Meena Lee

{{short description|South Korean golfer}}

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| college = Yong-In University

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Futures Tour (2004)

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| lpga = T6: 2011

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Meena Lee ({{ko-hhrm|hangul=이미나}}; born 25 December 1981) is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the United States-based LPGA Tour.

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. She turned professional in 2002, 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 (2) =

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No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!Margin of
victory

!Runner-up

align=center|1

|align=right|17 Jul 2005

|BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's Open

|−9 (73-68-69-69=279)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Katherine Hull

align=center|2

|align=right|25 Feb 2006

|Fields Open in Hawaii

|−14 (69-68-65=202)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|KOR}} Seon Hwa Lee

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

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

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|align=center|1

|2006

|Fields Open in Hawaii

|{{flagicon|KOR}} Seon-Hwa Lee

|Won with birdie on third extra hole

style="background:#F5DEB3;"

|align=center|2

|2006

|LPGA Corning Classic

|{{flagicon|KOR}} 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.

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!! Tournament !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! 2014 !! 2015

align=left|ANA Inspiration

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T29

|CUT

|T61

|CUT

|T56

|CUT

|CUT

|T63

|T55

|T57

align=left|Women's PGA Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T20

|T14

|T46

|CUT

|CUT

|T19

|style="background:yellow;"|T6

|CUT

|CUT

|T11

|T53

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

|T61

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T46

|74

|T61

|CUT

|T21

|T54

|T31

|style="background:yellow;"|T5

|CUT

align=left|Women's British Open

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|CUT

|CUT

|T33

|CUT

|T42

|T43

|T37

|CUT

|T11

|T21

|CUT

align=left|The Evian Championship ^

|style="background:#eeeeee;" colspan=9|

|T31

|T61

|CUT

{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}

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

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

=Summary=

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!Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made

align=left|ANA Inspiration000000106
align=left|Women's PGA Championship000015117
align=left|U.S. Women's Open000112108
align=left|Women's British Open000002116
align=left|The Evian Championship00000032
Totals0001294529

  • Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (2013 U.S. Open – 2015 WPC)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

LPGA Tour career summary

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! 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

|align="right"|870,182

|7

|72.32

|33

2006

|28

|26

|1

|1

|0

|5

|1

|align="right"|645,350

|19

|72.07

|38

2007

|26

|21

|0

|0

|0

|2

|8

|align="right"|284,975

|48

|72.87

|45

2008

|30

|26

|0

|1

|0

|4

|2

|align="right"|553,090

|32

|72.13

|45

2009

|25

|19

|0

|0

|1

|1

|3

|align="right"|386,335

|34

|72.22

|44

2010

|23

|21

|0

|0

|0

|2

|5

|align="right"|357,097

|33

|71.53

|21

2011

|21

|19

|0

|0

|0

|4

|6

|align="right"|408,114

|28

|71.86

|22

2012

|26

|22

|0

|1

|0

|2

|T2

|align="right"|374,312

|38

|72.24

|43

2013

|26

|20

|0

|0

|0

|2

|4

|align="right"|324,362

|45

|72.26

|56

2014

|28

|24

|0

|1

|0

|4

|2

|align="right"|589,337

|26

|71.73

|44

2015

|22

|12

|0

|0

|0

|0

|T16

|align="right"|99,484

|91

|72.64

|85

2016

|10

|3

|0

|0

|0

|0

|T54

|align=right|11,787

|157

|73.28

|135

  • official through 2016 season{{cite web |title=Meena Lee stats |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/players/meena-lee/80141/stats |accessdate=23 November 2016}}

Team appearances

Professional

References

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