Lee Jeong-eun (golfer, born 1996)

Lee Jeong-eun (born 28 May 1996), also known as Jeongeun Lee6, is a South Korean professional golfer who currently plays on the LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Korea Tour. In 2019, she won her first major championship at the U.S. Women's Open, and was named the 2019 LPGA Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year.[1]

Lee Jeong-eun
Personal information
Born (1996-05-28) 28 May 1996
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Nationality South Korea
Career
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour
LPGA of Korea Tour
Professional wins8
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
LPGA of Korea Tour6
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 1)
ANA InspirationT6: 2019
Women's PGA C'shipT30: 2019
U.S. Women's OpenWon: 2019
Women's British OpenT9: 2019
Evian ChampionshipT6: 2018
Achievements and awards
LPGA of Korea Tour
leading money winner		2017, 2018
LPGA Rookie of the Year2019

LPGA of Korea Tour

Lee began playing on the LPGA of Korea Tour in 2016. When she joined the tour there were already five other players named Lee Jeong-eun so she started to be called "Lee Jeong Eun6."[2] She is a six-time champion on tour, winning four events in 2017 and two in 2018. She also led the money list both years.

LPGA Tour

Lee played her first LPGA Tour event in 2017, finishing in a tie for fifth place at the U.S. Women's Open. She made six starts in 2018, her best finish a tie for sixth at the Evian Championship.

In November 2018, Lee won the LPGA Q-Series and joined the tour full-time in 2019.[3] In June 2019, she won the U.S. Women's Open by two strokes over Ryu So-yeon, Lexi Thompson and Angel Yin. It was her first victory on the LPGA Tour in addition to being her first major championship.[4]

Professional wins (8)

LPGA Tour wins (1)
Legend
Major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (0)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up Winner's
share ($)
1 2 Jun 2019 U.S. Women's Open −6 (70-69-69-70=278) 2 strokes Ryu So-yeon, Lexi Thompson, Angel Yin 1,000,000

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (6)
  • 2017 (4) Lotte Rent-a-Car Women's Open, MY Munyoung Queens Park Championship, High1 Resort Ladies Open, OK! Savings Bank Pak Se-ri Invitational
  • 2018 (2) Hanwha Classic, KB Financial Star Championship

Events in bold are KLPGA majors.

All Thailand Golf Tour wins (1)
  • 2018 Singha E-San Open

Major championships

Wins (1)
YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner-up
2019U.S. Women's Open2 shot deficit−6 (70-69-69-70=278)2 strokes Ryu So-yeon, Lexi Thompson, Angel Yin

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament201720182019
ANA Inspiration T16 T6
U.S. Women's Open T5 T17 1
Women's PGA Championship CUT T30
Evian Championship T6 CUT
Women's British Open T9

Summary
TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
ANA Inspiration00001222
U.S. Women's Open10022333
Women's PGA Championship00000021
The Evian Championship00001121
Women's British Open00001111
Totals100257108
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (twice)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2018 Evian – 2019 U.S. Women's Open)

LPGA Tour career summary
YearTournaments
played		Cuts
made		Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish		Birdies
(rank)		Earnings
($)		Money
list rank		Scoring
average		Scoring
rank
2019 ^ 25 23 1 3 0 10 1 382
(6)		 2,052,103 3 69.75 6
2020 ^ 2 1 T34 25
(87)		 13,304 95 72.14 46

^ Official as of 3 August 2020[5]

World rank

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

YearWorld
ranking		Source
2015904[6]
201694[7]
201723[8]
201819[9]
20197[10]
202011 ^[11][12]

^ As of 3 August 2020

Team appearances

Awards
  • 2019 LPGA Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year[1]
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References
  1. "Jeongeun Lee6 Earns 2019 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Award". LPGA. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  2. Levins, Keely (14 July 2017). "A new name—with a number—is on top of the U.S. Women's Open leader board". Golf Digest. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  3. Yonhap (28 November 2018). "Top Korean tour star to join LPGA in 2019". Korea Herald. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  4. Marksbury, Jessica (2 June 2019). "South Korea's Jeongeun Lee6 wins U.S. Women' Open with final-round 70". Golf.com. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  5. "Jeongeun Lee6 statistics and results". LPGA. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  6. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2015.
  7. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2016.
  8. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2017.
  9. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
  10. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
  11. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 3 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  12. "Jeongeun Lee6 – Season tracking". Women's World Golf Rankings. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
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