Kyung Ju Choi - PGA Championship Player Profile

Kyung Ju Choi, better known as KJ to his fans around the globe, is one of the best professional golfers in the world.  His performance in 2007 had critics predicting he’ll go on to claim at least one of the major golfing trophies in the upcoming season.

This South Korean PGA Champion golfer played a whopping 24 events in 2007, scoring seven top ten finishes, and three top three finishes in all. The highlights of the year were his wins at the Jack Nicklaus Memorial Tournament and the AT&T National, which earned him ninth place on the PGA tour rankings.

Kyung Ju Choi’s Memorial Tournament win was his fifth on the PGA Tour, and moved him into the top 10 on the FedEx Cup ranking. It also secured him a spot on the President’s Cup International team. His strong eight-place finish at the 2007 British Open confirms that he’s definitely worth betting on in the upcoming majors.

These victories are only a few of the many he’s claimed in his long and illustrious career so far. Since turning pro in 1994, he’s had a total of 13 professional wins, including six on the 2002 PGA Tour - the Compaq Classic of New Orleans, the Tampa Bay Classic. Later wins include titles at the 2005 Chrysler Classic of Greensboro, and the 2006  Chrysler Championship.

Kyung Ju Choi has also picked up a number of good wins on the Asian tour, taking the 1996 Korean Open, the 1999 Kolon Korean Open, the 2003 and 2005 SK Telecom Opens, the 1999 Kirin Open and the 1999 Ube Kosan Open. Choi has also picked up a big victory on the European tour, winning the Linde German Masters in 2003.

The PGA Championship player’s career stats are a testament to his immense talent, and his recent PGA Tour wins indicate that he’s on something of a roll. The question gold fans are asking is how he will do at the next PGA Championship.

To answer this question, one need only consider Kyung Ju Choi’s persistence and habit of winning consistently.