David Chung

Who is David Chung?

David Chung is a Korean-American amateur golfer. He was the number one ranked golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking in late 2010/early 2011.

Chung was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina to Christian and Elise Chung.

In 2004, at age 14, Chung was the runner-up in the U.S. Junior Amateur. He also advanced to the semifinals of the U.S. Junior Amateur in 2005. He was the 2005 runner-up in the Western Junior. In 2005, Chung was the Junior Boys Carolinas Player of the year and in 2010, he was the Men's Carolinas Player of the Year. In addition, he was the 2007 First-Team AJGA Rolex Junior All-American.

Chung attended Stanford University. In 2009, as a freshman, he was named to the All-Pac-10 Conference second team. In May 2010, as a Stanford sophomore, Chung was named to the All-Pac-10 Conference first team.

As a junior at Stanford, Chung won the 2009 North and South Amateur, 2010 Porter Cup, and the 2010 Western Amateur. He finished runner-up at the 2010 U.S. Amateur to Peter Uihlein. This earned him invitations to the 2011 Masters Tournament and the 2011 U.S. Open, where he missed the cut.

Chung was a member of the victorious U.S.