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In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.
Lee Kyoung-hoon
Personal information
Born (1991-08-24) 24 August 1991 (age 33)
Seoul, South Korea
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st)
Sporting nationality South Korea
Career
Turned professional2010
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
OneAsia Tour
Web.com Tour
Professional wins6
Highest ranking33 (23 October 2022)[1]
(as of 27 October 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour2
Japan Golf Tour2
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT23: 2023
PGA ChampionshipT29: 2023
U.S. OpenT37: 2022
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2022, 2023
Medal record
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Men's team

Lee Kyoung-hoon (Korean: 이경훈; Hanja: 李京勲; born 24 August 1991), also known as K. H. Lee, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2021 and 2022 AT&T Byron Nelson.

Professional career

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Lee turned professional in 2010 and joined the OneAsia Tour for 2011, earning his card through qualifying school. He finished 39th on the Order of Merit with his best finish being a tie for sixth. He joined the Japan Golf Tour in 2012 and recorded a runner-up finish in his second event of the year. He won the Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup in July.[2]

Lee claimed his first victory on the OneAsia Tour in September 2015, with a four stroke victory at the Kolon Korea Open. In October 2015, Lee won for the third time in his career, and second time on the Japan Golf Tour when he secured victory at the Honma TourWorld Cup at Trophia Golf.[3]

Lee moved to the United States in 2016 to play the Web.com Tour, after finishing 8th in the Web.com Tour qualifying tournament. His best result was 4th at the WinCo Foods Portland Open. Two weeks later, he won the Kolon Korean Open, and in October he finished second at the Japan Open Golf Championship and Bridgestone Open. He finished only 78th on the Web.com Tour, and played again in the qualifying tournament, where he tied for 14th place.[4] He returned to the Web.com Tour in 2017 where his best finish was tied for third place in the Rex Hospital Open.[5] In 2018, he finished fifth in the Web.com Tour regular season rankings to earn a promotion to the PGA Tour.[6]

At the 2021 Waste Management Phoenix Open, Lee finished in a tie for second, one stroke behind winner, Brooks Koepka.[7] Three months later, Lee earned his first PGA Tour win at the 2021 AT&T Byron Nelson, with a score of 25-under-par, beating runner-up Sam Burns by three strokes.[8] A year later, Lee successfully defended his title at the AT&T Byron Nelson, shooting 26-under-par; beating Jordan Spieth by one shot.[9]

In September 2022, Lee was selected for the International team in the 2022 Presidents Cup; he won two and lost one of the three matches he played.[10]

Professional wins (6)

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PGA Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 16 May 2021 AT&T Byron Nelson −25 (65-65-67-66=263) 3 strokes United States Sam Burns
2 15 May 2022 AT&T Byron Nelson (2) −26 (64-68-67-63=262) 1 stroke United States Jordan Spieth

Japan Golf Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 8 Jul 2012 Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup −19 (65-69-70-65=269) 2 strokes South Korea Kim Hyung-sung
2 11 Oct 2015 Honma TourWorld Cup −16 (71-65-65-67=268) 1 stroke Japan Tomohiro Kondo, Japan Ryuichi Oda,
Japan Taichi Teshima, China Wu Ashun

OneAsia Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 13 Sep 2015 Kolon Korea Open1 −13 (68-69-68-66=271) 4 strokes South Korea Kim Meen-whee
2 11 Sep 2016 Kolon Korea Open1 (2) −16 (65-67-68-68=268) 3 strokes South Korea Choi Jin-ho

1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour

Korean Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 13 Sep 2015 Kolon Korea Open1 −13 (68-69-68-66=271) 4 strokes South Korea Kim Meen-whee
2 11 Sep 2016 Kolon Korea Open1 (2) −16 (65-67-68-68=268) 3 strokes South Korea Choi Jin-ho

1Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour

Results in major championships

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Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Masters Tournament CUT T23
PGA Championship CUT T41 T29 WD
U.S. Open CUT CUT T37 CUT
The Open Championship NT CUT CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 4
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (twice)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – none

Results in The Players Championship

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Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024
The Players Championship T41 T55 CUT CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 2021 2022 2023
Championship
Match Play T59
Invitational T54
Champions NT1 NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022. The Champions was discontinued from 2023.

Team appearances

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Professional

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Week 43 2022 Ending 23 Oct 2022" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Rookie Kyoung-Hoon Lee wins on Japan Tour". Fox News. Sports Network. 8 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Honma TourWorld Cup at Trophia Golf 2015 – Leaderboard". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  4. ^ "2016 Web.com Tour Q-school leaderboard, results and prize money payouts". The Golf News Net. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  5. ^ "2017 Rex Hospital Open winner, final leaderboard, results, prize money payouts". The Golf News Net. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Meet The 50 newest PGA Tour members". PGA Tour. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Koepka wins Waste Management Phoenix Open for eighth tour title". PGA Tour. Associated Press. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  8. ^ "K.H. Lee wins AT&T Byron Nelson for first PGA Tour victory; qualifies for PGA Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. 16 May 2021.
  9. ^ "K.H. Lee holds off Jordan Spieth, joins rare company as repeat winner at low-scoring Byron Nelson". ESPN. Associated Press. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  10. ^ Beall, Joel (25 September 2022). "Presidents Cup 2022: Our grades for all 24 players, from an A+ for Spieth to an F for Scheffler". Golf Digest. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
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