Min Lee (golfer)

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Min Lee
Personal information
Born (1995-06-03) 3 June 1995 (age 28)
Taipei, Taiwan
Sporting nationalityFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Career
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s) Taiwan LPGA Tour
China LPGA Tour
Former tour(s) LPGA Tour
Symetra Tour
Professional wins9
Number of wins by tour
Epson Tour3
Other6
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship CUT: 2016, 2022
Women's PGA C'ship T47: 2023
U.S. Women's Open T12: 2015
Women's British Open CUT: 2017
Evian Championship T29: 2015
Achievements and awards
Symetra Tour Rookie of the Year 2014

Min Lee (born 3 June 1995 [1] ) is a Taiwanese professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. [2]

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Early life and amateur career

Lee started playing golf at the age of 12 years old and is a skilled pianist. She was a member of the Taiwan National Team and won two tournaments on the 2012 China Amateur Golf Tour, at Qinhuangdao and Chongqing. [3]

Professional career

Lee turned professional in 2012 and was Rookie of the Year on the 2014 Symetra Tour and finished 5th in the rankings, earning promotion to the LPGA Tour. In 2015, she finished T12 at the U.S. Women's Open and 68th on the LPGA Tour money list. In 2016, she dropped to 94th and in 2017 to 128th. In 2019, she was back on the Symetra Tour where she won the Valley Forge Invitational. [3]

Lee has also won four tournaments on the Taiwan LPGA Tour and won the 2018 China Women's Open on the China LPGA Tour. [4]

Lee spent 2020 home in Taiwan due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Back on the LPGA Tour in 2021, she was runner-up behind Matilda Castren at the 2021 LPGA Mediheal Championship, the week after she won the Mission Inn Resort & Club Championship on the Symetra Tour. These performances saw her rise to 119 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, which helped her qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [2]

Professional wins (9)

Symetra Tour wins (3)

China LPGA Tour wins (1)

Taiwan LPGA Tour wins (5)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament201520162017201820192020202120222023
Chevron Championship CUTCUT
Women's PGA Championship T53CUTT68CUTCUTCUTT47
U.S. Women's Open T12CUT
The Evian Championship T29CUTNTCUTT61
Women's British Open CUT
  Did not play

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

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References

  1. ↑ "Min Lee". Yahoo Sports.
  2. 1 2 "Min Lee – not to be confused with Minjee Lee – is making a name for herself on the LPGA". Golfweek. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Min Lee Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Player Profile Min Lee". Women's World Golf Rankings. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
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