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K.J. Choi Wins His First Senior Major at the

Senior Open Championship,

Beats Richard Green by 2 Strokes

시니어 오픈 챔피언십에서 최경주, 시니어 메이저 첫 우승,

리차드 그린에 2타 차 승리

arnoustie meets its match in K.J. Choi at The Senior the stocky former powerlifter from Wando, South Korea,
COpen Championship Choi wins first senior major put his head down and answered, exhibiting the resiliency
at 10-under, two clear of Richard Green Carnoustie Golf that has defined him in a starry and unlikely career.
Links is one of the most demanding links found anywhere
Carnoustie is a survival proposition, man vs. elements,
in the world, and even across four unseasonably sunny
and not usually a place for sizzling sub-par runs. Thus, a
days in Scotland at The Senior Open Championship
presented by Rolex, it asked a great deal of K.J. Choi. Each sensational six-hole stretch played in 6 under par Sunday
time it presented Choi a stern challenge to test his resolve, (Nos. 9-14) lifted Choi, 54, above the crowd and led him to

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