Min Woo Lee

Min Woo Lee (born 27 July 1998) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He turned professional at the start of 2019 after a successful amateur career.[1] He won the 2020 ISPS Handa Vic Open.

Min Woo Lee
Personal information
Born (1998-07-27) 27 July 1998
Perth, Western Australia
Nationality Australia
Career
Turned professional2019
Current tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
European Tour
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia1

Professional career

Lee turned professional at the start of 2019. He played a number of events on the European Tour and had early success, finishing 4th in the Saudi International and tied for 5th in the ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth, both events played in February. These were, however, his only top-10 finishes of the season and he finished 117th in the Order of Merit. In October he was tied for 6th in the Genesis Championship on the Korean Tour. At the end of the year he was solo 3rd in the AVJennings NSW Open and then tied for 3rd in the Australian PGA Championship, an early season event on the 2020 European Tour.

In February 2020 he won the ISPS Handa Vic Open, an event co-sanctioned with by the European Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia.

Personal life

Lee's older sister, Minjee Lee, is also a professional golfer. When Min Woo Lee won the 2016 U.S. Junior Amateur, they became the first brother/sister pair to win the USGA's junior championships, Minjee Lee having won the U.S. Girls' Junior in 2012.[2]

Amateur wins
  • 2013 Drummond Junior
  • 2014 Drummond Junior
  • 2015 Western Australia Amateur, Drummond Junior, Aaron Baddeley International Junior Championship
  • 2016 U.S. Junior Amateur
  • 2017 Western Australia Amateur
  • 2018 South Australia Amateur Classic

Source:[3]

Professional wins (1)

European Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 9 Feb 2020 ISPS Handa Vic Open1 −19 (66-67-68-68=269) 2 strokes Ryan Fox

1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 9 Feb 2020 ISPS Handa Vic Open1 −19 (66-67-68-68=269) 2 strokes Ryan Fox

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Team appearances

Amateur

References
  1. "Min Woo Lee turns professional". Australian Golf Digest. 12 January 2019.
  2. "Australia's Min Woo Lee wins US Junior Amateur". Associated Press. 24 July 2016.
  3. "Min Woo Lee". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 9 February 2020.


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