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● Her career-best finish on the LPGA Tour is second,   Symetra Tour
               at the 2017 U.S. Women’s Open (as an amatuer), 2018     ● Hong has 7 career top-10s the best of which was a T2
               ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open and the 2020      at the Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout
               ISPS Handa Vic Open                                   ● Played one event in 2020, the Florida's Natural Charity
                ● Choi has made the cut in 21 of 24 starts on the LPGA   Classic, and finished T3
               Tour,  and  has  earned  a  total  of  six  top-10  finishes     ● Finished T4 at Stage II of the 2019 LPGA Qualifying
               since 2017                                           Tournament  to  earn  membership  on  the  Symetra
                ● She has 11 wins on the KLPGA Tour, including five   Tour for rookie year of 2020
               in  2019,  when  she  was  the  KLPGA’s  leading  money     ● Won  the  2019  Australian  Women’s  Amateur
               winner                                               Championship
                ● As an amateur, Choi’s wins included the 2015 World     ● Father, Taesik, is a former professional golfer
               Junior  Girls  Championship  (both  Individual  and
               Team),  the  2016  Canadian  Women’s  Amateur,  the
               2017  Australian  Women’s  Amateur  and  the  2017   Lauren Kim (T16, -11)
               ChoJung  Sparkling  Water  Yongpyong  Resort  Open     ● Kim, 27, is from Los Altos, California
               and Bogner-MBN Ladies Open on the KLPGA               ● She  has  made  $225,658  in  career  earnings  on  the
                                                                    LPGA Tour
                                                                     ● Kim’s career-best finish on Tour is a tie for 12th at
           Yaeeun Hong (T12, -13)                                   the 2019 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational alongside
                ● Hong, 19, is from Seoul, Republic of Korea        playing partner Sarah Schmelzel
                ● She  has  made  $69,096  in  career  earnings  on  the     ● In  2021,  she  made  the  cut  in  six  of  12  events  on


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