Min Lee | |
Birth Date: | 3 June 1995 |
Birth Place: | Taipei, Taiwan |
Yearpro: | 2012 |
Tour: | Taiwan LPGA Tour China LPGA Tour |
Extour: | LPGA Tour Symetra Tour |
Prowins: | 9 |
Futwins: | 3 |
Otherwins: | 6 |
Anainspiration: | CUT: 2016, 2022 |
Lpga: | T47: 2023 |
Wusopen: | T12: 2015 |
Wbritopen: | CUT: 2017 |
Evian: | T29: 2015 |
Award1: | Symetra Tour Rookie of the Year |
Year1: | 2014 |
Min Lee (born 3 June 1995[1]) is a Taiwanese professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.[2]
Lee started playing golf at the age of 12 years old and is a skilled pianist. She was a member of the Taiwan National Team and won two tournaments on the 2012 China Amateur Golf Tour, at Qinhuangdao and Chongqing.[3]
Lee turned professional in 2012 and was Rookie of the Year on the 2014 Symetra Tour and finished 5th in the rankings, earning promotion to the LPGA Tour. In 2015, she finished T12 at the U.S. Women's Open and 68th on the LPGA Tour money list. In 2016, she dropped to 94th and in 2017 to 128th. In 2019, she was back on the Symetra Tour where she won the Valley Forge Invitational.[3]
Lee has also won four tournaments on the Taiwan LPGA Tour and won the 2018 China Women's Open on the China LPGA Tour.[4]
Lee spent 2020 home in Taiwan due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Back on the LPGA Tour in 2021, she was runner-up behind Matilda Castren at the 2021 LPGA Mediheal Championship, the week after she won the Mission Inn Resort & Club Championship on the Symetra Tour. These performances saw her rise to 119 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, which helped her qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[2]
Results not in chronological order.
Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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Chevron Championship | CUT | CUT | ||||||||
Women's PGA Championship | T53 | CUT | T68 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T47 | |||
U.S. Women's Open | T12 | CUT | ||||||||
The Evian Championship | T29 | CUT | NT | CUT | T61 | |||||
CUT |