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Alison Lee
Personal information
Born (1995-02-26) February 26, 1995 (age 29)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sporting nationality United States
Career
CollegeUCLA
Turned professional2014
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2015)
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT27: 2017
Women's PGA C'shipT50: 2017
U.S. Women's OpenT26: 2009, 2015
Women's British OpenT31: 2016
Evian ChampionshipT6: 2015

Alison Lee (born February 26, 1995) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and is a college student at the University of California, Los Angeles. She was ranked number 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for 16 weeks in 2013–14.

Amateur career

Lee was an AJGA First-Team All-American for six years, from 2008 through 2013, with nine wins on the AJGA circuit. She was a member of the victorious USA Junior Solheim Cup team in 2009, 2011, and 2013 helping to lead the USA to three straight victories and was a member of the Junior Ryder Cup team in 2010 and 2012 and the Curtis Cup team in 2014.

Lee played one season and a half of golf at UCLA, before turning pro in December of her sophomore year. She remains a student at the University.

Professional career

Lee turned professional in December 2014 and joined the LPGA Tour after winning the final stage of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament.

In her rookie season, she qualified for the United States Solheim Cup team, based on her world ranking.

Amateur wins

  • 2010 Winn Grips Heather Farr Classic, Mission Hills Desert Junior
  • 2011 Los Angeles City Junior Girls
  • 2012 Annika Invitational, Ping Invitational
  • 2013 Rolex Junior Championship, Club Corp Mission Hills Desert Junior, Rolex Tournament of Champions, Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invite, Stanford Intercollegiate
  • 2014 PAC-12 Championship, North and South Women's Amateur, Nanea PAC-12 Preview

Source:[1]

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
ANA Inspiration DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP T29 T35 73 T27
Women's PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T62 T64 T50
U.S. Women's Open T26 CUT DNP T60 DNP DNP T26 CUT CUT
Women's British Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT T31 T43
The Evian Championship ^ DNP T6 T43 CUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
ANA Inspiration 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2
Totals 0 0 0 0 1 1 20 14
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2012 U.S. Open – 2015 U.S. Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Tournaments
played
Cuts
made*
Wins 2nds 3rds Top
10s
Best
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2009 1 1 0 0 0 0 T26 n/a n/a 73.25 n/a
2010 1 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 77.50 n/a
2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
2012 2 1 0 0 0 0 T60 n/a n/a 76.83 n/a
2013 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a n/a
2014 1 1 0 0 0 0 T29 n/a n/a 72.50 n/a
2015 23 19 0 0 1 6 3 628,676 23 70.73 14
2016 22 14 0 1 0 5 2 470,783 38 72.05 71
2017 22 15 0 0 0 0 T17 155,163 86 71.46 58
  • official as of 2017 season[2]

*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

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

Year Ranking Source
2009 364 [3]
2010 531 [4]
2011 unranked [5]
2012 584 [6]
2013 755 [7]
2014 483 [8]
2015 23 [9]
2016 34 [10]
2017 91 [11]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

Year Total
Matches
Total
W–L–H
Singles
W–L–H
Foursomes
W–L–H
Fourballs
W–L–H
Points
Won
Points
%
Career 4 1–3–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 1 25
2015 4 1–3–0 1–0–0 def. G. Nocera 3&1 0–1–0 lost w/ M. Wie 4&3 0–2–0 lost w/ A. Stanford 3&2,
lost w/ B. Lincicome 2 dn
1 25

References

  1. ^ "Alison Lee". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  2. ^ "Alison Lee stats". LPGA. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  3. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 29, 2009. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  4. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2010. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  5. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 27, 2011. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  6. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 31, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  7. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2013. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  8. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 29, 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  9. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  10. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  11. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2017.