David Chung (golfer)

David Chung (golfer)
David Chung
Personal information
Born January 14, 1990 (1990-01-14) (age 21)
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight 150 lb (68 kg; 11 st)
Nationality  United States
Career
College Stanford University
Status Amateur
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament CUT: 2011
U.S. Open CUT: 2011
The Open Championship DNP
PGA Championship DNP

David Chung (born January 14, 1990) is a Korean-American amateur golfer. He was the number one ranked golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking in late 2010/early 2011.

Chung was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina to Christian and Elise Chung.

In 2004, at age 14, Chung was the runner-up in the U.S. Junior Amateur.[1] He also advanced to the semifinals of the U.S. Junior Amateur in 2005.[2] He was the 2005 runner-up in the Western Junior. In 2005, Chung was the Junior Boys Carolinas Player of the year and in 2010, he was the Men's Carolinas Player of the Year.[3] In addition, he was the 2007 First-Team AJGA Rolex Junior All-American.

Chung attends Stanford University. In 2009, as a freshman, he was named to the All-Pac-10 Conference second team. In May 2010, as a Stanford sophomore, Chung was named to the All-Pac-10 Conference first team.

As a junior at Stanford, Chung won the 2009 North and South Amateur, 2010 Porter Cup, and the 2010 Western Amateur. He finished runner-up at the 2010 U.S. Amateur to Peter Uihlein.[4] This earned him invitations to the 2011 Masters Tournament and the 2011 U.S. Open.

Chung was a member of the victorious U.S. Team at the 2010 Palmer Cup, where he compiled a 4-0-0 match record.[5] He also played on the 2010 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team in the World Amateur Team Championship.[6] The team finished third and Chung finished tied for ninth.

Contents

Amateur wins (3)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2011
The Masters CUT
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship DNP
PGA Championship DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. ^ Chung youngest finalist on record at U.S. Junior Amateur Championship
  2. ^ 2005 U.S. Junior Amateur
  3. ^ Chung, Clanton Named CGA Players Of The Year
  4. ^ It's Uihlein's Time
  5. ^ Palmer Cup results
  6. ^ World Amateur Team Championship

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