Lee Mi-hyang

This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.
Lee Mi-hyang
 Golfer 
Personal information
Born (1993-03-30) 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 T53: 2015
U.S. Women's Open T14: 2015
Women's British Open T17: 2015
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 Japan Kotono Kozuma
South Korea Ilhee Lee

^ co-sanctioned with LPGA of Japan Tour

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2014 Mizuno Classic Japan Kotono Kozuma
South Korea Ilhee Lee
Won with birdie on fIfth extra hole

Ladies European Tour wins

Symetra Tour wins

References

  1. "Mi Hyang Lee bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  2. "Mi Hyang Lee edges Ko by a stroke in New Zealand Women's Open". Fox Sports. Associated Press. 6 June 2014.
  3. "Mi Hyang Lee wins Mizuno Classic". ESPN. Associated Press. 9 November 2014.

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