Former CU golfer Robyn Choi posts her first top-5 finish ever on LPGA Tour and surpasses $1 million in official career LPGA earnings
By Gary Baines – 11/1/2026
It happened in the middle of the night, Colorado time, but former University of Colorado golfer Robyn Choi shined bright on Sunday in Malaysia.
The 28-year-old native of Australia came up big in at least a couple of respects at the LPGA Tour’s Maybank Championship. Most notably, Choi finished fifth, posting the best showing of her LPGA Tour career — and her fourth career top-10, including one when she wasn’t an LPGA member. And by earning $154,872, she surpassed $1 million in official career earnings as an LPGA member — and $500,000 for 2026 alone.
Choi recorded four straight rounds in the 60s in Malaysia — 67-69-66-69 — for a 17-under-par total, which left her five strokes behind champion Miyu Yamashita of Japan. Over four rounds, Choi carded 21 birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey.
Robyn Choi earned $154,872 Sunday in Malaysia.
Choi’s previous best LPGA Tour showing was a sixth place — at the 2020 ISPS Handa Vic Open at a time she wasn’t an official LPGA Tour member. All her other top-10s as an LPGA player have come in 2025 and ’26. With the performance in the Maybank Championship, she jumped to 60th in the season-long LPGA points standings.
Choi, who played at CU from 2016-18, competed in her first two LPGA Tour events — both U.S. Women’s Opens (2017 and ’18) — after qualifying for them in Colorado as an amateur. Choi has also played in the Inspirato Colorado Women’s Open, recording top-10 finishes in 2022 and ’23.
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