IN THE WINNER'S CIRCLE with NA YEON CHOI
Hometown/Birthplace - Seoul, South Korea/Orlando, Florida
Birthdate - Oct. 28, 1987 - currently 24 years, 8 months, 11 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour - T20th at 2007 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament
Turned Professional - November 2004
Sixth career LPGA victory; 11th career victory worldwide
First career major championship win. Previous best finish in a major was T2 at the 2010 U.S. Women's Open at Oakmont C.C.
With the $585,000 first-place check, she increases career earnings to $6,660,293 and increases season earnings to $994,908. She's now fourth on the 2012 LPGA Tour Official Money List
Becomes the fourth South Korean in the last five years to win the U.S. Women's Open, joining Inbee Park (2008), Eun-Hee Ji (2009), and So Yeon Ryu (2011)
Captures her first major victory on the same course (Blackwolf Run) where Se Ri Pak became the first ever South Korean to win the U.S. Women's Open
Earns 60 points toward the Rolex Player of the Year race, increasing total to 92 points and moving to 5th place
5th top-10 finish in 14 events played in 2012
Previous top-10 finishes in 2012 include a tie for second at the HSBC Women's Champions 2012 and RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup, T8 at the Kraft Nabisco Championship and T9 at the Sybase Match Play Championship
Unofficially projected to move from No. 5 to No. 2 in the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings
Topics: In the winners circle, Choi, Na Yeon, US Women's Open
