Andrea Lee
ndrea is an emerging LPGA Tour star, and her win debut in the Portland Classic 2022 was a highlight. Lee has won all levels, including Standford University earning 9 wins during her collegiate career and having 17 weeks of being the most successful Women's Amateur in the World. In 2019, she took home the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the most highly ranked Women's Amateur towards the close of the season, and made the transition to professional. Andrea Lee made her name when she was an amateur, and is now a professional. There are a few things you may not be aware of about the American LPGA Tour player. Andrea Lee was born in Los Angeles on 15 August 1998. James taught her to play golf from the time she was just 5 years old. Over the course of four years she racked up 50 junior titles. She qualified for her first tournament in the year 2014 US Women's Open at Pinehurst No. Her dad was her caddie, she was only 15 when this happened. The sponsors invited her to participate at the 2015. ANA Inspiration LPGA Tour, however, she was not able to make the cut. Lee played for the USA at the Junior Ryder Cup Junior Solheim Cup Curtis Cup and Women's World Amateur Team Championship. Being the first female college pupil to enroll at Stanford University, Lee was the Stanford player with the highest accolades in their past. Over the three years following her graduation, she won 9 different titles. Lee was able to graduate from Stanford University in 2019 and turned professional. Her amateur years comprised 17 weeks consecutively in the top of on the World Amateur Golf Ranking. Lee took home the Mark H. McCormack medal for 2019, having finished the year as the highest-ranked amateur. Lee was a top amateur with four albatrosses, and four holes-in-one. Lee had two top-10 finishes during her first year as a player on the LPGA Tour. She was a seventh-place finisher in the 2020 AIG Women's Open at Kingsbarns Golf Links. Lee took home her first LPGA Tour title at the 2022 Portland Classic. Lee dedicated her victory to her late grandfather Min. "He has always called me a champion, and he did not doubt me." She added, "I was so grateful for him. And I know he's still looking over me." She has competed before in figure skating, soccer as well as taekwondo. Away from golf Lee's hobbies have included shopping at the movies, bowling, and snowboarding.






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