Andrea Lee (golfer)

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Andrea Lee
Personal information
Born (1998-08-15) August 15, 1998 (age 25)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
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 CUT: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
U.S. Women's Open T15: 2022
Women's British Open T7: 2020
Evian Championship T15: 2022
Achievements and awards
Mark H. McCormack Medal 2019
WGCA Freshman of the Year2017
AJGA Junior Player of Year2014
Medal record
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Toronto Women's individual
Pan American Games
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 an 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.

Tournament20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Chevron Championship CUTCUTCUTCUTCUTT56T17
U.S. Women's Open T69CUTT60T15T20
Women's PGA Championship CUTCUTCUTCUT
The Evian Championship NTT15CUT
Women's British Open T7T55T28T9
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

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]

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
%
Career41–2–10–0–11–1–00–1–01.537.5
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

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