Robert Lee | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Robert Lee |
Born | London, England | 12 October 1961
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight | 176 lb (80 kg; 12.6 st) |
Sporting nationality | England |
Residence | Walton-on-Thames, England |
Career | |
Turned professional | 1982 |
Former tour(s) | European Tour |
Professional wins | 5 |
Number of wins by tour | |
European Tour | 2 |
Challenge Tour | 2 |
Other | 1 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | DNP |
The Open Championship | T21: 1986 |
Robert Lee (born 12 October 1961) is an English professional golfer and television presenter.
Lee was born in London. He turned professional in 1982 and was in his prime from 1985 to 1987, finishing in the top thirty of the European Tour Order of Merit each of those years. He twice shot 27 for nine holes on the tour, first at the 1985 Monte Carlo Open, and again two years later at the 1987 Portuguese Open. He went on to win the latter, one of his two victories on the European Tour. He also seriously competed for the 1985 Open Championship in the opening rounds. He was in second place after the first round and only two back after the second round. He faded over the weekend but picked up a top-25 finish.
From the late 1980s Lee's form dipped, and he spent the latter half of the 1990s going back and forth between the second-tier Challenge Tour and the main European Tour. [1] Since leaving the tour at the end of the 1999 season, Lee has worked as an analyst for Sky Sports.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 13 Oct 1985 | Compagnie de Chauffe Cannes Open | −8 (71-68-72-69=280) | Playoff | David Llewellyn |
2 | 1 Nov 1987 | Portuguese Open | −12 (61-67-67=195)* | 1 stroke | Sam Torrance |
Note: The 1987 Portuguese Open was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
European Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 1985 | Compagnie de Chauffe Cannes Open | David Llewellyn | Won with par on first extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 5 May 1996 | Canarias Challenge | −16 (68-65-68-67=268) | 5 strokes | Simon Burnell, Joakim Rask |
2 | 3 Jul 1998 | MasterCard Challenge | −11 (74-69-68-66=277) | 3 strokes | Richard Bland |
Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 1996 | Kenya Open | Phil Harrison, Mike Miller | Miller won with par on first extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1 | 10 Nov 1985 | Brazil Open | E (71-66-64-71=272) | 1 stroke | Horacio Carbonetti, Miguel Ángel Martín, Ronan Rafferty, Eduardo Romero, Adan Sowa |
Tournament | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 |
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The Open Championship | T25 | T21 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
Note: Lee only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
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