Andrea Lee (born August 15, 1998) is an American

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and member of the

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. A golf prodigy, in 2015 and 2019 she spent a total of 17 weeks as world number one in the

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Early life, college and amateur career

Lee grew up in

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. She started competing at age 8 and won 50 junior titles in four years. At 15, she qualified for the

2014 U.S. Women's Open The 2014 U.S. Women's Open was the 69th U.S. Women's Open, held June 19–22 at Pinehurst Resort Course No. 2 in Pinehurst, North Carolina. It marked the first time that the U.S. Women's Open was played on the same course in the same year as t ...

at Pinehurst and made the cut. She finished the 2014 season as the number one ranked player in the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) after winning two big tournaments on that circuit, the Rolex Tournament of Champions and the Yani Tseng Invitational. The latter victory earned her an exemption into the 2015 Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic where she finished tied 51st. She received a sponsor's invite for the 2015 ANA Inspiration, missing the cut by one stroke. She led

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to the state title in 2015. Lee successfully represented the United States at the Junior Ryder Cup,

Junior Solheim Cup The Junior Solheim Cup is a version of the Solheim Cup for girls aged 12 to 18. It was inaugurated in 2002. It is currently officially called the PING Junior Solheim Cup. The Junior Solheim Cup follows a similar format to The Solheim Cup and featu ...

and the

Curtis Cup The Curtis Cup is the best known team trophy for women amateur golfers, awarded in the biennial Curtis Cup Match. It is co-organised by the United States Golf Association and The R&A and is contested by teams representing the United States and ...

. She played in the

2016 Espirito Santo Trophy The 2016 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 14–17 September at Mayakoba El Camaleon Golf Club and Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico. It was the 27th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the ...

and won silver at the

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individually and in the mixed team event with Kristen Gillman,

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and

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. She won the team gold at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei with Emilee Hoffman and

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. Lee played collegiately for

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between 2016 and 2019. She became the most decorated golfer in school history, setting a school record with nine individual titles and topping the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings. As a freshman in 2016–17, she was WGCA Freshman of the Year, a finalist for WGCA Player of the Year, and a finalist for the

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for golf. In 2019, Lee was semi-finalist at the U.S. Women's Amateur, and won the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the world's top-ranked amateur at the end of the season.

Professional career

Lee turned professional in late 2019 after she finished T30 at the LPGA Q-Series to earn status for the 2020

. In her rookie season, she made 11 cuts in 15 starts with two top-10 finishes, a tie for fifth at the

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and a tie for seventh at the 2020 Women's British Open, to finish 48th on the money list. Lee captured her first professional title at the 2022 Casino Del Sol Golf Classic on the

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with a par on the third hole of a playoff against her Curtis Cup teammate

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. In September 2022, Lee won her first LPGA Tour title at the

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Amateur wins

*2014 Rolex Tournament of Champions, Yani Tseng Invitational *2016 Windy City Collegiate Championship, East Lake Cup, Peg Barnard Invitational *2017 Women's Southern California Amateur Championship, Dick McGuire/Branch Law Firm Invitational, Stanford Intercollegiate, Nanea PAC 12 Preview *2019 Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge, Ping-ASU Invitational, Molly Collegiate Invitational Source:

Professional wins (2)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

Epson Tour wins (1)

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

World ranking

Position in

Women's World Golf Rankings The Women's World Golf Rankings, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Rolex Rankings, were introduced in February 2006. They are sanctioned by eight women's golf tours and the organisations behind them: Ladies Professional Golf Association (L ...

at the end of each calendar year.

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur * Junior Ryder Cup: 2014 (winners) *

: 2013 (winners), 2015 (winners) *

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...

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(winners) *

Arnold Palmer Cup The Arnold Palmer Cup is an annual team golf competition for college/university golfers. From 2018 it has been contested between a United States team and an International team representing the rest of the world. The teams consist of 12 men and 12 ...

(winners) *

Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fre ...

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Andrea American female golfers LPGA Tour golfers Stanford Cardinal women's golfers Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in golf Universiade medalists in golf Universiade gold medalists for the United States Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Golfers at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Golfers from Los Angeles American sportspeople of Korean descent 1998 births Living people 20th-century American women 21st-century American women