Lee Mi-hyang
| Lee Mi-hyang | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
30 March 1993 Seoul, South Korea |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
| Nationality |
 South Korea |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2011 |
| Current tour(s) |
LPGA Tour (2012–) Ladies European Tour (2014–) |
| Former tour(s) | Symetra Tour (2012) |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 1 |
| Ladies European Tour | 1 |
| LPGA of Japan Tour | 1 |
| ALPG Tour | 1 |
| Symetra Tour | 1 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |
| ANA Inspiration | T8: 2015 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | T26: 2016 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T14: 2015 |
| Women's British Open | T11: 2016 |
| Evian Championship | T4: 2015 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Symetra Tour Rookie of the Year | 2012 |
Lee Mi-hyang (Korean: 이미향, born 30 March 1993), also known as Mi Hyang Lee is a South Korean professional golfer.
Lee turned professional in 2011. She earned her LPGA Tour card through qualifying school and played on both the LPGA Tour and Symetra Tour in 2012.[1] She won the Symetra Classic on the Symetra Tour, finished 6th on the money list to retain her LPGA Tour card for 2013, and also won Symetra Tour Rookie of the Year honors. In 2013 on the LPGA Tour, she finished 92nd on the money list to maintain her card.
In 2014, she won the ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open in February, co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour and the ALPG Tour.[2] In November, she won the Mizuno Classic, co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Japan Tour.[3]
Professional wins
LPGA Tour (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 Nov 2014 | Mizuno Classic^ | 69-67-69=205 | −11 | Playoff |  Kotono Kozuma Ilhee Lee |
^ co-sanctioned with LPGA of Japan Tour
LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2014 | Mizuno Classic | Kotono Kozuma Ilhee Lee |
Won with birdie on fIfth extra hole |
Ladies European Tour wins
- 2014 ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open (co-sanctioned with ALPG Tour)
Symetra Tour wins
Results in LPGA majors
Results not in chronological order before 2015.
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | DNP | DNP | T16 | T8 | T36 |
| Women's PGA Championship | DNP | T64 | CUT | T53 | T26 |
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | DNP | DNP | T14 | T32 |
| Women's British Open | DNP | DNP | CUT | T17 | T11 |
| The Evian Championship ^ | T19 | T61 | T4 | CUT |
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
Summary
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Women's PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Women's British Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| The Evian Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 13 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (2014 Evian – 2016 British Open)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)
References
- ↑ "Mi Hyang Lee bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ↑ "Mi Hyang Lee edges Ko by a stroke in New Zealand Women's Open". Fox Sports. Associated Press. 6 June 2014.
- ↑ "Mi Hyang Lee wins Mizuno Classic". ESPN. Associated Press. 9 November 2014.
External links
- Lee Mi-hyang at the LPGA Tour official site
- Seoul Sisters profile