Where is Minjee Lee from? LPGA golfer’s ethnicity, birthplace, and more explored

Modified Sep 11, 2023 17:04 GMT

LPGA Tour Golf — Minjee Lee pictured during the 2023 Kroger Queen City Championship

Minjee Lee won the 2023 Kroger Queen City Championship on Sunday, September 10, by defeating Charlie Hull in a playoff hole. This victory marked her ninth LPGA Tour title and her first since the 2022 US Women's Open.

Born on May 27, 1996, in Perth, Western Australia, Minjee Lee is of Korean descent. However, her parents moved to Australia in the early 1990s.

Lee is not the first golfer in her family. Her father, Soonam Lee, played golf competitively in South Korea and still plays with a single handicap.

Her mother, Clara Lee, also played golf and was a teaching professional. Lee's brother, Min Woo Lee, is a PGA Tour player and is ranked 47th in the original World Golf Rankings.

Minjee Lee became the youngest golfer to win the WA Amateur Open in 2010 while studying at Methodist Ladies College, Perth. She joined Corpus Christi College in 2012 but left the college the following year.

She claimed the 2012 US Girls' Junior. She also won the Australian Women's Amateur Trophy in 2013 and 2014.

These victories helped her become the top-ranked golfer in the World Amateur Golf Rankings in February 2014. She held the No.1 amateur ranking until September of that year when she turned pro.

Lee won the Kingsmill Championship in 2015, her first LPGA Tour title, after beating Ryu So-yeon by a two-stroke margin. She won the Lotte Championship the next year, defeating Katie Burnett and In-gee Chun with a single stroke.

Lee has won 12 professional events so far, including nine on the LPGA Tour, two on the LET, and two on the WPGA Tour of Australasia.

The Australian won her first major in 2021 at the Evian Championship and went on to claim the US Women's Open the following year. She has also finished in the top 3 of the rest of the majors as well.

Here are Minjee Lees's professional wins:

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