Cho Jeong-min

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Cho Jeong-min
Personal information
Born (1994-11-26) 26 November 1994 (age 29)
Daegu, South Korea
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Residence Auckland, New Zealand
Career
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s) LPGA of Korea Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
LPGA of Korea Tour5
ALPG Tour1

Cho Jeong-min (born 26 November 1994) is a South Korean professional golfer. As an amateur, she represented New Zealand as Cecilia Cho, and in 2011 became women's world number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. [1] She has won five events on the LPGA of Korea Tour and in 2019 spent 10 weeks in the top 50 of the Women's World Golf Rankings. [2]

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Early life and amateur career

Cho was born in Daegu, South Korea, and moved to New Zealand with her family when she was 8 years old. Within a few years, she became one of the top junior golfers in New Zealand. She won the 2009 New Zealand Women's Amateur, beating the even younger Korean New Zealander Lydia Ko in the final. [3]

In 2010, Cho lost in the final of the Australian Women's Amateur to Stacey Keating, but won the Australian Women's Amateur Stroke Play Championship, becoming the youngest to ever accomplish that feat. [4]

On 9 March 2011 Cho briefly ascended to women's world number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. Her rivalry with Lydia Ko intensified, and Ko claimed the 2011 Australian Stroke Play title by beating Cho on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff. [5] Ko then also beat Cho into second at the New Zealand Stroke Play Championship. Cho and Ko met in the final of the New Zealand Match Play Championship, where once again, Ko triumphed, beating Cho 4 and 3 in the final despite the fact Cho had won the event the two previous years. This allowed Ko to rise to number one in the amateur rankings, knocking Cho down to number two. [3]

Cho also appeared in some professional events. She made the cut at the New Zealand Women's Open in 2010 and 2011, and finished 35th at the Women's Australian Open and tied fifth at the ANZ RACV Ladies Masters in 2011. She was the top finisher of Korean heritage in that year's field. [6]

She ended 2011 third in the world amateur rankings, missing out on the Mark H. McCormack Medal to Lydia Ko. Cho played her final event as an amateur in February 2012, finishing tied for 12th at the New Zealand Women's Open. [7]

Professional career

On turning professional, Cho reverted to using her Korean name and sporting nationality and joined the LPGA of Korea Tour. She played mostly on the developmental Dream Tour in 2012, where she recorded one win and finished 6th on the money list. Cho played on the KLPGA in 2013. She finished 66th on the money list and played on the Dream Tour again in 2014, but finished 8th at KLPGA Q-School and returned to the KLPGA full time in 2015. On the 2015 KLPGA, she finished 30th on the money list and had one runner-up finish. [3]

In 2016, Cho had a breakthrough year on the KLPGA. She registered a surprise victory at the limited field Dalat Championship in Vietnam in March, and followed that up with a full field win at the Caido-MBC Plus Women's Open in July. She also had runner-up finishes at the Nexen-Saintnine Masters and the Hite Jinro Championship, a KLPGA major. She finished 9th on the money list with over 550 million won earned. [8]

In 2016, Cho also represented the KLPGA at The Queens team event. She won her singles match against Yukari Nishiyama and a team match against Europe when teamed with Ko Jin-young. [9]

On the 2018 KLPGA, she had one win and two runner-up finishes and nearly 500 million won in earnings, for a 9th place on the money list. She also played in two LPGA Tour events, with her best finish a tie for 21st at the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship. 2019 was an even stronger season, with two wins and three runner-ups. She earned almost 700 million won for a 7th place on the money list. [10]

In 2020, she started to struggle, with a best finish all year of 19th place. She was able to hold on to her KLPGA tour card, but in 2021 she only made 38 million won for a 96th on the money list, and was left without a card for 2022. [3]

Amateur wins

Source: [7] [1]

Professional wins (6)

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (5)

WPGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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References

  1. 1 2 "NZ's Cecilia Cho world's No 1 amateur golfer". Stuff. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Cho Jeong-min". Women's World Golf Rankings. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Cecilia Cho". Seoul Sisters. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "2010 Srixon Australian Women's Amateur Championship" (PDF). Golf Australia. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Results 2011 Australian Women's Stroke Play". WAGR. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Cecilia Cho Player Profile". Golfdata. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Cecilia Cho Player Profile". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "HO Jeong Min Player Record". KLPGA. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
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