Robyn Choi (born 17 March 1998) is an Australian

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and

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player.

Early life and amateur career

Choi was born in

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to Korean parents, and grew up in

Gold Coast, Queensland The Gold Coast is a coastal city in the state of Queensland, Australia, approximately south-southeast of the centre of the state capital Brisbane. With a population over 600,000, the Gold Coast is the sixth-largest city in Australia, the nati ...

. She won the Queensland Amateur Championship in 2015 and 2016, and reached the semi-finals of the 2015

Australian Women's Amateur The Australian Women's Amateur is the national amateur golf championship of Australia. It was first played in 1894 and is organised by Golf Australia. Having traditionally been a match play event, it became a 72-hole stroke play event in 2021, h ...

. She finished 3rd at 2018 the Australian Master of the Amateurs. Choi represented Australia at the 2016

Queen Sirikit Cup The Queen Sirikit Cup, officially the Asia-Pacific Amateur Ladies Golf Team Championship, is an annual amateur team golf championship for women organised by the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation. The inaugural event was held in 1979. The event is nam ...

where the team finished second behind Korea, and the

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, alongside

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and Hannah Green. After graduating from

Benowa State High School Benowa State High School (BSHS) is an independent, co-educational school, founded in 1980, located on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Council of International Schools (CIS) and hosts exchange students from Asia, Ameri ...

, Choi played college golf at the

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with the

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women's golf team for two and a half years 2016−2018, where she was named co-MVP and All-American. She qualified for both the

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and 2018 U.S. Women's Open, where she missed the cut.

Professional career

Choi turned professional after she obtained a card at the LPGA Tour Q School in November 2018 by finishing tied 45th. She joined the 2019

and in her rookie season played in 12 events and made three cuts. Playing in the 2020

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she finished in a tie for 6th. In 2020, she played mainly on the

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, where she was runner-up at the

Four Winds Invitational The Four Winds Invitational is a tournament on the Epson Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. It has been a part of the tour's schedule since 2012. It is held at South Bend Country Club in South Bend, Indiana. In 2020, the tournament was postpon ...

, a stroke behind

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, and finished 13th in the rankings. In 2021, her season-best result was a solo 3rd place at the Four Winds Invitational, behind

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and

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. She was runner-up at the 2022 Circling Raven Championship, and at the 2023 Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout, behind Natasha Oon. In 2023, playing on the

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, she was the leading woman at the Webex Players Series South Australia. Choi earned her card for the 2024

through

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, where she was the medalist, outpacing runner-up

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by three strokes.

Amateur wins

*2015 Katherine Kirk Classic, Queensland Amateur Championship, Queensland Girls Amateur, Greg Norman Junior Masters *2016 Queensland Amateur Championship Source:

Professional wins (1)

WPGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

Results in LPGA majors

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

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Australia): 2016 *

Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fren ...

(representing Australia):

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Choi, Robyn Australian female golfers LPGA Tour golfers ALPG Tour golfers Colorado Buffaloes women's golfers Sportspeople from the Gold Coast, Queensland Golfers from Queensland 1998 births Living people