Rejuvenation mode, Pro-Am practice is not difficult. Choi Jin-ho, an old man in his 40s, looks forward to winning nine games in his career
Jul 08, 2025
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It is Choi Jin-ho (41. Cowell)'s resolution for the second half of the 2025 season.
This season, Choi Jin-ho participated in 10 competitions and succeeded in making the cut in a total of eight competitions, including entering the top 10 three times, including the third place in the `Hana Bank Invitational,' the joint seventh place in the `68th KPGA Championship with A-ONE CC,' and the joint ninth place in the `Baeksong Holdings-Asiad CC Busan Open.'
Based on this performance, Choi Jin-ho is currently ranked 6th in Genesis points (212.23 points) and 12th in prize money (196,0407,094 won).
Choi Jin-ho said, `I started running after the end of last season, and I feel the effect of improving my physical strength. "It's not difficult to play a six-day schedule including the pro-am, practice round, and tournament period in each competition that you participate in," he said. "As my physical strength has been strengthened, I think I'm naturally getting good results."
Choi Jin-ho cited the disappointing moment in the first half as 'Hana Bank Invitational'. Choi Jin-ho took the lead until the third round in the `Hana Bank Invitational" and tried to win his first game of the season, but he only reduced one stroke on the last day to give Shaun Norris (43) of South Africa the championship.
After laughing that `Only this tournament did I feel I lacked physical strength,' Choi plans to focus more on physical training before the second half of the year. If he performs in the same condition from the first hole of the first round of the competition to the last hole of the final day, the opportunity to win will come again."
Choi Jin-ho has been on the DP World Tour for a while after winning the 'Genesis Grand Prize' for two consecutive years in 2016 and 2017. He began to concentrate on the KPGA Tour stage again in 2020, but the season prize money he won that year and 2021 did not reach 100 million won.
In 2022, Choi Jin-ho lifted the championship cup at 'Bizplay Electronic Newspaper Open' and fired a signal of revival. Choi Jin-ho, who finished the 2022 season with 12th place in Genesis points and 14th place in the prize money rankings, ranked 18th in Genesis points in 2023 and 20th in Genesis points in 2024, making the top 20 Genesis points for three consecutive seasons.
Choi Jin-ho said "In fact, his personality was so sensitive that there were many things he cared about while playing. I made an effort to accept these points as they are without thinking too deeply. I'm less sensitive than before"I'm trying to accept that the sport of golf is a sport with ups and downs. I try to play comfortably rather than being greedy in all the competitions I participate in. If I'm in good condition, if I'm not in good condition, I'm playing according to my situation on that day. These points seem to be the main effects of the recent consistency."
It then ranked first (77.1518%) in last year's green accuracy ratio. An important opportunity to regain confidence in Iron Play. "Confidence in Iron Shot has increased. Iron shots were particularly good in the first half of this season as well,' he added. After the 'KPGA Gunsan CC Open', Choi Jin-ho's green hit rate was 74.5520%, ranking third in this category.
Choi Jin-ho's goal in the second half of the year is to achieve nine wins in total on the KPGA Tour. Choi Jin-ho, who made his KPGA Tour debut in 2005, has won his first victory in 2006 'Vivaldi Park Open' and has eight wins in total until the 2022 'Vizplay Electronic Newspaper Open'.
Choi Jin-ho said, `I really want to win this season. The goal is to have the title of No. 1 in green accuracy ratio for two consecutive years. "There are ups and downs depending on the condition when grasping the slope of the green during the game. We will prepare for the second half of the year by focusing on finding out the slope and training for short games including putts."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
