Choi Ho-sung | |
Birth Date: | 23 September 1973 |
Birth Place: | Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea |
Weight: | 76kg (168lb) |
Status: | Professional |
Yearpro: | 2001 |
Tour: | Japan Golf Tour |
Extour: | Korean Tour OneAsia Tour |
Prowins: | 5 |
Japwins: | 3 |
Otherwins: | 2 |
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]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
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1 | 25 Mar 2013 | Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia PGA Championship1 | −19 (67-70-65-67=269) | 2 strokes | Juvic Pagunsan, Song Young-han, Kaname Yokoo | |
2 | 25 Nov 2018 | Casio World Open | −15 (67-70-69-67=273) | 1 stroke | Brendan Jones | |
3 | 10 Nov 2019 | Heiwa PGM Championship | −14 (68-67-68-67=270) | 2 strokes | Shugo Imahira |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up | |
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1 | 9 Nov 2008 | SBS Hana Tour Championship | −6 (69-71-72-70=282) | Playoff | Kim Dae-hyun | |
2 | 29 May 2011 | Lake Hills Open | −8 (71-68-69-72=280) | 4 strokes | John Huh |
Korean Tour playoff record (1–0)