YOON JI CHO

2010 was a very solid season for the young KLPGA rookie. She won her first tournament, the Volvik Lyle & Scott Women's Open, and notched five other top tens to finish 8th on the money list and earn the Rookie of the Year award that season.

Cho struggled much more in 2011. She finished 41st on the KLPGA money list, with two 4th place finishes the main highlights of her year. Her results were pretty much the same in 2012, with a 43rd place finish on the money list and two top tens (the best a 5th place) to her credit.

Cho had a better 2013. She finished 27th on the money list that year, with 7 top tens. Her best finish was a 4th.

In 2014, Cho made 221 million won and finished 16th on the money list. She had five top tens, highlighted by a pair of runner-up finishes but no wins.

Cho had a breakthrough year in 2015. She finished third on the money list with ten top tens during the season. Her earnings of over 650 million won were easily the most she had ever amassed in a single season.

Her sole win came at the biggest money event of the season, the BMW Championship. That win alone earned her 300 million won, nearly half her season total. She followed that up with a runner-up finish the following event at the Hite Cup. She had another runner-up finish a couple of months later, and also scored her best ever finish at the LPGA's Hana Bank Championship, a tie for 9th.

Cho had another amazing highlight in 2015. She started the E1 Charity Open final round by making 8 birdies in a row, the all time record for best birdie run in KLPGA history. The feat earned her a special signature golf ball released in her honor!

After the season ended, she continued her great play by winning the unofficial 'Queen of Queens' event. She then qualified for the Kowa Queens event, where she played for Team Korea. Japan took a huge lead after two days, but on Sunday the Koreans made a massive run. They won almost every one of their singles matches, but still needed to win one more, the match that pitted Cho against the Japanese player Ayako Watanabe. Cho had the lead going into the back nine, but Watanabe rallied, and the match stayed close until the Japanese player took the lead for good on the 17th hole. Cho's loss clinched the cup for Japan, but she still played great.

Cho had another strong season in 2016. She won the year's final event, the ADT-CAPS, and also collected nine additional top tens, including a second at the Pak Se Ri Invitational and a third at the Hanwha Classic. She made over 430 million won for the year, good for 11th on the year ending money list. But in her one LPGA event, the Hana Bank, she missed the cut.

In 2017, Cho finished 31st on the money list. She had no wins, but did manage a runner up finish at the year's final event, the ADT-Caps. That was one of only two top tens she had during the year.

Cho finished 35th on the KLPGA money list in 2018. Her sole top five was a runner up finish at the Samdasoo Masters in August. In early 2019, Cho was invited to play at the LPGA's Founders Cup. She made the cut, but finished near the bottom of those that did.

Yoon Ji had a weaker 2019 season. She finished just 87th on the money list with around 53 million won earned. Cho's best finish in 2019 was a 20th place.

She has not played anywhere since 2020 and may have retired.