Jee-Young Lee | |
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Personal information | |
Nickname | Jelly |
Born | Seoul, South Korea | 2 December 1985
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Sporting nationality | South Korea |
Residence | Bundang, South Korea |
Career | |
College | Yong-In University |
Turned professional | 2004 |
Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 2005) KLPGA Tour (joined 2004) |
Professional wins | 2 |
Number of wins by tour | |
LPGA Tour | 1 |
LPGA of Korea Tour | 1 |
Best results in LPGA major championships | |
Chevron Championship | T13: 2007 |
Women's PGA C'ship | T10: 2007 |
U.S. Women's Open | 7th: 2007 |
Women's British Open | T2: 2007 |
Evian Championship | CUT: 2014 |
Jee-Young Lee (born 2 December 1985) is a South Korean professional golfer now playing on the United States LPGA Tour.
Born in Seoul, South Korea, Lee began playing golf at age 14 and turned professional in 2004, playing 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.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
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1 | 30 Oct 2005 | CJ Nine Bridges Classic | −5 (65-73-73=211) | 3 stroke | Mi-Hyun Kim Carin Koch |
LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2007 | Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill | Suzann Pettersen | Lost to par on third extra hole |
Results not in chronological order before 2015.
Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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ANA Inspiration | T56 | T13 | T21 | 20 | T40 | CUT | CUT | T32 | T16 | CUT |
Women's PGA Championship | T14 | T10 | T18 | T65 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | T49 | |
U.S. Women's Open | T10 | 7 | T13 | WD | T25 | CUT | T38 | |||
Women's British Open | T22 | T2 | T17 | CUT | T62 | CUT | T36 | T58 | ||
The Evian Championship ^ | WD | CUT |
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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ANA Inspiration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 7 |
Women's PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
Women's British Open | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
The Evian Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 23 |
Year | Tournaments played |
Cuts made |
Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best finish |
Earnings ($) | Money list rank |
Scoring average |
Scoring rank |
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2005 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 208,482 | n/a | 72.14 | n/a |
2006 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | T2 | 575,125 | 20 | 71.46 | 18 |
2007 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 966,256 | 10 | 71.66 | 12 |
2008 | 28 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 795,991 | 21 | 71.38 | 14 |
2009 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | T3 | 358,711 | 37 | 71.88 | 33 |
2010 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | T2 | 589,784 | 19 | 71.26 | 16 |
2011 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T33 | 22,582 | 116 | 73.97 | 106 |
2012 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T12 | 68,650 | 90 | 72.35 | 48 |
2013 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T4 | 172,692 | 65 | 72.37 | 61 |
2014 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T16 | 74,842 | 101 | 73.15 | 126 |
2015 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T25 | 75,465 | 97 | 71.88 | 54 |
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