Lee Jee-young (born 2 December 1985) is a South Korean professional golfer. She played on the LPGA of Korea Tour and on the United States-based LPGA Tour.
Career Lee was born in Seoul, South Korea. She began playing golf at age 14.
In 2004, Lee turned professional. She played 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 ofvictoryRunners-up130 Oct 2005CJ Nine Bridges Classic−5 (65-73-73=211)3 stroke Mi-Hyun Kim Carin Koch
LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12007Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill Suzann PettersenLost to par on third extra hole Sources:
LPGA of Korea Tour (1) 2005 (1) Taeyoung Cup Korea Women's Open
Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order before 2015. Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015ANA InspirationT56T13T2120T40CUTCUTT32T16CUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipT14T10T18T65CUTCUTCUTCUTT49U.S. Women's OpenT107T13WDT25CUTT38Women's British OpenT22T2T17CUTT62CUTT36T58The Evian Championship ^WDCUT ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
CUT = missed the half-way cut WD = withdrew "T" = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeANA Inspiration 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 7Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 5U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 2 4 7 5Women's British Open 0 1 0 1 1 3 8 6The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0Totals 0 1 0 1 4 14 36 23 Most consecutive cuts made – 14 (2006 Kraft Nabisco – 2009 LPGA) Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2007 LPGA – 2007 British Open)
LPGA Tour career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best finish Earnings ($) Money list rank Scoring average Scoring rank20052210011208,482n/a72.14n/a200625240106T2575,1252071.461820072423030102966,2561071.66122008282501182795,9912171.3814200925220013T3358,7113771.8833201020180118T2589,7841971.261620111550000T3322,58211673.9710620121380000T1268,6509072.3548201321150001T4172,6926572.376120141870000T1674,84210173.1512620151390000T2575,4659771.8854 Official as of the 2015 season
Team appearances Professional Lexus Cup (representing Asia team): 2006 (winners), 2007 (winners)
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