Lee Kyoung-hoon

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In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.
Lee Kyoung-hoon
Web.com Tour
Professional wins6
Highest ranking33 (23 October 2022)[1]
(as of 14 April 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour2
Japan Golf Tour2
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT23: 2023
PGA ChampionshipT29: 2023
U.S. OpenT37: 2022
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2022, 2023
Medal record
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Men's team

Lee Kyoung-hoon (Korean: 이경훈; Hanja: 李京勲; born 24 August 1991), also known as K. H. Lee, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2021 and 2022 AT&T Byron Nelson.

Professional career

Lee turned professional in 2010 and joined the

Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup in July.[2]

Lee claimed his first victory on the OneAsia Tour in September 2015, with a four stroke victory at the

Honma TourWorld Cup at Trophia Golf.[3]

Lee moved to the United States in 2016 to play the

Rex Hospital Open.[5] In 2018, he finished fifth in the Web.com Tour regular season rankings to earn a promotion to the PGA Tour.[6]

At the 2021

Waste Management Phoenix Open, Lee finished in a tie for second, one stroke behind winner, Brooks Koepka.[7] Three months later, Lee earned his first PGA Tour win at the 2021 AT&T Byron Nelson, with a score of 25-under-par, beating runner-up Sam Burns by three strokes.[8] A year later, Lee successfully defended his title at the AT&T Byron Nelson, shooting 26-under-par; beating Jordan Spieth by one shot.[9]

In September 2022, Lee was selected for the International team in the 2022 Presidents Cup; he won two and lost one of the three matches he played.[10]

Professional wins (6)

PGA Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 16 May 2021 AT&T Byron Nelson −25 (65-65-67-66=263) 3 strokes United States Sam Burns
2 15 May 2022 AT&T Byron Nelson (2) −26 (64-68-67-63=262) 1 stroke United States Jordan Spieth

Japan Golf Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 8 Jul 2012
Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup
 −19 (65-69-70-65=269) 2 strokes South Korea Kim Hyung-sung
2 11 Oct 2015 Honma TourWorld Cup −16 (71-65-65-67=268) 1 stroke Japan Tomohiro Kondo, Japan Ryuichi Oda,
Japan Taichi Teshima, China Wu Ashun

OneAsia Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 13 Sep
2015
Kolon Korea Open
1 		−13 (68-69-68-66=271) 4 strokes South Korea Kim Meen-whee
2 11 Sep
2016
Kolon Korea Open
1 (2) 		−16 (65-67-68-68=268) 3 strokes South Korea Choi Jin-ho

1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour

Korean Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 13 Sep 2015
Kolon Korea Open
1 		−13 (68-69-68-66=271) 4 strokes South Korea Kim Meen-whee
2 11 Sep 2016
Kolon Korea Open
1 (2) 		−16 (65-67-68-68=268) 3 strokes South Korea Choi Jin-ho

1Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Masters Tournament CUT T23
PGA Championship CUT T41 T29
U.S. Open CUT CUT T37 CUT
The Open Championship NT CUT CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 4
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (twice)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – none

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024
The Players Championship T41 T55 CUT CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2021 2022 2023
Championship
Match Play
 T59
Invitational
 T54
Champions NT1 NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022. The Champions was discontinued from 2023.

Team appearances

Professional

See also

References

  1. OWGR
    . Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Rookie Kyoung-Hoon Lee wins on Japan Tour". Fox News. Sports Network. 8 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Honma TourWorld Cup at Trophia Golf 2015 – Leaderboard". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  4. ^ "2016 Web.com Tour Q-school leaderboard, results and prize money payouts". The Golf News Net. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  5. ^ "2017 Rex Hospital Open winner, final leaderboard, results, prize money payouts". The Golf News Net. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Meet The 50 newest PGA Tour members". PGA Tour. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Koepka wins Waste Management Phoenix Open for eighth tour title". PGA Tour. Associated Press. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  8. ^ "K.H. Lee wins AT&T Byron Nelson for first PGA Tour victory; qualifies for PGA Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. 16 May 2021.
  9. ^ "K.H. Lee holds off Jordan Spieth, joins rare company as repeat winner at low-scoring Byron Nelson". ESPN. Associated Press. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  10. ^ Beall, Joel (25 September 2022). "Presidents Cup 2022: Our grades for all 24 players, from an A+ for Spieth to an F for Scheffler". Golf Digest. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

External links

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