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Player of the Year

2012 Player of the Year

It has been an up-and-down road for Esther Choe since she turned professional five years ago, but 2012 proved to be a breakout season for the Scottsdale, Ariz. native as she was named this year’s Symetra Tour’s Player of the Year.

Everything seemed to click this year for Choe, as she earned Player of the Year in record-breaking fashion. Choe finished atop the tour’s money list with the fewest events (six) played in history of Tour, beating out Grace Park and Lorena Ochoa who had previously held the record with 10 events in 1999 and 2002 respectively.

“I didn’t expect it coming in this year,” said Choe. “I’ve been struggling the last few years but I feel like I’ve always made positive improvements. I never gave up and kept trying things. I think I finally got a good team of people together around me and I just started thinking positively.”
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Player of the Year

Year Player
2012 Esther Choe
2011 Kathleen Ekey
2010 Cindy LaCrosse
2009 Mina Harigae
2008 Vicky Hurst
2007 Emily Bastel
2006 Song-Hee Kim
2005 Seon-Hwa Lee
2004 Jimin Kang
2003 Stacy Prammanasudh
2002 Lorena Ochoa
2001 Beth Bauer
2000 Heather Zakhar
1999 Grace Park
1998 Michelle Bell
1997 Marilyn Lovander
1996 Vickie Moran
1995 Patty Ehrhart
1994 Marilyn Lovander
1993 Nanci Bowen
1992 Jodi Figley
1991 Kim Williams
1990 Denise Baldwin
1989 Jennifer MacCurrach
1988 Jenny Lidback
1987 Laurel Kean
1986 Tammie Green
1985 Tammie Green
1984 Penny Hammel

Earnings
$55,690
$ 66,412
$ 94,578
$ 88,386
$ 93,107
$ 59,779
$ 76,287
$ 59,567
$ 51,268
$ 57,760
$ 53,702
$ 81,529
$ 34,804
$ 50,592
$ 49,526
$ 27,947
$ 25,429
$ 22,506
$ 19,103
$ 20,443
$ 18,625
$ 21,783
$ 24,383
$ 30,229
$ 30,581
$ 52,829
$ 24,548
$ 15,918
$ 9,090

Topics: Player Feature