Chella Choi Birthdate: August 25, 1990 Hometown: Seoul, South Korea Resides: Jacksonville, Fla. Rookie Year: 2009 Career-best Finish: 2 (most recent - 2014 ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open) Career Earnings: $2,948,902 @TheChellaChoi Get to know Chella Chella’s father, Ji Yeon Choi, caddies for her. He is a retired South Korean policeman and wants to retire his caddie duties too but Chella’s dream is for her dad to be on the bag when she wins her first LPGA event Chella lists Se Ri Pak as the person she most admires because she is a legend Chella’s favorite sports team? The Los Angeles Lakers. She would have loved to play professional basketball if she weren’t a golfer 2014 in a Nutshell • 31 events, 28 cuts made, $1,048,932 (10) • Tied career-best finish with a runner-up at the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open where she also crossed the $2 million mark in career earnings • Recorded a career-best 10 top-10 finishes • Finished in the top-10 on Tour in several statistical categories including birdies (2nd), eagles (5th), rounds under par (7th), scoring average (9th), GIRs (10th) • Carded a career-low 62 during the third round of the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open Career Highlights • Recorded seven top-10 finishes in both the 2012 and 2013 seasons • In 2012, crossed the $1 million mark in career earnings with a T14 finish at the Kingsmill Championship • Won the 2008 LPGA Sectional Qualifying Tournament in Venice, Fla. and finished T21 at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, winning a four-hole, four-way playoff to earn one of two final spots in Priority List Category 11 for the 2009 LPGA season • In 2008, turned professional in January and recorded four top-10 finishes on the Symetra TourRoad to the LPGA • Won the 2005 Korean Junior Championship and was a member of the 2006 Korean National Team Symetra Tour Alumna