With this victory: K.J. Choi

By Joan Alexander
PGATOUR.com Staff
 

Earns FOURTH victory in 194th event on the PGA TOUR at the age of 35 years, 4 months and 13 days.

2002 COMPAQ Classic of New Orleans, Tampa Bay Classic presented by Buick
2005 Chrysler Classic of Greensboro
2006 Chrysler Championship

CHRYSLER CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
Wins for the second time at Westin Innisbrook-Copperhead Course and becomes the first multiple winner of the tournament.

Becomes the third player in tournament history to surpass the $1-million mark in earnings with $1,441,200 (ranks second). Vijay Singh is first with $1,480,410 and Carl Pettersson is third with $1,099,000.

The native of South Korea becomes the fifth consecutive international player to win the Chrysler Championship, including his win in 2002. Others: 2003-Retief Goosen (South Africa), 2004Vijay Singh (Fiji) and 2005 Carl Pettersson (Sweden).

2006 NOTES
Collects $954,000 first-place check, the largest of his career, bringing his season earnings on the PGA TOUR to $2,267,348.

Earns a spot in THE TOUR Championship for the fourth time in his seven year career on the TOUR, jumping to 26th on the money list.

Becomes the 12th different (14 TOUR titles) foreign-born player to win on the PGA TOUR in 2006 and the first since the 2006 John Deere Classic (Australian – John Senden) in mid-July

Earns a trip to the 2006 Mercedes Championships in Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii.

Earns 100 points in the 10th leg of The Fall Finish Presented by PricewaterhouseCoopers – an 11-event series that includes enhanced purses and bonus awards totaling $1 million, with $500,000 going to the top points-earner.

CAREER NOTES
Now has four TOUR wins, the most wins by an Asian-born player on the PGA TOUR. Shigeki Maruyama of Japan has three TOUR tiles on his resume. Choi and Maruyama are the only Asian-born players to win multiple events on the TOUR.

Surpasses the $2 million mark in season earnings for the third time in his career. He becomes the 31st player to surpass $2 million in season earnings in 2006.

In seventh season on PGA TOUR, surpasses the $11-million mark in career earnings ($11,452,595) since becoming a member in 2000.

	
			2006 PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Tournaments entered—25; in money--21; top-10 finishes—4; top-25 finishes--10
BIRTH DATE:  May 19, 1970	BIRTHPLACE: Wando, South Korea 
RESIDES:  The Woodlands, TX	FAMILY: Wife, Hunjung Kim; 
					Hohjun “David,” Amanda, Daniel 
HEIGHT:  5-8			WEIGHT:  185
TURNED PRO:  1994		JOINED PGA TOUR: 2000