Lee Seon-hwa

{{Short description|South Korean golfer (born 1986)}}

{{For|the Korean Olympic hockey player|Lee Seon-hwa (field hockey)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

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| name = Lee Seon-hwa
이선화

| image = 2009 Women's British Open – Seon Hwa Lee (1).jpg

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| caption = Lee before 2009 Women's British Open

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|2|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Cheonan, Korea

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| nationality = {{KOR}}

| residence = Lake Mary, Florida, U.S.

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| yearpro = 2000

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| tour = LPGA Tour (joined 2006)
KLPGA Tour (joined 2000)

| extour = Futures Tour (joined 2004)

| prowins = 8

| lpgawins = 4

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| nabisco = 5th: 2008

| lpga = T10: 2008

| wusopen = T25: 2007

| wbritopen = T14: 2008

| evian = DNP

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| award1 = Futures Tour
Player of the Year

| year1 = 2005

| award2 = LPGA Rookie of the Year

| year2 = 2006

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Lee Seon-hwa ({{Korean|hangul=이선화}}; born 10 February 1986) is a South Korean professional golfer now playing on the United States LPGA Tour.

Born in Cheonan, South Korea, Lee began playing golf at age 4 and turned professional at age 14, the youngest female to ever turn professional in Korea. She recorded three wins on the LPGA of Korea Tour between 2001 and 2006. She played on the Futures Tour in 2004 and 2005 before joining the LPGA Tour in 2006. She won her first LPGA tournament in June 2006 at the ShopRite LPGA Classic.

In 2006, Lee won the LPGA Rookie of the Year award. She clinched the award on 25 September 2006 after competing in 24 tournaments and finishing in the top 10 six times, including one win. She was the first rookie to win on Tour in 2006.{{cite web |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=8142&mid=2 |title=Seon-Hwa Lee clinches 2006 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year award |publisher=LPGA |date=26 September 2006}}

In 2007, she notched her second LPGA Tour win at the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship, defeating Japanese star Ai Miyazato 2&1 in the final match, to take home the $500,000 first place check.

Professional wins (8)

=LPGA Tour (4)=

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!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!Margin of
victory

!Runner(s)-up

1

|4 Jun 2006

|ShopRite LPGA Classic

|−16 (65-69-63=197)

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|KOR}} Jeong Jang
{{flagicon|SWE}} Annika Sörenstam
{{flagicon|USA}} Sherri Steinhauer

2

|22 Jul 2007

|HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship

|colspan=2 align=center|2 & 1

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Ai Miyazato

3

|1 Jun 2008

|Ginn Tribute

|−14 (68-70-69-67=274)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Karrie Webb

4

|6 Jul 2008

|P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship

|−15 (64-69-68=201)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|KOR}} Meena Lee
{{flagicon|USA}} Jane Park

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result

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|1

|2006

|Fields Open in Hawaii

|{{flagicon|KOR}} Meena Lee

|Lost to birdie on third extra hole

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|2

|2008

|Ginn Tribute

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Karrie Webb

|Won with par on first extra hole

=Futures Tour (1)=

=Korean LPGA Tour (3)=

  • 2001 (1) McSquare Championship
  • 2003 (1) Himart Championship
  • 2006 (1) Hite Championship

Results in LPGA majors

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!! Tournament !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013

align=left|Kraft Nabisco Championship

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|T19

|CUT

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|T30

|T56

|T47

|T49

|CUT

align=left|LPGA Championship

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|T16

|T36

|style="background:yellow;"|T10

|T39

|T19

|CUT

|CUT

|CUT

align=left|U.S. Women's Open

|CUT

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|T49

|T25

|T27

|WD

|CUT

|CUT

|CUT

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align=left|Women's British Open

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|T61

|CUT

|T14

|CUT

|T62

|CUT

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align=left|The Evian Championship ^

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^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}

{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}

CUT = missed the half-way cut

WD = withdrew

"T" = tied

Team appearances

Professional

References

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