Andrea Lee

ndrea Lee is an emerging star on the LPGA Tour, highlighted by her first victory in the 2022 Portland Classic. Lee has been successful in every level. She was a nine-time winner at Standford University during her collegiate tenure and spent seventeen weeks playing as the #1 Women's Amateur. As the Women's Amateur with the most points at close of the season in 2019 Lee took home the Mark H. McCormack Memorial Medal. Lee made the switch to professional in the year. A former amateur player Andrea Lee is now making a name for herself on the professional circuit. These are some facts that you might not know of regarding Andrea Lee, the American LPGA Tour player. Andrea Lee, born 15 August 1998 in Los Angeles. James started teaching her daughter golf at the age of 5. Her first tournament began at the age of 8 and has taken home 50 junior championships over the course of a single year. She made the cut at her first tournament in the year 2014 US Women's Open at Pinehurst No. with her father as caddie. She was just fifteen when the event took place. She was invited by sponsors to participate in the 2015. ANA Inspiration LPGA Tour, but she did not make it to the cut. Lee represented the USA in the Junior Ryder Cup Junior Solheim Cup Curtis Cup and also as Women's World Amateur Team Championship. She joined Stanford University and became its most decorated player at that moment. Over the next three years, she racked up nine individual championships. Lee was able to graduate from Stanford University in 2019 and turned professional. Her amateur playing career spans 17 weeks in the highest of the World Amateur Golf Ranking. Lee has also been awarded the Mark H. McCormack Award for the year 2019, having finished the year at the top of the amateur rankings. Lee's record for amateur play included four holes in one as well as one albatross. Her first year she was a top-10 player with two finishings. She came in seventh at the AIG Women's Open 2020, which was held on Kingsbarns Golf Links. Lee won her first LPGA Tour win in the 2022 Portland Classic. Lee dedicated the win to her grandfather Min who passed away in 2012. He always called me a winner, and believed that I could win. It was a privilege to be his grandfather. I was sure he'd be looking on. Lee has previously competed in soccer, figure skating and Taekwondo. Away from golf Lee's hobbies have included movies shopping singing bowling and snowboarding.