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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.

Choi won the 2016 Canadian Women's Amateur and was low amateur at the 2016 U.S. Women's Open. 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. She finished second at the 2017 U.S. Women's Open at the age of seventeen. She was attempting to become the second amateur to win the U.S. Open. 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.

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.

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

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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	2022	2023	2024
Chevron Championship			T48			T17	17	T46
U.S. Women's Open	T38	2	T27		T30	3	T20	CUT
Women's PGA Championship						T5	T52	T16
The Evian Championship		T14		T49	NT	T22	T48	T7
Women's British Open			CUT	CUT		T28	T66	T37

Top 10 Did not play

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

Summary

Tournament	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Chevron Championship	0	0	0	0	2	4	4
U.S. Women's Open	1	1	2	2	3	7	6
Women's PGA Championship	0	0	1	1	2	3	3
The Evian Championship	0	0	0	1	3	5	5
Women's British Open	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Totals	1	1	3	4	10	24	21

Most consecutive cuts made – 13 (2019 Evian – 2023 Chevron)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2022 U.S. Open – 2022 WPGA)

World ranking

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

Year	Ranking	Source
2014	605
2015	274
2016	144
2017	12
2018	22
2019	27
2020	25
2021	55
2022	20
2023	35

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)

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Professional

International Crown (representing South Korea): 2023

References

Stevenson, Chris (16 July 2017). "Attacking style pays off for Sung Hyun Park in U.S. Women's Open win". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
Herrington, Ryan (16 July 2017). "How an amateur nearly stole the U.S. Women's Open title". Golf Digest. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
Stevenson, Chris (16 July 2017). "Cool putter an unwelcome change". Brockville Recorder. Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
"Hye-jin Choi prevails at Australian Women's Amateur". Amateurgolf.com. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
Conway, Tyler (16 July 2017). "US Women's Open Golf 2017: Sung Hyun Park Tops Hye-Jin Choi to Capture Title". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
"US Women's Open: Teenage amateur Choi Hye-Jin tied for second behind Shanshan Feng". BBC Sport. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
"17-year-old amateur Hye-Jin Choi misses chance to win U.S. Women's Open". ESPN. Associated Press. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
"Hot-shot amateur golfer turns pro, signs lucrative endorsement deal". Yonhap. 28 August 2017.
"Na Rin An Secures Medalist Honors At LPGA Q-Series". LPGA. 13 December 2021.
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"Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
"Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2021.
"Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2022.
"Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2023.

External links

Choi Hye-jin at the KLPGA Tour official site (in Korean)
Choi Hye-jin at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site

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