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Hye-Jin Choi

South Korea · born , Gimhae, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

1runner-up finish

Summary

  • Best major finish runner-up, 2017 U.S. Women's Open

Near misses

  1. 2017 U.S. Women's Open Trump National Golf Club (Old Course) · runner-up to Sung Hyun Park · 279

Rivals

Beat him

Next in the chain: Park Sung-hyun's rivals →

Moments

Records and firsts

  1. various U.S. Women's Open rounds of 64 · 64 (Kelli Kuehne, Lorie Kane, Becky Iverson (all 1999); Chella Choi (2015); Mirim Lee (2016); Mina Harigae and Hye-Jin Choi (2022))
  2. 2017 U.S. Women's Open lowest 72 holes by an amateur · 279
  3. various U.S. Women's Open amateur runners-up (Rawls 1950; McIntire 1956 (playoff); Chuasiriporn 1998 (playoff); Hye-Jin Choi 2017 (plus ties: Riley and Sessions 1947, Lopez 1975, Lang and Pressel 2005))

Results by championship

    Best day

    2017 U.S. Women's Open

    Runner-up to Sung Hyun Park · 279.

    Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 2017.

    Career line, 2017–2017

    1 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Runner-up

    Hye-Jin Choi was born on August 23, 1999, in Gimhae, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. Choi's best major finish was second, at the 2017 U.S. Women's Open.

    See Hye-Jin Choi in our rooms: Every Ground, U.S. Women's Open and U.S. Women's Amateur.

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    The record

    Near misses

    1. 2017 U.S. Women's Open Trump National Golf Club (Old Course) · runner-up to Sung Hyun Park · 279

    Records and firsts

    Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

    1. various U.S. Women's Open rounds of 64 · 64 (Kelli Kuehne, Lorie Kane, Becky Iverson (all 1999); Chella Choi (2015); Mirim Lee (2016); Mina Harigae and Hye-Jin Choi (2022))
    2. 2017 U.S. Women's Open lowest 72 holes by an amateur · 279
    3. various U.S. Women's Open amateur runners-up (Rawls 1950; McIntire 1956 (playoff); Chuasiriporn 1998 (playoff); Hye-Jin Choi 2017 (plus ties: Riley and Sessions 1947, Lopez 1975, Lang and Pressel 2005))

    Profile

    Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.

    Full name

    Other names

    Status

    • professional, turned professional in 2017 Wikipedia

    Beyond our rooms

    • 2017 LF Point Final Championship winner
    • 2025 Chevron Championship T9
    • 2024 Evian Championship T7

    Source: Wikipedia: Choi Hye-jin

    Known for

    • Choi Hye-jin (born 23 August 1999) is a South Korean professional golfer. Wikipedia

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. Wikipedia: Choi Hye-jin
    2. Wikidata: Q79737941