Meena Lee
Meena Lee | |
---|---|
Futures Tour (2004) | |
Professional wins | 6 |
Number of wins by tour | |
LPGA Tour | 2 |
LPGA of Korea Tour | 4 |
Best results in LPGA major championships | |
Chevron Championship | T29: 2006 |
Women's PGA C'ship | T6: 2011 |
U.S. Women's Open | T5: 2014 |
Women's British Open | T11: 2013 |
Evian Championship | T31: 2013 |
Meena Lee (
LPGA Tour
.
Lee was born in
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
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 (2)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 17 Jul 2005 | BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's Open
|
−9 (73-68-69-69=279) | 1 stroke | Katherine Hull
|
2 | 25 Feb 2006 | Fields Open in Hawaii | −14 (69-68-65=202) | Playoff | Seon Hwa Lee
|
LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2006 | Fields Open in Hawaii | Seon-Hwa Lee
|
Won with birdie on third extra hole |
2 | 2006 | LPGA Corning Classic | Hee-Won Han
|
Lost to par on fourth extra hole |
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 | 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ANA Inspiration
|
T29 | CUT | T61 | CUT | T56 | CUT | CUT | T63 | T55 | T57 | ||
Women's PGA Championship | T20 | T14 | T46 | CUT | CUT | T19 | T6 | CUT | CUT | T11 | T53 | |
U.S. Women's Open | T61 | T46 | 74 | T61 | CUT | T21 | T54 | T31 | T5 | CUT | ||
Women's British Open | CUT | CUT | T33 | CUT | T42 | T43 | T37 | CUT | T11 | T21 | CUT | |
The Evian Championship ^ | T31 | T61 | CUT |
Top 10
Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Summary
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ANA Inspiration |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
Women's PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 7 |
U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 |
Women's British Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 |
The Evian Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Totals | 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 rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | 28 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 870,182 | 7 | 72.32 | 33 |
2006 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 645,350 | 19 | 72.07 | 38 |
2007 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 284,975 | 48 | 72.87 | 45 |
2008 | 30 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 553,090 | 32 | 72.13 | 45 |
2009 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 386,335 | 34 | 72.22 | 44 |
2010 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 357,097 | 33 | 71.53 | 21 |
2011 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 408,114 | 28 | 71.86 | 22 |
2012 | 26 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | T2 | 374,312 | 38 | 72.24 | 43 |
2013 | 26 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 324,362 | 45 | 72.26 | 56 |
2014 | 28 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 589,337 | 26 | 71.73 | 44 |
2015 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T16 | 99,484 | 91 | 72.64 | 85 |
2016 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T54 | 11,787 | 157 | 73.28 | 135 |
- official through 2016 season[1]
Team appearances
Professional
- Lexus Cup (representing Asia team): 2005, 2006 (winners), 2007 (winners)
- World Cup (representing South Korea): 2006
References
- ^ "Meena Lee stats". LPGA. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
External links
- Meena Lee at the LPGA Tourofficial site
- Biography on seoulsisters.com