Jay Choe
| Year: | Senior |
| Hometown: | Yorba Linda, Calif. |
| High School: | Esperanza High School |
Career
Was a redshirt with the UCI program in 2005-06....played the first two rounds of the PGA Tour's Buick Open in January 2006....shot a 2-under 70 to win the qualifying medalist honors for that tournament.... was ranked No. 82 in the Golfweek Amateur Rankings during the summer of '06....reached the round of 16 in the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship at Shaker Run Golf Club in Lebanon, Ohio, in July 2005....was '05 Korean Open/USA champion....recorded an average of 74.39 in 38 rounds as a junior in 2004-05....was named to the 2005 All-Big West Conference honorable mention team....finished 26th (223) in the '05 conference tournament at Tijeras Creek Golf Club....low round of the season was 67 in the PING-Arizona Intercollegiate at Arizona National Golf Club....recorded a pair of second-place finishes in the Anteater (219) and Club Glove (214) Invitationals....posted three top-10 showings during the season....had a 2003-04 average of 73.94 through 33 rounds....low round was 67 in the Northwest Collegiate Classic at Trysting Tree Country Club in Corvallis, Ore....finished third (206) in that tournament in September 2003....placed fifth (216) in the Anteater Invitational at Santa Ana Country Club in February 2004....had a pair of top-20 finishes as a sophomore, finishing 12th (229) in the UCR-Braveheart Classic and 19th (217) in the U.S. Intercollegiate tournament at Stanford....finished 23rd (223) in the 2004 Big West Conference Championships at Tijeras Creek....shot 229 to finish 77th in the 2004 NCAA West Regional at Sunriver, Ore....qualified for the 2003 U.S. Amateur Championship at Oakmont (Pa.) after shooting 142 (73-69) in the U.S. Amateur qualifier at Red Hill Country Club....shot a 68 to finish first in a Pepsi Tour event at Los Serranos in the summer of 2003....entered UC Irvine in the fall of 2002 as the 14th-ranked junior player in the nation....his top finish at UCI in 2002-03 was fifth (213) in The Prestige at the La Quinta Mountain Course....he placed 12th (219) in Pepperdine's Club Glove Intercollegiate tournament at Saticoy Country Club....his freshman season average was 74.83 through 23 rounds....was a four-year letterwinner at Esperanza High School for Coach Al Safallo....as a junior, he led Esperanza to its first CIF regional championship while capturing the individual title with a score of 66....he won the 2000 Sunset League title, placed fifth at the CIF State Championships and was named MVP of the Sunset League....he recorded five top-5 and five top-10 finishes overall in AJGA tournaments....he earned 2002 AJGA second team All-American honors....he won the 2001 California State Junior Amateur Championship with a 54-hole score of 207....he was runner-up at the 2001 FCWT Singing-Hill Shootout and the 2001 PGA-Junior Series Championship....was named 2000 Toyota Tour Cup SCPGA Player of the Year.
Was a redshirt with the UCI program in 2005-06....played the first two rounds of the PGA Tour's Buick Open in January 2006....shot a 2-under 70 to win the qualifying medalist honors for that tournament.... was ranked No. 82 in the Golfweek Amateur Rankings during the summer of '06....reached the round of 16 in the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship at Shaker Run Golf Club in Lebanon, Ohio, in July 2005....was '05 Korean Open/USA champion....recorded an average of 74.39 in 38 rounds as a junior in 2004-05....was named to the 2005 All-Big West Conference honorable mention team....finished 26th (223) in the '05 conference tournament at Tijeras Creek Golf Club....low round of the season was 67 in the PING-Arizona Intercollegiate at Arizona National Golf Club....recorded a pair of second-place finishes in the Anteater (219) and Club Glove (214) Invitationals....posted three top-10 showings during the season....had a 2003-04 average of 73.94 through 33 rounds....low round was 67 in the Northwest Collegiate Classic at Trysting Tree Country Club in Corvallis, Ore....finished third (206) in that tournament in September 2003....placed fifth (216) in the Anteater Invitational at Santa Ana Country Club in February 2004....had a pair of top-20 finishes as a sophomore, finishing 12th (229) in the UCR-Braveheart Classic and 19th (217) in the U.S. Intercollegiate tournament at Stanford....finished 23rd (223) in the 2004 Big West Conference Championships at Tijeras Creek....shot 229 to finish 77th in the 2004 NCAA West Regional at Sunriver, Ore....qualified for the 2003 U.S. Amateur Championship at Oakmont (Pa.) after shooting 142 (73-69) in the U.S. Amateur qualifier at Red Hill Country Club....shot a 68 to finish first in a Pepsi Tour event at Los Serranos in the summer of 2003....entered UC Irvine in the fall of 2002 as the 14th-ranked junior player in the nation....his top finish at UCI in 2002-03 was fifth (213) in The Prestige at the La Quinta Mountain Course....he placed 12th (219) in Pepperdine's Club Glove Intercollegiate tournament at Saticoy Country Club....his freshman season average was 74.83 through 23 rounds....was a four-year letterwinner at Esperanza High School for Coach Al Safallo....as a junior, he led Esperanza to its first CIF regional championship while capturing the individual title with a score of 66....he won the 2000 Sunset League title, placed fifth at the CIF State Championships and was named MVP of the Sunset League....he recorded five top-5 and five top-10 finishes overall in AJGA tournaments....he earned 2002 AJGA second team All-American honors....he won the 2001 California State Junior Amateur Championship with a 54-hole score of 207....he was runner-up at the 2001 FCWT Singing-Hill Shootout and the 2001 PGA-Junior Series Championship....was named 2000 Toyota Tour Cup SCPGA Player of the Year.
Personal
Is majoring in sociology....named at Big West Scholar-Athlete last year in 2004-05....his father, Chris Choe, was an Olympic boxer and was ranked No. 1 in the WBC, plus was a gold medalist in the Asian Olympics....parents are Chris and Kum Choe.
