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Min Lee (born 3 June 1995) is a Taiwanese professional golfer who plays on the
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Early life and amateur career

Lee started playing golf at the age of 12 years old and is a skilled pianist. She was a member of the Taiwan National Team and won two tournaments on the 2012 China Amateur Golf Tour, at Qinhuangdao and Chongqing.


Professional career

Lee turned professional in 2012 and was Rookie of the Year on the 2014 Symetra Tour and finished 5th in the rankings, earning promotion to the
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. In 2015, she finished T12 at the
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and 68th on the LPGA Tour money list. In 2016, she dropped to 94th and in 2017 to 128th. In 2019, she was back on the Symetra Tour where she won the Valley Forge Invitational. Lee has also won four tournaments on the Taiwan LPGA Tour and won the 2018 China Women's Open on the China LPGA Tour. Lee spent 2020 home in Taiwan due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Back on the LPGA Tour in 2021, she was runner-up behind
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at the 2021 LPGA Mediheal Championship, the week after she won the Mission Inn Resort & Club Championship on the Symetra Tour. These performances saw her rise to 119 in the
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, which helped her qualify for the
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in Tokyo.


Professional wins (9)


Symetra Tour wins (3)

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Garden City Charity Classic The Garden City Charity Classic is a tournamenton the Epson Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. It has been a part of the Epson Tour's schedule since 2014. It is held at Buffalo Dunes Golf Club in Garden City, Kansas. The 2020 tournament was ca ...
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Valley Forge Invitational *
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Mission Inn Resort and Club Championship The Mission Inn Resort and Club Championship is a tournament on the Epson Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. It has been a part of the tour's schedule since 2020. It is held at Mission Inn Resort & Club in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida Howey ...


China LPGA Tour wins (1)

*2018 China Women's Open


Taiwan LPGA Tour wins (5)

*2016 TLPGA Open *2017 Hitachi Ladies Classic *2018 Taiwan Mobile Ladies Open *2020 Party Golfers Ladies Open *2021 WPG Ladies Open


Results in LPGA majors

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


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