| Choi Ho-sung | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 23 September 1973 Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  South Korea |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2001 |
| Current tour(s) | Japan PGA Senior Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour Korean Tour OneAsia Tour |
| Professional wins | 6 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Japan Golf Tour | 3 |
| Other | 3 |
Choi Ho-sung (Korean: 최호성; born 23 September 1973) is a South Korean professional golfer.
Choi has played on the Korean Tour and OneAsia Tour. He won the 2013 Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia PGA Championship,[1] co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour and the Japan Golf Tour, making him eligible for Japan Golf Tour membership. Since 2013 he has played primarily on the Japan Golf Tour. On 24 November 2018, Choi won the Casio World Open on the Japan Tour.[2]
Choi has an idiosyncratic follow-through. His action has been dubbed "The Fisherman Swing" and has won him many fans on social media and elsewhere.[3]
- ^ "South Korea's Choi Ho-sung takes Indonesia PGA Championship crown". South China Morning Post. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- ^ Polkinghome, David (25 November 2018). "Canberra golfer Brendan Jones falls one shot short in Casio World Open". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ Myers, Alex (23 June 2018). "This tour pro has the funniest swing ever -- and he's about to qualify for the British Open". Golf Digest. Retrieved 25 November 2018.