Na Yeon Choi

Republic of Korea · born October 28, 1987, Seoul, Republic of Korea

1major championship, LPGA count

U.S. Women's Open1 win, 1 2nd
Women's Open1 2nd

Summary

First major 2012 U.S. Women's Open
Runner-up in majors 2 times

Wins

2012 U.S. Women's Open Blackwolf Run · 281 (-7) · by 4 strokes from Amy Yang

Near misses

2010 U.S. Women's Open Oakmont Country Club · runner-up to Paula Creamer · 285
2013 AIG Women's Open runner-up to Stacy Lewis

Rivals

Beat her

Stacy LewisBeat Na Yeon Choi to the 2013 Women's Open

Moments

2012 U.S. Women's Open Choi fired a third-round 7-under 65 on Saturday, tying the championship's lowest third-round score, to take a six-stroke lead into Sunday.
2012 U.S. Women's Open Six ahead at the turn on Sunday, Choi made a triple-bogey 8 at the par-5 10th to see her lead cut to two, then birdied the 11th, saved par from 20 feet at the 12th and got two kind bounces off the rocks at the par-3 13th to keep out of the water.

Results by championship

Best day

2012 U.S. Women's Open

Blackwolf Run, Kohler, WI · 281 (-7) · by 4 strokes from Amy Yang

Choi fired a third-round 7-under 65 on Saturday, tying the championship's lowest third-round score, to take a six-stroke lead into Sunday.

Six ahead at the turn on Sunday, Choi made a triple-bogey 8 at the par-5 10th to see her lead cut to two, then birdied the 11th, saved par from 20 feet at the 12th and got two kind bounces off the rocks at the par-3 13th to keep out of the water.

Chosen by rule: her widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 2012.

Career line, 2010–2013

U.S. Women's Open

2010 U.S. Women's Open: runner-up to Paula Creamer 2012 U.S. Women's Open: won

Women's Open

2013 Women's Open: runner-up to Stacy Lewis

201020122014

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Major win
Runner-up

Na Yeon Choi was born on October 28, 1987, in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Choi won one major championship by the LPGA's official count: the 2012 U.S. Women's Open.

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The record

Wins in the majors (1)

Count and list are the LPGA official major-championship record as given in our U.S. Women's Open champions table.

2012 U.S. Women's Open Blackwolf Run, Kohler, WI · 281 (-7) · by 4 strokes from Amy Yang

Near misses

2010 U.S. Women's Open Oakmont Country Club · runner-up to Paula Creamer · 285
2013 AIG Women's Open runner-up to Stacy Lewis

Sources

Elsewhere: Wikipedia.

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.