Lee Soo-min (golfer)

Lee Soo-min (Korean: 이수민; born 12 October 1993) is a South Korean professional golfer.

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.
Lee Soo-min
Personal information
Born (1993-10-12) 12 October 1993
Gangwon Province, South Korea
Nationality South Korea
Career
Turned professional2014
Current tour(s)European Tour
Asian Tour
Korean Tour
Professional wins5
Highest ranking68 (8 May 2016)[1]
(as of 7 February 2021)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Other4
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2016
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT79: 2016

Lee won the 2013 Gunsan CC Open on the Korean Tour while still an amateur.[2] He turned professional in 2014 and began playing regularly on the Korean Tour, winning the Gunsan CC Open again in 2015.[2] He earned a 2015 Asian Tour card through qualifying school; as a rookie, he recorded two top-three finishes and placed 29th on the Order of Merit.

In February 2016 Lee was joint runner-up in the Maybank Championship Malaysia, an event co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Asian Tour. In April he won the European Tour's Shenzhen International on a sponsor exemption, giving him full European Tour membership.[3] Two weeks later he lost in a playoff for the GS Caltex Maekyung Open, a Korean Tour/OneAsia Tour event, a result that lifted him to a career-high 68 in the world rankings.

Amateur wins
  • 2012 Korean Amateur – Hur Chungkoo Cup[4]

Professional wins (5)

European Tour wins (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1 25 Apr 2016 Shenzhen International −16 (66-65-70-71=272) 2 strokes Joost Luiten, Brandon Stone

Korean Tour wins (4)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 2 Jun 2013 Gunsan CC Open
(as an amateur)		 –16 (72-68-62-70=272) 2 strokes Kang Kyung-nam
2 28 Jun 2015 Gunsan CC Open (2) −14 (68-71-68-67=274) 2 strokes Lee Ji-hoon
3 6 Oct 2019 Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational −15 (68-65-72-68=273) 2 strokes Lee Dong-min
4 19 Jul 2020 KPGA Open 50 pts (7-10-13-20=50) Playoff Kim Han-byeol, Kim Min-kyu

Playoff record

OneAsia Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2016 GS Caltex Maekyung Open Park Sang-hyun Lost to par on second extra hole

Results in major championships
Tournament 2016
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T79
PGA Championship CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

References
  1. "Week 19 2016 Ending 8 May 2016" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. "Who is Soomin Lee?". Euro Golf Preview. 20 February 2016.
  3. "South Korea's Lee Soo-min wins Shenzhen International". ESPN. Associated Press. 25 April 2016.
  4. "Soo-min Lee". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 26 April 2016.


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