Lee Soo-min ( ko, 이수민; born 12 October 1993) is a South Korean
professional golfer.
Lee won the 2013 Gunsan CC Open on the
Korean Tour
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while still an amateur.
He turned professional in 2014 and began playing regularly on the Korean Tour, winning the Gunsan CC Open again in 2015.
[ He earned a 2015 ]Asian Tour
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card through qualifying school
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; as a rookie, he recorded two top-three finishes and placed 29th on the Order of Merit.
In February 2016 Lee was joint runner-up in the Maybank Championship Malaysia
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, an event co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Asian Tour. In April he won the European Tour
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's Shenzhen International on a sponsor exemption, giving him full European Tour membership. Two weeks later he lost in a playoff for the GS Caltex Maekyung Open, a Korean Tour/OneAsia Tour event, a result that lifted him to a career-high 68 in the world rankings.
Amateur wins
*2012 Korean Amateur – Hur Chungkoo Cup
Professional wins (5)
European Tour wins (1)
Korean Tour wins (4)
Playoff record
OneAsia Tour playoff record (0–1)
Results in major championships
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Team appearances
Amateur
* Bonallack Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 2012, 2014
*Eisenhower Trophy
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(representing South Korea): 2012
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South Korean male golfers
European Tour golfers
Sportspeople from Gangwon Province, South Korea
1993 births
Living people
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