Alison Lee

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Alison Lee
File:Alison Lee 2015 Solheim Cup 03.png
Lee at the 2015 Solheim Cup
Personal information
Born (1995-02-26) February 26, 1995 (age 31)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sporting nationalityFile:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
Career
CollegeUCLA
Turned professional2014
Current tourLPGA Tour (joined 2015)
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT8: 2022
Women's PGA C'shipT27: 2021
U.S. Women's OpenT16: 2021
Women's British OpenT11: 2023
Evian ChampionshipT6: 2015

Alison Lee (born February 26, 1995) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and was 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.

Early life

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Lee was born in Los Angeles to Korean immigrant parents. She started golfing at a young age. Lee's father Johnny Lee was her first instructor.[1][2]

Amateur career

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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 US 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

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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

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  • 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

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Professional wins (2)

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Ladies European Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 7 Aug 2021 Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande (individual event) 65-65-71=201 −15 5 strokes South Africa Ashleigh Buhai
2 29 Oct 2023 Aramco Team Series – Riyadh (individual event) 61-61-65=187 −29 8 strokes Spain Carlota Ciganda

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2016 LPGA KEB–Hana Bank Championship Spain Carlota Ciganda Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2 2023 BMW Ladies Championship Australia Minjee Lee Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in LPGA majors

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Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chevron Championship CUT T29 T35 73 T27 T44 T8 CUT CUT
U.S. Women's Open T26 CUT T60 T26 CUT CUT T16 T40 WD T44
Women's PGA Championship T62 T64 T50 CUT T69 T27 T30 T52 CUT
The Evian Championship ^ T6 T43 CUT NT T65 T50 T20 T22
Women's British Open CUT T31 T43 T29 CUT T15 T11 T29

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 6
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 6
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 6
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 6
Totals 0 0 0 0 2 7 43 31
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (three times)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

LPGA Tour career summary

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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
2018 16 4 0 0 0 0 T42 12,054 155 74.64 161
2019 18 9 0 0 0 0 T11 114,361 105 71.70 81
2020 8 4 0 0 0 0 T29 53,301 106 72.83 97
2021 17 13 0 0 0 1 9 316,076 63 70.80 40
2022 24 22 0 0 0 4 T5 688,430 43 70.62 31
2023 23 20 0 3 0 5 2 1,411,998 19 70.47 23
2024 19 13 0 0 1 4 T3 541,282 71 72.23 112
Totals^ 192 (2015) 133 (2015) 0 4 2 25 2 4,392,124 111

^ Official as of 2024 season[4][5][6]
* Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

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

Year Ranking Source
2009 364 [7]
2010 531 [8]
2011 – [9]
2012 584 [10]
2013 755 [11]
2014 483 [12]
2015 23 [13]
2016 34 [14]
2017 91 [15]
2018 353 [16]
2019 210 [17]
2020 186 [18]
2021 89 [19]
2022 89 [20]
2023 20 [21]
2024 35 [22]

U.S. national team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

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Year Total
Matches		 Total
W–L–H		 Singles
W–L–H		 Foursomes
W–L–H		 Fourballs
W–L–H		 Points
Won		 Points
%
Career 7 2–5–0 1–1–0 0–1–0 1–3–0 2 28.6
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 25.0
2024 3 1–2–0 0–1–0 lost to G. Hall 4&3 0–0–0 1–1–0 lost w/ L. Thompson 6&5
won w/ M. Khang 4&3 		1 33.3

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