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KJ Choi reaches $10m mark in US

Korea’s Choi Kyung-ju has hit another milestone in his illustrious career when he became the second Asian player to surpass US$10 million in career earnings on the US PGA Tour.

The 36-year-old Korean finished joint ninth when he closed with a six-under-par 64 and carded a 13-under 267 total at the U.S Bank Championship Tournament at the Brown Deer Park Golf Course in Milwaukee on Sunday. He walked home with US$104,000 which boosted his career earnings to US$10.04 million.

It was his second top-10 finish in three months as he was placed sixth in the Shell Houston Open in April.

There were only 60 players before Choi to have reached the US$10 million mark. Japan’s Shigeki Maruyama was the first Asian player to surpass that milestone.

Choi has been a regular feature on the US PGA Tour since 2000. He made it through the US PGA Tour’s qualifying school in 1999 and has since won three times in the US.

August 1, 2006