# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/k-j-choi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:24:13.590Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/k-j-choi"
name: "K. J. Choi"
slug: "k-j-choi"
description: "Choi Kyung-Ju, commonly known as K. J. Choi, is a South Korean professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. Since turning pro in 1994, he has won more than thirty professional golf tournaments worldwide, including eight on the PGA Tour. His most notable victory came at the 2011 Players Championship, and he has spent 40 weeks in the top-10 of the world rankings."
tagline: "South Korean professional golfer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kj-swing.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
birthDate: "1970-05-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.044933333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B4%94%E4%BA%AC%E5%91%A8"
    title: "崔京周"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.J._Choi"
    title: "K.J. Choi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Kyung-ju"
    title: "Choi Kyung-ju"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._J._Choi"
    title: "K. J. Choi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Kyung-ju"
    title: "Choi Kyung-ju"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B4%94%E4%BA%AC%E5%91%A8"
    title: "崔京周"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B5%9C%EA%B2%BD%EC%A3%BC"
    title: "최경주"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Kyung-ju"
    title: "Choi Kyung-ju"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Kyung-ju"
    title: "Choi Kyung-ju"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._J._Choi"
    title: "K. J. Choi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q489246"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump