Country: South Korea
Date of Birth: 19/05/1970
Height: 5ft 8in
Turned Pro: 1994
With an impressive 19 tournament wins to date, K.J. Choi is arguably Asia’s most successful golfer and has spent 40 weeks in the top ten of the official world golf rankings throughout his career. Choi has also represented his native South Korea in the WGC World Cup on three occasions and has also been a member of the International team in the President’s Cup in 2003, 2007 and 2011. Choi is another of the world’s leading golfers to use the TaylorMade R11 driver with its new aerodynamic shape promoting faster speed for greater distance off the tee.
EUROPEAN TOUR WINS:
2003 Linde German Masters
PGA TOUR WINS:
2011 The Players Championship
2008 Sony Open in Hawaii
2007 AT&T National
2007 Memorial Tournament
2006 Chrysler Championship
2005 Chrysler Classic of Greensboro
2002 Tampa Bay Classic
2002 Compaq Classic of New Orleans
OTHER WINS:
2011 CJ Invitational
2009 Iskandar Johor Open
2008 LG Skins Game
2008 SK Telecom Open
2005 SK Telecom Open
2003 SK Telecom Open
1999 Kolon Korean Open
1999 Kirin Open
1999 Ube Kosan Open
1996 Korean Open