Lee Soo-min (golfer) explained

Lee Soo-min
Birth Date:12 October 1993
Birth Place:Gangwon Province, South Korea
Yearpro:2014
Tour:European Tour
Asian Tour
Korean Tour
Prowins:5
Eurowins:1
Otherwins:4
Masters:DNP
Usopen:DNP
Open:T79: 2016
Pga:CUT: 2016
Award1:Korean Tour
Rookie of the Year
Year1:2015

Lee Soo-min (Korean: 이수민; born 12 October 1993) is a South Korean professional golfer.

Lee won the 2013 Gunsan CC Open on the Korean Tour while still an amateur.[1] He turned professional in 2014 and began playing regularly on the Korean Tour, winning the Gunsan CC Open again in 2015.[1] He earned a 2015 Asian Tour card through qualifying school; as a rookie, he recorded two top-three finishes and placed 29th on the Order of Merit.

In February 2016 Lee was joint runner-up in the Maybank Championship Malaysia, an event co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Asian Tour. In April he won the European Tour's Shenzhen International on a sponsor exemption, giving him full European Tour membership.[2] Two weeks later he lost in a playoff for the GS Caltex Maekyung Open, a Korean Tour/OneAsia Tour event, a result that lifted him to a career-high 68 in the world rankings.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (5)

Korean Tour wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
12 Jun 2013Gunsan CC Open
(as an amateur)
−16 (72-68-62-70=272)2 strokes Kang Kyung-nam
228 Jun 2015Gunsan CC Open (2)−14 (68-71-68-67=274)2 strokes Lee Ji-hoon
36 Oct 2019Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational−15 (68-65-72-68=273)2 strokes Lee Dong-min
419 Jul 2020KPGA Open50 pts (7-10-13-20=50)Playoff Kim Han-byeol, Kim Min-kyu

Korean Tour playoff record (1–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
12016GS Caltex Maekyung Open Park Sang-hyunLost to par on second extra hole
22018Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational Lee Hyung-joon, Jun Seok Lee,
Park Hyo-won, Park Sung-kug
Park Sung-kug won with par on third extra hole
Lee Hyung-joon, Lee Soo-min and Park Hyo-won eliminated by birdie on first hole
32020KPGA Open Kim Han-byeol, Kim Min-kyuWon with birdie on second extra hole
Kim Han-byeol eliminated by birdie on first hole

Playoff record

OneAsia Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships

Tournament2016
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open ChampionshipT79
PGA ChampionshipCUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Who is Soomin Lee? . Euro Golf Preview . 20 February 2016.
  2. News: South Korea's Lee Soo-min wins Shenzhen International . ESPN . 25 April 2016 . Associated Press.
  3. Web site: Soo-min Lee . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 26 April 2016.