Nayeon Choi (35), who has won 9 victories on the LPGA Tour including the 2012 US Women's Open, will retire.
Nayeon Choi announced through her agency GAD Sports on the 5th that she would finally part with the LPGA stage at the LPGA BMW Ladies Championship to be held at Oak Valley CC in Gangwon Province from the 20th. She also said she will end her 18-year career on the Korean Women's Professional Golf (KLPGA) tour, which she is scheduled for next month, when she ends the SK Schilders · SK Telecom Championship.
After winning her first championship as an amateur at the 2004 ADT Caps Invitational in Korea, 해외스포츠중계 Nayeon Choi made her professional debut the following year, winning the Lakeside Open and winning six in Korea. She debuted on the LPGA USA stage in 2008, where she set records including winning the Samsung World Championship (2009), winning the LPGA Money King and first place in average at bats (2010), and winning the US Women's Open (2012). In 2015 she last won the LPGA Tour Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.
In her retirement speech, Choi Na-yeon said, "I made my professional debut at the age of 16, and it has been 18 years since I started my professional career on the KLPGA and the LPGA Tour, the world stage. There were many times when she was happy when she won, but she was also very hard and lonely at times. She always sets goals and always runs towards her dreams, but now I am at the crossroads of choice for my next future,” she said.
He said, "It was never an easy time to think about deciding to retire, but I decided check here to make a choice I have no regrets once again for me. From now on, I am going to live my second life happily.” He also said, “I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all the sponsors who have been with me, including SK Telecom and Daebang Construction, who have given me great support both physically and mentally during my 18-year career.”