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Lee Jeong-eun (golfer, born 1996)

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Lee Jeong-eun
Lee in October 2019
Personal information
Born (1996-05-28) 28 May 1996 (age 28)
Suncheon, Jeollanam-do, South Korea
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Sporting nationality South Korea
Career
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour
LPGA of Korea Tour
Professional wins8
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
LPGA of Korea Tour6
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 1)
Chevron ChampionshipT6: 2019
Women's PGA C'shipT30: 2019
U.S. Women's OpenWon: 2019
Women's British OpenT9: 2019
Evian Championship2nd: 2021
Achievements and awards
LPGA of Korea Tour
leading money winner		2017, 2018
LPGA Rookie of the Year2019
Medal record
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2015 Gwangju Individual
Gold medal – first place 2015 Gwangju Women's team
In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Lee Jeong-eun (Korean: 이정은; Hanja: 李晶恩; born 28 May 1996) is a South Korean professional golfer who currently plays on the LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Korea Tour. For scoring purposes, she is called Jeongeun Lee6 to differentiate herself from other Korean LPGA golfers with that name,[1] including the older Jeongeun Lee5.

In 2019, Lee won her first major championship at the U.S. Women's Open, and was named the 2019 LPGA Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year.[2]

LPGA of Korea Tour

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Lee began playing on the LPGA of Korea Tour in 2016. When she joined the tour, there had already been five other players with the same name; the like-named players were differentiated by a number, so she started to be called "Jeongeun Lee6".[3] Lee is a six-time champion on tour, winning four events in 2017 and two in 2018. She also led the money list both years.

LPGA Tour

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Lee played her first LPGA Tour event in 2017, finishing in a tie for fifth place at the U.S. Women's Open. She made six starts in 2018, her best finish a tie for sixth at the Evian Championship.

In November 2018, Lee won the LPGA Q-Series and joined the tour full-time in 2019.[4] In June 2019, she won the U.S. Women's Open by two strokes over Ryu So-yeon, Lexi Thompson and Angel Yin. It was her first victory on the LPGA Tour in addition to being her first major championship.[5]

In July 2021, Lee tied the major championship scoring record with a 61 in the second round of the Evian Championship.[6] She took a five-shot lead into the final round but ended up losing in a playoff to Minjee Lee.[7]

Professional wins (8)

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LPGA Tour wins (1)

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Legend
Major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (0)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up Winner's
share ($)
1 2 Jun 2019 U.S. Women's Open −6 (70-69-69-70=278) 2 strokes South Korea Ryu So-yeon, United States Lexi Thompson, United States Angel Yin 1,000,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2019 LPGA Mediheal Championship South Korea Kim Sei-young, England Bronte Law Kim won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2021 The Evian Championship Australia Minjee Lee Lost to birdie on first extra hole

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (6)

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  • 2017 (4) Lotte Rent-a-Car Women's Open, MY Munyoung Queens Park Championship, High1 Resort Ladies Open, OK! Savings Bank Pak Se-ri Invitational
  • 2018 (2) Hanwha Classic, KB Financial Star Championship

Events in bold are KLPGA majors.

All Thailand Golf Tour wins (1)

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Major championships

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Wins (1)

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Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runners-up
2019 U.S. Women's Open 2 shot deficit −6 (70-69-69-70=278) 2 strokes South Korea Ryu So-yeon, United States Lexi Thompson, United States Angel Yin

Results timeline

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Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chevron Championship T16 T6 T47 CUT CUT CUT
U.S. Women's Open T5 T17 1 T6 T12 T28 T27 T58
Women's PGA Championship CUT T30 T58 CUT T47 CUT
Evian Championship T6 CUT NT 2 CUT CUT T58
Women's British Open T9 T48 T22 T16
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 2
U.S. Women's Open 1 0 0 2 3 5 8 8
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3
The Evian Championship 0 1 0 1 2 2 6 3
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 4
Totals 1 1 0 3 7 12 29 20
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (2019 British – 2021 British)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2018 Evian – 2019 U.S. Open)

LPGA Tour career summary

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Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2019 25 23 1 3 0 10 1 2,052,103 3 69.75 6
2020 5 4 0 0 0 1 T6 220,495 57 71.63 n/a
2021 24 22 0 1 0 8 2 1,081,440 13 70.29 21
2022 22 19 0 0 0 5 4 702,979 42 70.75 35
2023 23 15 0 0 0 1 T5 364,730 75 71.59 78

^ Official as of 2023 season[8]

World rank

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Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year World
ranking		 Source
2015 904 [9]
2016 94 [10]
2017 23 [11]
2018 19 [12]
2019 7 [13]
2020 12 [14]
2021 17 [15]
2022 38 [16]
2023 84 [17]

Team appearances

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Awards

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  • 2019 LPGA Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Jeongeun Lee6 now known for her heart than her curious name". Archived from the original on 18 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Jeongeun Lee6 Earns 2019 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Award". LPGA. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  3. ^ Levins, Keely (14 July 2017). "A new name—with a number—is on top of the U.S. Women's Open leader board". Golf Digest. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  4. ^ Yonhap (28 November 2018). "Top Korean tour star to join LPGA in 2019". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  5. ^ Marksbury, Jessica (2 June 2019). "South Korea's Jeongeun Lee6 wins U.S. Women' Open with final-round 70". Golf.com. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  6. ^ Migliaccio, Emilia (25 July 2021). "Jeongeun Lee6 ties major record, shooting 10-under 61 at Evian Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  7. ^ Nichols, Beth Ann (25 July 2021). "Minjee Lee dazzles down the stretch at Amundi Evian Championship to nab first major title in record-tying comeback". Golfweek. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Jeongeun Lee6 statistics and results". LPGA. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2016.
  11. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
  13. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
  14. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
  15. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2022.
  17. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2023.
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