K. J. Choi | |||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||
Full name | Choi Kyung-Ju | ||||||||
Nickname | Tank, Hawkeye[1] | ||||||||
Born | Wando, South Korea | 19 May 1970||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||
Sporting nationality | South Korea | ||||||||
Residence | Southlake, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||
Spouse | Hyunjung Kim[1] | ||||||||
Children | 3[1] | ||||||||
Career | |||||||||
College | Gwangju University | ||||||||
Turned professional | 1994 | ||||||||
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions | ||||||||
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Japan Golf Tour Asian Tour Korean Tour | ||||||||
Professional wins | 33 | ||||||||
Highest ranking | 5 (9 March 2008)[2] | ||||||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||||||
PGA Tour | 8 | ||||||||
European Tour | 1 | ||||||||
Japan Golf Tour | 2 | ||||||||
Asian Tour | 6 | ||||||||
PGA Tour Champions | 2 | ||||||||
European Senior Tour | 1 | ||||||||
Other | 14 | ||||||||
Best results in major championships | |||||||||
Masters Tournament | 3rd: 2004 | ||||||||
PGA Championship | T6: 2004 | ||||||||
U.S. Open | T15: 2005, 2012 | ||||||||
The Open Championship | T8: 2007 | ||||||||
Achievements and awards | |||||||||
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Choi Kyung-Ju (Korean: 최경주; born 19 May 1970), commonly known as K. J. Choi, is a South Korean professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. Since turning pro in 1994, he has won more than twenty professional golf tournaments worldwide, including eight on the PGA Tour. His most notable victory came at the 2011 Players Championship, and he has spent 40 weeks in the top-10 of the world rankings.[4][5]