Possessing a LPGA Tour card for the first time since 2019, Choi entered the final round in a tie for fifth and contending with the likes of Nelly Korda, Lydia Ko and Meghan Kang.

After a 5-under 66 in Round 3 the Gold Coaster struggled in the final round, going out in 5-over on her way to a closing 77 and a tie for 16th.

Outside of her tie for sixth at the co-sanctioned Vic Open in 2020, it is Choi’s best finish on the LPGA Tour and provides a strong foundation from which to launch her season.

Following the heartbreak of just missing out on promotion through the Epson Tour in 2023, the 25-year-old was medallist at Q-Series in December and feels far more settled playing among the world’s best on a weekly basis.

“I think if it was my rookie year this year I think I would’ve been a little bit intimidated,” Choi said.

“There are world class athletes. You see them on TV. They’re famous. I feel like I would be in their way.

“Because I kind of have some relationship, I know their faces and they know mine, I think it’s a little bit easier to kind of make a relationship with them and kind of get into the LPGA a little bit more easily.

“I think that will help with my performance as well, just being used to this environment a little bit. Having the chance to have a glimpse of it in 2019 it will help my performance as well not to be too intimidated.”

Gabriela Ruffels also made her debut as a LPGA Tour member but didn’t survive the cut-line, Grace Kim and Sarah Kemp also playing just the two rounds.

At the PGA TOUR’s Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, Aaron Baddely’s tie for 37th was the best of the Aussies, West Australian Jason Scrivener the lone Aussie to make the cut at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship on the DP World Tour.

Photo: Julio Aguilar/Getty Images

Results

PGA TOUR
Farmers Insurance Open
Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Cse), San Diego, California
1          Matthieu Pavon           69-65-72-69—275       $US1.62m
T37      Aaron Baddeley           69-72-73-70—284       $40,050
T43      Min Woo Lee                72-68-72-73—285       $28,530
MC       Ryan Fox                      70-73—143
MC       Jason Day                    74-71—145
MC       Harrison Endycott        72-74—146

DP World Tour
Ras Al Khaimah Championship
Al Hamra GC, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
1          Thorbjørn Olesen         69-62-63-67—261       €392,416.52
T23      Daniel Hillier                70-67-71-68—276       €21,929.16
T47      Jason Scrivener            69-68-72-70—279       €9,925.83
T68      Sam Jones                    66-68-73-77—284       €4,732.08
MC       David Micheluzzi          73-70—143

LPGA Tour
LPGA Drive On Championship
Bradenton Country Club, Bradenton, Florida
1          Nelly Korda      65-67-68-73—273       $262,500
Won on the second hole of sudden death playoff
2          Lydia Ko (NZ)    65-70-69-69—273       $163,689
T16      Robyn Choi      71-68-66-77—282       $21,585
MC       Grace Kim        71-75—146
MC       Gabriela Ruffels           72-75—147
MC       Sarah Kemp     75-75—150

Korn Ferry Tour
The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club
The Abaco Club on Winding Bay, Great Abaco, Bahamas
1          Aldrich Potgieter          72-70-71-65—278       $US180,000
T52      Rhein Gibson               71-72-75-75—293       $4,220
T60      Dimi Papadatos           72-72-75-76—295       $4,050
MC       Brett Drewitt                71-78—149
MC       Curtis Luck                   72-81—153