Nationality South Korea Name Lee Seon-hwa Symetra tour wins 1 LPGA of Korea Tour 3 Role Golfer LPGA tour wins 4 | ANA Inspiration 5th: 2008 Height 1.65 m Professional wins 8 Women's PGA C'ship T10: 2008 Former tours Symetra Tour Turned professional 2000 | |
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Born 10 February 1986 (age 38)
Cheonan, Korea ( 1986-02-10 ) Residence Lake Mary, Florida, U.S. Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2006)
KLPGA Tour (joined 2000) | ||
Ai Miyazato, at the press Conference after finishing round 1 at the HSBC Women's Champions 2009
Lee Seon-hwa (Korean 이선화) (born 10 February 1986) is a South Korean professional golfer now playing on the United States LPGA Tour.
Contents
- Ai Miyazato at the press Conference after finishing round 1 at the HSBC Womens Champions 2009
- LPGA Tour 4
- Futures Tour 1
- Korean LPGA Tour 3
- Results in LPGA majors
- Team appearances
- References
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.
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.
LPGA Tour (4)
LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)
Futures Tour (1)
Korean LPGA Tour (3)
Results in LPGA majors
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
WD = withdrew
Yellow background for top-10.
Team appearances
Professional