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Minjee Lee

Minjee Lee

Age

27

Place of Birth

WA

Olympic History

Rio 2016

Tokyo 2020

Career Events

Golf Womens Individual Stroke Play

Women's Golf Individual Stroke Play

 

Minjee's Story

Fast Facts

Sport: Golf
Olympic History: Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020
Year Born: 1996
State Born: WA

About Minjee

Minjee Lee was 10-years-old when she first got into golf. It didn't take long for her talent in the sport to excel, and by 14 she had become a major force within Australian amateur golf. She won the Western Australia State Amateur Championship in 2010, becoming the youngest ever winner of that event. In 2012 she was the U.S. Girls Junior Champion.

Lee claimed consecutive Australian Women's Amateur titles from 2013 and 2014. In 2014 she turned professional, making her debut at the Evian Championship. She also competed as an amateur at the 2014 Victorian open. 

In 2015, Lee won the Kingsmill Championship becoming a Rolex First-Time Winner. Additionally, she made 23 cuts in the rest of her 28 events, recording six top-10 finishes.

At the 2016 Kia Classic, Lee made a hole-in-one in the third round on the par-4 16th hole.

In her Olympic debut in Rio, Minjee Lee was in strong medal contention after carting 69 and 67 in her opening rounds. She had a difficult round three scoring 73, but stormed home in round four with 67 to finish just two strokes short of the podium with a total of 276 in equal 7th position.

Lee posted a 0-2-1 record when she represented the Australian Team at the UL International Crown. Her 2016 season resulted in two Victories, the Blue Bay LPGA and LOTTE Championship, as well as six additional top-10 finishes. 

In 2017 she recorded 10 top-10 finishes and the following year she earned a career best of 13 top-10 finishes. Her biggest victory of 2018 was winning at the LPGA Volvk Championship, she also represented Team Australia for the second time at the UL International Crown.

The 2019 season saw Lee make 24 of 26 cuts, with a win and eight additional top-10 finishes that included four runner-up performances. In 2020, she made 16 cuts from 16 events and her seasons best was third place at the LPGA Drive On Championship.

Selected for Tokyo in 2021, Minjee Lee became the only Australian golfer to compete at two Olympics. After competitive rounds of 71 and 68, Lee's third round of 73 put paid to any hope of mounting a challenge for the medals. She finished with 280 strokes, in equal 29th place.

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