Richard H. Lee (golfer)

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Richard H. Lee
Personal information
Born (1987-04-05) April 5, 1987 (age 32)
Chicago, Illinois
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
NationalityFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Residence Bellevue, Washington
SpouseChristine Lee (m. 2005)
ChildrenIsabella, Elizabeth
Career
College University of Washington
Turned professional2010
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Web.com Tour
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2015, 2019
The Open Championship DNP
PGA Championship DNP

Richard Lee (born April 5, 1987) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Web.com Tour.

Professional golfer golfer with professional status; ordinarily cannot play in amateur tournaments

In the sport of golf, the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose their amateur status. A golfer who has lost their amateur status may not play in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated; a professional may not play in amateur tournaments unless the Committee is notified, acknowledges and confirms the participation. It is very difficult for a professional to regain their amateur status; simply agreeing not to take payment for a particular tournament is not enough. A player must apply to the governing body of the sport to have amateur status reinstated.

PGA Tour Golf tour in the United States

The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main professional golf tours played primarily by men in the United States and North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also known as the PGA Tour, as well as PGA Tour Champions and the Web.com Tour, as well as PGA Tour Canada, PGA Tour Latinoamérica, and PGA Tour China. The PGA Tour is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a suburb of Jacksonville.

Web.com Tour

The Web.com Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either not yet reached the PGA Tour, or who have done so but then failed to win enough FedEx Cup points to stay at that level. Those who are on the top 25 of the money list at year's end are given PGA Tour memberships for the next season. Since the 2013 season, the Web.com Tour has been the primary pathway for those seeking to earn their PGA Tour card. Q-School, which had previously been the primary route for qualification to the PGA Tour, has been converted as an entryway to the Web.com tour.

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Career

Lee turned professional after graduating from the University of Washington in 2010, and missed out by one shot on obtaining a card for the PGA Tour at that winter's qualifying school. The result did entitle him to play on the Nationwide Tour in 2011, where he finished 37th on the money list thanks largely to a runner-up finish at the Mexico Open. Lee returned to the qualifying school that winter and was successful in earning a PGA Tour card for the first time, going five-under-par for his final five holes to qualify with a shot to spare.

University of Washington Public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States

The University of Washington is a public research university in Seattle, Washington.

In professional golf the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S.-based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. A fixed number of players in the event win membership of the tour for the following season, otherwise known as a "tour card," meaning that they can play in most of the tour's events without having to qualify. They join the leaders on the previous year's money list/order of merit and certain other exempt players as members of the tour.

Lee's debut season on tour proved a difficult one, finishing well outside the top 125 earners who automatically retain their playing rights. However, he showed signs of late-season form when finishing T6th at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in October, his best tour finish, and this form continued to a third visit to qualifying school. Lee finished T4 on his return to the event to secure a second year on the main tour.

Personal life

Lee married at the age of 18 to Christine Jang, 19, and became a father the following year; he combined his family life with a college golf career at the University of Washington. [1]

See also

This is a list of the 29 players who earned their 2012 PGA Tour card through Q School in 2011. Note: Roberto Castro and Mark Anderson had already qualified for the PGA Tour by placing in the Top 25 during the 2011 Nationwide Tour season; they did not count among the Top 25 Q school graduates.

This is a list of the 26 players who earned their 2013 PGA Tour card through Q School in 2012. 2012 was the final year Q School would grant direct access to the PGA Tour. Future Q Schools will only grant access to the second-tier Web.com Tour. Brad Fritsch previously earned his 2013 PGA Tour card through his finish on the 2012 Web.com Tour money list; he did not count against the 25, but did improve his status.

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References

  1. ↑ For Richard H. Lee, experience paid off

The Official World Golf Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers. It was started in 1986.

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