Andrea Lee Facts: 17 Things To Know About The LPGA Tour Golfer

Andrea Lee acknowledges the crowd at an LPGA Tour event

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By Mike Hall

last updated 29 August 2024

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Former amateur star Andrea Lee is now making a name for herself in the professional game.

Get to know the LPGA Tour and Solheim Cup star better with these facts...

Andrea Lee facts:

1. Andrea Lee was born in Los Angeles on 15 August 1998.

2. She began playing golf at the age of 5 under the tuition of her father, James.

3. She began competing in tournaments aged 8, and won 50 junior titles in four years.

4. She made the cut at the 2014 US Women’s Open at Pinehurst No.2 aged 15 with her dad alongside her as caddie.

5. She received a sponsors invite to the 2015 ANA Inspiration on the LPGA Tour, but missed the cut by one shot.

6. Lee represented the USA in the Junior Ryder Cup, Junior Solheim Cup, Curtis Cup and Women’s World Amateur Team Championship.

7. After joining Stanford University in 2016, she became the most decorated player in its history at that time when, over the ensuing three years, she won nine individual titles.

Andrea Lee with the 2016 East Lake Cup at East Lake Golf Club — Andrea Lee was the most decorated player in Stanford history

8. Lee left Stanford University to turn pro in 2019.

9. Her amateur career included 17 weeks at the top of the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

10. Lee was also awarded the 2019 Mark H. McCormack Medal after finishing the season as the top-ranked amateur.

11. As an amateur, Lee achieved four holes-in-one and one albatross.

12. She won her maiden professional title on the Epson Tour at the 2022 Casino Del Sol Golf Classic in Arizona. She beat Lucy Li in a playoff after finishing on 18-under-par.

13. Lee claimed her maiden LPGA Tour win in the 2022 Portland Classic. She dedicated the win to her late grandfather, Min, saying: “He always called me a champion and he always believed in me. I was super grateful for him and I know that he's watching today.”

Andrea Lee with the trophy after winning the Portland Classic — She won her maiden LPGA Tour title at the 2022 Portland Classic

14. She previously competed in soccer, taekwondo and figure skating.

15. Away from golf, Lee's hobbies have included movies, shopping, singing, bowling and snowboarding.

16. She recorded her best Major finish of T3 at the 2024 US Open, where she co-led after 54-holes and played in the final pairing alongside Minjee Lee.

17. She made her Solheim Cup debut in 2023 and made the US team again in 2024.

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Andrea Lee bio
Born	August 15 1998, Los Angeles, California
Height	5'7"
College	Stanford University
Current tour	LPGA Tour
LPGA wins	1
Epson Tour wins	1
Best Major finish	T3 (2024 US Women's Open)

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Andrea Lee wins
Event	Tour	Score
2022 Casino Del Sol Golf Classic	Epson Tour	-18 (playoff)
2022 Portland Classic	LPGA Tour	-19 (1 stroke)

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Mike has over 25 years of experience in journalism, including writing on a range of sports throughout that time, such as golf, football and cricket. Now a freelance staff writer for Golf Monthly, he is dedicated to covering the game's most newsworthy stories.

He has written hundreds of articles on the game, from features offering insights into how members of the public can play some of the world's most revered courses, to breaking news stories affecting everything from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf to developmental Tours and the amateur game.

Mike grew up in East Yorkshire and began his career in journalism in 1997. He then moved to London in 2003 as his career flourished, and nowadays resides in New Brunswick, Canada, where he and his wife raise their young family less than a mile from his local course.

Kevin Cook’s acclaimed 2007 biography, Tommy’s Honour, about golf’s founding father and son, remains one of his all-time favourite sports books.

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