Choi Wins the Sony Open
K. J. Choi didn’t have his best round yesterday, but his play during the week helped make up for his 1+ fourth round to beat challenger Rory Sabbatini by three strokes and capture the 2008 Sony Open title, his seventh PGA career win. The swirling winds contributed to the relatively high scores on Sunday.
Choi, 39, is something of a national hero in his native South Korea. The son of a seafood and algae farmer, he grew up with a passion for golf from reading books by Jack Nicklaus, but lived 60 miles from the nearest 18-hole course. Still, the passion …read more