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.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up117 Jul 2005BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's Open−9 (73-68-69-69=279)1 stroke Katherine Hull225 Feb 2006Fields Open in Hawaii−14 (69-68-65=202)Playoff Seon Hwa Lee
LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12006Fields Open in Hawaii Seon-Hwa LeeWon with birdie on third extra hole 22006LPGA Corning Classic Hee-Won HanLost 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 2015ANA InspirationT29CUTT61CUTT56CUTCUTT63T55T57Women's PGA ChampionshipT20T14T46CUTCUTT19T6CUTCUTT11T53U.S. Women's OpenT61T4674T61CUTT21T54T31T5CUTWomen's British OpenCUTCUTT33CUTT42T43T37CUTT11T21CUTThe Evian Championship ^ T31T61CUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeANA Inspiration 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 1 5 11 7U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 1 1 2 10 8Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 6The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2Totals 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 rank2005281912071870,182772.32332006282611051645,3501972.07382007262100028284,9754872.87452008302601042553,0903272.13452009251900113386,3353472.22442010232100025357,0973371.53212011211900046408,1142871.8622201226220102T2374,3123872.24432013262000024324,3624572.26562014282401042589,3372671.7344201522120000T1699,4849172.648520161030000T5411,78715773.28135 official through 2016 season
Team appearances Professional Lexus Cup (representing Asia team): 2005, 2006 (winners), 2007 (winners) World Cup (representing South Korea): 2006
References
External links
Biography on seoulsisters.com