Meena Lee

Meena Lee
Lee at the 2009 Women's British Open
Personal information
Born	25 December 1981 (1981-12-25) Jeonju, South Korea
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality	South Korea
Residence	Jeonju, South Korea
Career
College	Yong-In University
Turned professional	2002
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 2005)
Former tour(s)	KLPGA Tour (joined 2002)
Professional wins	6
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	2
LPGA of Korea Tour	4
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	T29: 2006
LPGA Championship	T6: 2011
U.S. Women's Open	T21: 2011
Women's British Open	T33: 2007

Meena Lee (Hangul: 이미나; born 25 December 1981) is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the United States-based LPGA Tour.

Lee was born in Jeonju, South Korea. She took up golf at the age of fourteen, which is unusually late for a future professional golfer, but just a few years later, in 2000, she became the Korean Amateur Champion. She turned professional in 2002, one year before graduating from Yong-In University. She won three events on the LPGA of Korea Tour in her rookie season of 2002 and topped the money list. In 2003 she won one tournament and placed fifth on the money list.

In 2004, Lee played on the second-tier Futures Tour in the United States, finishing 23rd on the money list, but she was able to win an LPGA Tour card for 2005 by finishing tied for 25th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament. She made a steady start to her rookie season and in July 2005 was a surprise finalist in the inaugural HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship, which she lost to Colombia's Marisa Baena by one hole. Two weeks later she won for the first time on the LPGA Tour at the BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's Open. On 25 February 2006 she won her second LPGA Tour title at the Fields Open in Hawaii.

Professional wins (6)

LPGA Tour (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	17 Jul 2005	BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's Open	-9 (73–68–69–69=279)	1 stroke	Katherine Hull
2	25 Feb 2006	Fields Open in Hawaii	-14 (69-68–65=202)	Playoff	Seon Hwa Lee

LPGA Tour playoff record (1-1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2006	Fields Open in Hawaii	Seon-Hwa Lee	Won with birdie on third extra hole
2	2006	LPGA Corning Classic	Hee-Won Han	Lost to par on fourth extra hole

KLPGA Tour (4)

• 2002 (3) SK EnClean Invitational, Hours Mall Invitational, Woori Stock Classic
• 2003 (1) Lakeside Open

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Kraft Nabisco Championship	DNP	DNP	T29	CUT	T61	CUT	T56	CUT
LPGA Championship	DNP	T20	T14	T46	CUT	CUT	T19	T6
U.S. Women's Open	T61	DNP	DNP	T46	74	T61	CUT	T21
Women's British Open	DNP	CUT	CUT	T33	CUT	T42	T43	T37

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2005	28	19	1	2	0	7	1	870,182	7	72.32	33
2006	28	26	1	1	0	5	1	645,350	19	72.07	38
2007	26	21	0	0	0	2	8	284,975	48	72.87	45
2008	30	26	0	1	0	4	2	553,090	32	72.13	45
2009	25	19	0	0	1	1	3	386,335	34	72.22	44
2010	23	21	0	0	0	2	5	357,097	33	71.53	21
2011	10	8	0	0	0	2	6	204,024	26	72.13	28

• official as of 24 July 2011

External links

• Meena Lee at the LPGA Tour official site
• Biography on seoulsisters.com