Player Bio: Minjee Lee2022 U.S. Women's Open

Age: 26
Country: Australia
College: None
Worldwide professional victories: 11 (8 on LPGA Tour)
Road to Pine Needles: 2021 winner of Amundi Evian Championship; Top 30 points leader on LPGA Tour’s 2021 Race to the CME Globe; Winner of LPGA Tour-sanctioned event from 2021 U.S. Women's Open to start of the 2022 championship; Top 75 in Rolex Rankings as of April 6

Lee became the third Australian to win multiple major championships with her four-stroke victory in the 2022 U.S. Women's Open at Pine Needles, joining Jan Stephenson and idol/mentor Karrie Webb. Lee eclipsed the 72-hole scoring record with her 13-under-par 271 performance. The mark was held by three players, including Juli Inkster and Annika Sorenstam. The $1.8 million first-place check was the largest for a major-championship winner in women's golf. In 2021, Lee registered her first major title at the Amundi Evian Championship, carding a final-round 64 and then edging Jeungeun Lee6 in a playoff. She now owns eight titles on the LPGA Tour. As an amateur, Lee won the 2012 U.S. Girls’ Junior, defeating Alison Lee (no relation) in the 36-hole final at Lake Merced Golf Club in Daly City, Calif.. Four years later, her younger brother, Min Woo, won the U.S. Junior Amateur, making them the only brother-sister combo to claim USGA Junior titles. Lee also helped Australia win the 2014 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship. She won the 2014 McCormack Medal for being the leading female amateur in the World Amateur Golf Ranking®. 

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