LPGA Volvik Championship
Travis Pointe Country Club
Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 27, 2018
Hometown/Resides: Perth, Australia
Birthdate: May 27, 1996; currently 22 years, 0 months, 0 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Co-medalist at 2014 LPGA Qualifying School
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2014/2015
VICTORIES
LPGA: Fourth career victory and first of 2018
PREVIOUS LPGA WINS: 2015 Kingsmill Championship, 2016 LOTTE Championship presented by HERSHEY, 2016 Blue Bay LPGA
MONEY
With her win, Lee earns $195,000; she has earned $628,726 this season and $3,691,690 in her career
RACE TO CME GLOBE
Lee earns 500 points and is projected to move from seventh to fourth in the Race to CME Globe with 1,463 points
2018 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
11 events played, 11 cuts made, $628,726, one victory, five additional top-10 finishes
OF NOTE
- Lee’s fourth career LPGA victory is fourth-most among Australian players on the LPGA All-Time Winners list, behind Karrie Webb (41), Jan Stephenson (16) and Rachel Hetherington (eight)
- She is the first Australian player to win in 2018 and the first since Katherine Kirk at the 2017 Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic
- She is the 13th different winner on the LPGA Tour in 2018; in 2017, the Tour did not have its first repeat winner until the 16th tournament
- Australia is the seventh country to have a 2018 LPGA winner, joining the Republic of Korea (four), the United States (three), Thailand (two), Canada (one), New Zealand (one) and Sweden (one)
- Lee receives the final winner’s exemption into the 2018 U.S. Women’s Open conducted by the USGA; she was already exempt into the championship by virtue of being in the top 75 of the 2017 LPGA Money List
- Lee represented Australia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil, where she tied for seventh
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