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Wikipedia / Meena Lee

Meena Lee (; born 25 December 1981) is a South Korean professional golfer. She played on the LPGA of Korea Tour and the United States-based LPGA Tour.

Early life and amateur career

in 1981, Lee was born in Jeonju, South Korea. She took up golf at the age of fourteen, which is unusually late for a future professional golfer, but just a few years later, in 2000, she became the Korean Amateur Champion.

Professional career

In 2002, she turned professional one year before graduating from Yong-In University. She won three events on the LPGA of Korea Tour in her rookie season of 2002 and topped the money list. In 2003, she won one tournament and placed fifth on the money list.

In 2004, Lee played on the second-tier Futures Tour in the United States, finishing 23rd on the money list, but she was able to win an LPGA Tour card for 2005 by finishing tied for 25th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament. She made a steady start to her rookie season and in July 2005 was a surprise finalist in the inaugural HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship, which she lost to Colombia's Marisa Baena by one hole. Two weeks later she won for the first time on the LPGA Tour at the BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's Open. On 25 February 2006, she won her second LPGA Tour title at the Fields Open in Hawaii.

Professional wins (6)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

No.

Date

Tournament

Winning score

Margin ofvictory

Runner-up

1

17 Jul 2005

BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's Open

−9 (73-68-69-69=279)

1 stroke

Katherine Hull

2

25 Feb 2006

Fields Open in Hawaii

−14 (69-68-65=202)

Playoff

Seon Hwa Lee

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.

Year

Tournament

Opponent

Result

1

2006

Fields Open in Hawaii

Seon-Hwa Lee

Won with birdie on third extra hole

2

2006

LPGA Corning Classic

Hee-Won Han

Lost to par on fourth extra hole

Sources:

KLPGA Tour (4)

  • 2002 (3) SK EnClean Invitational, Hours Mall Invitational, Woori Stock Classic

  • 2003 (1) Lakeside Open

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ANA Inspiration

T29

CUT

T61

CUT

T56

CUT

CUT

T63

T55

T57

Women's PGA Championship

T20

T14

T46

CUT

CUT

T19

T6

CUT

CUT

T11

T53

U.S. Women's Open

T61

T46

74

T61

CUT

T21

T54

T31

T5

CUT

Women's British Open

CUT

CUT

T33

CUT

T42

T43

T37

CUT

T11

T21

CUT

The Evian Championship ^

T31

T61

CUT

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

Summary

Tournament

Wins

2nd

3rd

Top-5

Top-10

Top-25

Events

Cuts made

ANA Inspiration

0

0

0

0

0

0

10

6

Women's PGA Championship

0

0

0

0

1

5

11

7

U.S. Women's Open

0

0

0

1

1

2

10

8

Women's British Open

0

0

0

0

0

2

11

6

The Evian Championship

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

2

Totals

0

0

0

1

2

9

45

29

  • Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (2013 U.S. Open – 2015 WPC)

  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year

Tournaments played

Cuts made

Wins

2nd

3rd

Top 10s

Best finish

Earnings($)

Money list rank

Scoring average

Scoring rank

2005

28

19

1

2

0

7

1

870,182

7

72.32

33

2006

28

26

1

1

0

5

1

645,350

19

72.07

38

2007

26

21

0

0

0

2

8

284,975

48

72.87

45

2008

30

26

0

1

0

4

2

553,090

32

72.13

45

2009

25

19

0

0

1

1

3

386,335

34

72.22

44

2010

23

21

0

0

0

2

5

357,097

33

71.53

21

2011

21

19

0

0

0

4

6

408,114

28

71.86

22

2012

26

22

0

1

0

2

T2

374,312

38

72.24

43

2013

26

20

0

0

0

2

4

324,362

45

72.26

56

2014

28

24

0

1

0

4

2

589,337

26

71.73

44

2015

22

12

0

0

0

0

T16

99,484

91

72.64

85

2016

10

3

0

0

0

0

T54

11,787

157

73.28

135

  • official through 2016 season

Team appearances

Professional

References