4	8	7
Women's PGA Championship	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	4
The Evian Championship	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	6
Women's British Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3
Totals	0	1	1	4	7	14	29	25

• Most consecutive cuts made – 13 (2019 Evian – 2023 Chevron)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2025 Chevron – 2025 Women's PGA)

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year	Ranking	Source
2014	605	[11]
2015	274	[12]
2016	144	[13]
2017	12	[14]
2018	22	[15]
2019	27	[16]
2020	25	[17]
2021	55	[18]
2022	20	[19]
2023	35	[20]
2024	41	[21]

Team appearances

Amateur

• Asian Games (representing South Korea): 2014
• Espirito Santo Trophy (representing South Korea): 2014, 2016 (winners)
• Patsy Hankins Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 2016 (winners)
• World Junior Girls Championship (representing South Korea): 2015 (winners)

Source:^[10]

Professional

• International Crown (representing South Korea): 2023