You know that K.J. Choi guy? He's pretty good.

Probably better than I've ever realized. He won the Sony Open on Sunday by three strokes, wire-to-wire. His seventh career PGA Tour victory. Does that win total surprise you? Some context:

• Choi has 7 wins in eight PGA Tour seasons (2008 is Year 9 for K.J., but we're only two tournaments into it).
• Sergio Garcia has 6 wins in eight seasons.
• Fred Funk has 8 wins in 19 years.
• Kenny Perry has 9 wins in 21 years.
• Jay Haas' 9 wins were recorded over roughly 30 years.
• Choi has as many career wins as Stewart Cink and Chris DiMarco combined.

We're spoiled by the ridiculous win totals of Tiger Woods (and Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh, whose 30-plus victories each would seem ridiculous if not for Tiger). But seven wins on the PGA Tour - that's good stuff.

A couple years ago I was doing some research and took a close look at Choi's rankings in the various statistical categories. I believe it was 2005, although I haven't double-checked that, so don't hold me to it. Anyway, what I noticed about Choi was that he's not particularly good at anything.

Oh, sure, compared to me and you, he's phenomenal at everything. But relative to his peers, there's no one part of his game that explains his success.

Taking a look at his 2007 stats, I see it again. In driving distance, he was 144th. Huh. I guess he's very accurate then. Nope. Driving accuracy - 79th. And 148th in Total Driving.

Well, if he's short and not exceptionally accurate, he must make up for it with his irons. He must be hitting a ton of greens. Sorry - 74th in GIR.

OK, I've got it: He's a lights-out putter. Wrong again - 66th in putting average.

And yet, 2007 was his best year to date (although 2008 may surpass it). Two big wins, fifth in money, fifth in FedEx Cup points. And ninth in scoring average.

But Choi's not great at anything, so how does he score so well? Well, he was, in 2007, ninth in scrambling - the percentage of times a player makes par after missing the green - and 10th in sand save percentage.

So Choi is short, with middling accuracy, doesn't hit a ton of greens, doesn't make a ton of putts. He does save some strokes with his sand play and chipping and pitching, but those are complementary elements.

I think Choi must be getting it done the old-fashioned way: He's just chugging along, avoiding blow-up holes; and while he's not making a ton of birdies (rankings 53rd in 2007) or eagles (125th), he's also not making many bogeys.