CAREER HIGHLIGHTS：（2Win）2017 St. Andrews Henan Open White Mountain Wanda Open

2017年：Korea’s Rak Hyun Cho secured his first professional win after closing with a four-under-par 68 to complete an emphatic wire-to wire triumph at the St. Andrews Henan Open on Sunday. 3 Putts on the 18th hole in the final round of  fragrant hills international Beijing Open，miss the bunker chip in the 3rd hole play-off with Bryden Macpherson finished the 2rd.    

 Korean hotshot Rak hyun Cho marked his best efforts of the week with a closing seven-under-par 65 to claim a three-shot victory for his second China Tour title in one month at the White Mountain Wanda Open on Sunday.

2016 Year: Completed the season 13th on the Order of Merit, playing in 12 of the 13 events. Closed the year with four consecutive top-10s after not making one in his first eight starts...At the Long Beach Open in California in late-July, shot rounds of 67-68-69-67 to finish T4, a stroke out of the Garrett Sapp-Sam Saunders-David Gazzolo playoff that Sapp won...Tied his career-best performance with his third-place showing at the Ping An Bank Open in Beijing in mid-September. Shot four sub-70 rounds at Topwin G&CC, including a final-round, 7-under 65, to finish third, three strokes behind winner Charlie Saxon. The ¥105,600 was a career-high payday, and he earned the top-three finish, the third time in as many years he’s had at least one PGA TOUR China top-three outing...Suffered a fluke injury at the second stage of the Web.com Tour Qualifying Tournament. Suffered an injury to his wrist when an errant shot during practice hit him. Withdrew from the event and rested. Returned to China, and without benefit of a practice round, played well at the Putian Open. Entered the final round alone in second place, five shots behind Taewoo Kim. Even when Kim made a quadruple bogey-9 at the par-5 fourth hole at Putian Mazu GC and Resort, he made a double bogey there himself. Fell from contention on No. 9 with another double bogey. After a slow start to the season, picked up his second consecutive top-10, to go with the third-place finish at the Ping An Bank Open in September...Recorded a third consecutive top-10 when he T8 at the Zhuhai Hengqin Phoenix Tree Open in mid-November at the Orient G&CC. Put himself in position to make a Sunday run with middle rounds of 69-71 on Friday and Saturday. Faltered to a 3-over 74 Sunday but continued to inch up the Order of Merit chart, checking in at No. 18 after starting the week in 20th position...Had a strong finish to his season, earning his first career-runner up performance when he T2 at the season-ending Buick Open. Entered the final round a stroke off the 54-hole lead established by Huilin Zhang. Took the lead early in the final round Sunday but couldn’t overcome a double bogey-bogey finish that left him tied with Mark Baldwin, Shotaro Wada and Callum Tarren, a shot behind Zhang’s winning pace. Top-20 Order of Merit finish earned him 2017 membership should he choose on PGA TOUR China, the Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada and PGA TOUR Latinoamerica.

 

2015: Finished 13th on the final Order of Merit, approximately ￥ 34,000 outside the 10th spot held by Zeyu He. Recorded three top-10 in his 11 starts, missing only two cuts. Had a strong outing in Beijing in mid-September, shooting a final-round, 7-under 65 to T2 at the Ping An Bank Open. Had eight birdies and only one bogey as he tied Zihao Chen as the runners-up to winner Eugene Wong at Qinghe Bay GC. His 23 birdies led the field and were also the most in any tournament this season…Had a solid tournament in mid-October, at the Lushan Open. Was 1-under through 54 holes playing the challenging Lushan International GC. Put together a solid final day, with three front-nine birdies and one more on the back nine on his way to a 3-under 67, good for a sixth-place finish, his second top-10 in three starts…Made four Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada starts in the summer, making one cut (T70 at the ATB Financial Classic)...Enjoyed a strong finish to his season. After shooting a disappointing 2-over 73 to begin the Capital Airlines – HNA Real Estate Championship, found his game and finished with three consecutive sub-70 rounds (69-65-69) to T7 in Dongguan.

2014: Earned conditional status by finishing 39th at the first Qualifying Tournament in Shenzhen…Picked up his first top-25 of the campaign when he shot a final-round 68 at the United Investment Real Estate Wuhan Open to finish T23 in mid-May.…Attempted to qualify for the Utah Championship on the Web.com Tour in mid-July. Missed Monday qualifying into the event in the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy. So he traveled to Eden, Utah, for the eGolf Professional Tour event, the Championship at Wolf Creek. Opened with a 3-under 70 at Wolf Creek Resort then followed with back-to-back 65s to finish at 13-under in third place, a distant nine strokes behind winner Andrew Yun…In his eight start of the campaign, easily enjoyed his top performance. At the Cadillac Championship in Beijing, took the first-round lead with a 6-under 66 and was only a stroke off amateur Zi Hao Chen’s 36-hole lead. Shot rounds of 72-68 on the weekend at Qinghe Bay GC to finish solo third, three shots behind winner David McKenzie. With the finish, moved up 20 points on the order of merit, to No. 23…Put himself into contention for a decent payday at the OneAsia Tour’s Nanshan China Masters in mid-October. Shot a third-round, 3-under 68 but couldn’t muster a charge on the final day during windy conditions at Nanshan International GC. Finished T19 with four others…Became the only PGA TOUR China player to get through first- and second-stage qualifying at the Web.com Tour Qualifying Tournament. Shot rounds of 73-71-70-74 to T14 at Bear Creek GC in Murrieta, Calif., to advance to the finals at PGA National in Florida.

Amateur: Left the University of Oregon after his junior year to pursue a professional career. Top finish during his college career was a T4 at The Duck Invitational in Eugene, Ore., during the 2012-13 school year (71-71-70). Was also T6 at the Kikkor Golf Husky Invitational in Washington that same season…Lone American Junior Golf Association win came in Beaumont, Calif., at the Tee Up Challenge in 2010. Shot rounds of 69-70-66 to defeat Jonah Texeira and Matt Pinizzotto by six shots.