Lee Jee-young

Jee-Young Lee
Lee before 2009 Women's British Open
Personal information
NicknameJelly
Born (1985-12-02) 2 December 1985 (age 40)
Seoul, South Korea
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationality South Korea
ResidenceBundang, South Korea
Career
CollegeYong-In University
Turned professional2004
Former toursLPGA Tour (2005–2015)
LPGA of Korea Tour (joined 2004)
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
LPGA of Korea Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT13: 2007
Women's PGA C'shipT10: 2007
U.S. Women's Open7th: 2007
Women's British OpenT2: 2007
Evian ChampionshipCUT: 2014

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 of
victory		Runners-up
1 30 Oct 2005 CJ Nine Bridges Classic −5 (65-73-73=211) 3 stroke South Korea Mi-Hyun Kim
Sweden Carin Koch

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2007 Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill Norway Suzann Pettersen Lost to par on third extra hole

Sources:

LPGA of Korea Tour (1)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament2006200720082009201020112012201320142015
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.

  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
ANA Inspiration000004107
Women's PGA Championship00001395
U.S. Women's Open00002475
Women's British Open01011386
The Evian Championship00000020
Totals01014143623

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played		Cuts
made		Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish		Earnings ($)Money
list rank		Scoring
average		Scoring
rank
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

Team appearances

Professional

References

  1. ↑ "LPGA All-Time Winners List" (PDF). LPGA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "LPGA Tournament Chronology 2000-2008" (PDF). LPGA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2011.