Lee Jee-young

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Jee-Young Lee
2009 Women's British Open - Jee Young Lee (3).jpg
Personal information
NicknameJelly
Born (1985-12-02) 2 December 1985 (age 38)
Seoul, South Korea
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Residence Bundang, South Korea
Career
College Yong-In University
Turned professional2004
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2005)
KLPGA Tour (joined 2004)
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
LPGA of Korea Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T13: 2007
Women's PGA C'ship T10: 2007
U.S. Women's Open 7th: 2007
Women's British Open T2: 2007
Evian Championship CUT: 2014

Jee-Young Lee (born 2 December 1985) is a South Korean professional golfer now playing on the United States LPGA Tour.

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Born in Seoul, South Korea, Lee began playing golf at age 14 and turned professional in 2004, playing on the LPGA of Korea Tour. In 2005, as a member of the KLPGA, she won the CJ Nine Bridges Classic, while still not yet a member of the LPGA. That same year, she won the TaeYoung Cup on the KLPGA Tour.

Professional wins (2)

LPGA Tour (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
130 Oct 2005 CJ Nine Bridges Classic −5 (65-73-73=211)3 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg Mi-Hyun Kim
Flag of Sweden.svg Carin Koch

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2007 Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill Flag of Norway.svg Suzann Pettersen Lost to par on third extra hole

LPGA of Korea Tour (1)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament2006200720082009201020112012201320142015
ANA Inspiration T56T13T2120T40CUTCUTT32T16CUT
Women's PGA Championship T14T10T18T65CUTCUTCUTCUTT49
U.S. Women's Open T107T13WDT25CUTT38
Women's British Open T22T2T17CUTT62CUTT36T58
The Evian Championship ^WDCUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
ANA Inspiration 000004107
Women's PGA Championship 00001395
U.S. Women's Open 00002475
Women's British Open 01011386
The Evian Championship 00000020
Totals01014143623

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made
Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish
Earnings ($)Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2005 2210011208,482n/a72.14n/a
2006 25240106T2575,1252071.4618
2007 2423030102966,2561071.6612
2008 282501182795,9912171.3814
2009 25220013T3358,7113771.8833
2010 20180118T2589,7841971.2616
2011 1550000T3322,58211673.97106
2012 1380000T1268,6509072.3548
2013 21150001T4172,6926572.3761
2014 1870000T1674,84210173.15126
2015 1390000T2575,4659771.8854

Team appearances

Professional

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