Player Biography

ESTHER CHOE

Birthdate: August 7, 1989

Birthplace: Santa Clara, Calif.

Age: 17 Ht: 5'5"

Home: Scottsdale, Ariz.


Player Notes: Played in the 2005 and 2006 U.S. Women's Open … member of the U.S. Junior Ryder Cup Team in 2006 … Arizona High School Player of the Year (2005, 2006) … shot a state record 61-64 in the 2005 Arizona high school state championship … winner of the 2006 AJGA Rolex Girls Championship …winner of the 2006 AJGA Ping Invitational … winner of the 2006 AJGA Polo Golf Junior Classic … 2006 AJGA Rolex Girls Player of the Year … 2005 British Junior Open Champion … Winner of the 2005 AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champions … 2004 First-Team Rolex Junior All-America for the American Junior Golf Association … 2003 U.S. Junior Solheim Cup Team Member … 2003 Junior Orange Bowl International Champion … Quarterfinalist at the 2003 U.S. Girls' Junior … This will be her third Women’s Open in six attempts … has decided not to attend the University of Arizona, where she had planned on going, and instead plans on turning pro when she turns 18 in August…Choe is a two-time Class 4A Arizona girls' high school state champion... Lists playing with Annika Sorenstam at the 2005 U.S. Women's Open as her most memorable golf experience.