Mirim Lee

Mirim Lee
Personal information
Born (1990-10-25) 25 October 1990
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality  South Korea
Career
Turned professional 2009
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (2014–)
Former tour(s) LPGA of Korea Tour (2010–14)
Professional wins 7
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 3
LPGA of Korea Tour 3
Ladies Asian Golf Tour 1
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration T11: 2015
Women's PGA C'ship T4: 2016
U.S. Women's Open T8: 2017
Women's British Open T2: 2016
Evian Championship T20: 2015

Mirim Lee (born 25 October 1990), also known as Lee Mi-rim, is a South Korean professional golfer.

Lee turned professional in 2009. She has played on the LPGA of Korea Tour since 2010 and has won three events on that tour. She began playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour in 2014 and has won two tournaments, the 2014 Meijer LPGA Classic[1] and the 2014 Reignwood LPGA Classic. In the first round of the 2016 Women's British Open, Lee tied the low-round record in a Women's British Open of 62.[2]

Professional wins (7)

LPGA Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)
1 10 Aug 2014 Meijer LPGA Classic 70-64-67-69=270 −14 Playoff South Korea Inbee Park 225,000
2 5 Oct 2014 Reignwood LPGA Classic 70-68-70-69=277 −15 2 strokes Sweden Caroline Hedwall 315,000
3 26 Mar 2017 Kia Classic 68-68-67-65=268 −20 6 strokes United States Austin Ernst
South Korea Ryu So-yeon		 270,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2014 Meijer LPGA Classic South Korea Inbee Park Won with birdie on second extra hole
2 2016 Marathon Classic Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn
New Zealand Lydia Ko		 Ko won with birdie on fourth extra hole

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 19 Jun 2011 S-Oil Champions Invitational 67-69-64=200 −16 3 strokes South Korea Kim Bo-kyung
2 26 Aug 2012 Kia Motors Korea Women's Open 70-72-71-68=281 −7 2 strokes South Korea Kim Hye-youn
South Korea Kim Ha-neul
3 5 May 2013 KG-Edaily Ladies Open 72-68-69=209 −7 1 stroke South Korea Kim Hyo-joo
South Korea Jang Ha-na

Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 8 Jan 2011 TLPGA & Royal Open 77-67-69=213 −3 1 stroke South Korea Lim Ji-na

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017
ANA Inspiration T26 T11 CUT T14
Women's PGA Championship T6 T26 T4 T54
U.S. Women's Open DNP T47 T11 T8
Women's British Open CUT DNP T2 CUT
The Evian Championship T50 T20 CUT

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 0 2 4 3
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 4
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3
Women's British Open 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 1
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2
Totals 0 1 0 2 4 8 17 13

References

  1. ↑ "Mirim Lee wins on 2nd playoff hole". ESPN. Associated Press. 10 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Mirim Lee leads Women's British Open after day 1". USA Today. Associated Press. 28 July 2016.


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