Andrea Lee (golfer)

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Andrea Lee
Personal information
Born (1998-08-15) August 15, 1998 (age 26)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Hermosa Beach, California, U.S.
Career
College Stanford University
Turned professional2019
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2020)
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Epson Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T17: 2024
Women's PGA C'ship T23: 2025
U.S. Women's Open T3: 2024
Women's British Open T7: 2020
Evian Championship T5: 2025
Achievements and awards
Mark H. McCormack Medal 2019
WGCA Freshman of the Year2017
AJGA Junior Player of Year2014
Medal record
Women's Golf
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Toronto Women's individual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Toronto Mixed team
Summer Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Taipei Women's team

Andrea Lee (born August 15, 1998) is a Korean-American professional golfer and member of the LPGA Tour. [1] A golf prodigy, in 2015 and 2019 she spent a total of 17 weeks as world number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. [2]

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Early life, college and amateur career

Lee grew up in Hermosa Beach, California. She started competing at age 8 and won 50 junior titles in four years. [3] At 15, she qualified for the 2014 U.S. Women's Open at Pinehurst and made the cut. She finished the 2014 season as the number one ranked player in the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) after winning two big tournaments on that circuit, the Rolex Tournament of Champions and the Yani Tseng Invitational. The latter victory earned her an exemption into the 2015 Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic where she finished tied 51st. She received a sponsor's invite for the 2015 ANA Inspiration, missing the cut by one stroke. She led Mira Costa High School to the state title in 2015. [4]

Lee successfully represented the United States at the Junior Ryder Cup, Junior Solheim Cup and the Curtis Cup. She played in the 2016 Espirito Santo Trophy and won silver at the 2015 Pan American Games individually and in the mixed team event with Kristen Gillman, Beau Hossler and Lee McCoy. She won the team gold at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei with Emilee Hoffman and Mariel Galdiano.

Lee played collegiately for Stanford University between 2016 and 2019. She became the most decorated golfer in school history, setting a school record with nine individual titles and topping the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings. [5] As a freshman in 2016–17, she was WGCA Freshman of the Year, a finalist for WGCA Player of the Year, and a finalist for the Honda Sports Award for golf. [3]

In 2019, Lee was semi-finalist at the U.S. Women's Amateur, and won the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the world's top-ranked amateur at the end of the season. [6]

Professional career

Lee turned professional in late 2019 after she finished T30 at the LPGA Q-Series to earn status for the 2020 LPGA Tour. [5] In her rookie season, she made 11 cuts in 15 starts with two top-10 finishes, a tie for fifth at the Marathon Classic and a tie for seventh at the 2020 Women's British Open, to finish 48th on the money list. [1]

Lee captured her first professional title at the 2022 Casino Del Sol Golf Classic on the Epson Tour with a par on the third hole of a playoff against her Curtis Cup teammate Lucy Li. [7]

In September 2022, Lee won her first LPGA Tour title at the Portland Classic. [8]

Amateur wins

Source: [2]

Professional wins (2)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)
1Sep 18, 2022 Portland Classic 72-64-67-66=269−191 stroke Flag of Ecuador.svg Daniela Darquea 225,000

Epson Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-upWinner's
share ($)
1Apr 3, 2022 Casino Del Sol Golf Classic 69-65-67-69=270−18Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Lucy Li 30,000

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Chevron Championship CUTCUTCUTCUTCUTT56T17T30
U.S. Women's Open T69CUTT60T15T20T3T22
Women's PGA Championship CUTCUTCUTCUTCUTT23
The Evian Championship NTT15CUT62T5
Women's British Open T7T55T28T9T22T11
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship 00000183
U.S. Women's Open 00111476
Women's PGA Championship 00000161
The Evian Championship 00011243
Women's British Open 00002466
Totals00124123119

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

YearRankingSource
2014746 [9]
2015696 [10]
20161,025 [11]
2017n/a [12]
2018n/a [13]
2019797 [14]
2020118 [15]
2021136 [16]
202231 [17]
202355 [18]
202453 [19]

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

YearTotal
matches
Total
W–L–H
Singles
W–L–H
Foursomes
W–L–H
Fourballs
W–L–H
Points
won
Points
%
Career73–2–20–0–21–1–02–1–04.057.1
2023 41–2–10–0–1 halved w/ G. Hall 1–1–0 won w/ D. Kang 1 up
lost w/ D. Kang 1 dn
0–1–0 lost w/ R. Zhang 2&11.537.5
2024 32–0–10–0–1 halved w/ E. Henseleit 0–0–02–0–0 won w/ R. Zhang 5&4
won w/ R. Zhang 6&4
2.583.3

References

  1. 1 2 "Andrea Lee Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Andrea Lee". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Women's Golf Roster: Andrea Lee". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  4. "ANA Inspiration: Catching Up With the Amateurs". Pro Golf Now. April 2, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Stanford's Andrea Lee is fifth college player to leave early, turn pro". Golfweek. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  6. "Andrea Lee wins Mark H McCormack Medal as leading woman amateur". Golf Today. August 14, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  7. "Andrea Lee Captures Breakthrough Win at Casino Del Sol Golf Classic". Epson Tour. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  8. Levins, Keely (September 18, 2022). "Former Stanford star and amateur standout Andrea Lee wins in Portland to capture first LPGA Tour victory". Golf Digest. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  9. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 29, 2014.
  10. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2015.
  11. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2016.
  12. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2017.
  13. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 31, 2018.
  14. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2019.
  15. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2020.
  16. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 27, 2021.
  17. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2022.
  18. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2023.
  19. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2024.