Andrea Lee

ndrea is an emerging LPGA Tour star, and her debut win in the Portland Classic 2022 was a highlight. Lee has won at all levels, not just her time at Standford University where she earned 9 victories and spent 17 weeks as #1 Women's Amateur of the World. In 2019, she took home the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the most highly ranked Women's Amateur in the final week of the year, and turned professional later that year. Andrea Lee, a former amateur golf star is creating her mark on the professional scene. The American LPGA Tour athlete has some surprising facts that you may not know. Andrea Lee, born 15 August 1998, is from Los Angeles. James started teaching her daughter how to play golf from the age of 5. When she was 8 when she began competing in events. She took home 50 championships at the age of a junior, in just four years. She was able to make the cut at the 2013 US Women's Open, held at Pinehurst No. Her dad was her caddie, she was only 15 at the time of this. She was invited by sponsors to participate at the year 2015 ANA Inspiration LPGA Tour, but she missed the cut. Lee was a member of the USA for Junior Ryder Cup Junior Solheim Cup Curtis Cup and also as Women's World Amateur Team Championship. She became Stanford University's most accomplished golfer to ever grace Stanford University in the year 2016 after she won nine awards over the next three years. Lee turned professional in 2019, after leaving Stanford University. Her amateur golf career spans an entire 17-week stint as she was the World Amateur Golf Ranking leader. Lee was awarded the Mark H. McCormack medal for 2019 after she finished with the top ranking amateur. Lee was an amateur of the top with four albatrosses, and four holes-in-1. The first time she played, she had two top-10 finishings. She placed 7th at Kingsbarns Golf Links in 2020 at the AIG Women's Open. Lee took home her first LPGA Tour title at the 2022 Portland Classic. Lee devoted her victory to her late father Min who said I was a great player and believed that I could do it. It was an honor to be his great-grandfather. I was sure he'd be looking on. Lee was previously a soccer player figure skating and taekwondo. Lee has an array of hobbies outside golf, like shopping, watching movies, and singing.