U.S. Women’s Open Championship conducted by the USGA
Country Club of Charleston | Charleston, S.C. | May 30 – June 2, 2019
Hometown/Resides: Yongin, Republic of Korea/Gyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea
Birthdate: May 28, 1996; currently 23 years and 5 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Earned medalist honors at the 2018 LPGA Q Series
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2016/2019
VICTORIES
With her win, Lee6 becomes a Rolex First-Time Winner on the LPGA Tour
KLPGA: six wins
RACE TO THE CME GLOBE
With her win, Lee6 earns 625 points and is projected to move from 14th to third in the Race to the CME Globe with 1,417 points
ROLEX ANNIKA MAJOR AWARD
With her win, Lee6 earns 60 points and becomes eligible to win the award at the end of the season
MONEY
With her win, Lee6 earns $1,000,000; she has earned $1,353,836 for her career
PREVIOUS U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN RESULTS
2018 – T17; 2017 – T5
2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
Nine events played, nine cuts made, $1,353,836, one victory, three additional top-10 finishes and no finish worse than a tie for 26th
OF NOTE
- Lee6 is the third Rolex First-Time Winner of the 2019 LPGA Tour season, joining Celine Boutier (ISPS Handa Vic Open) and Bronte Law (Pure Silk Championship presented by Visit Williamsburg)
- She is the 19th player to make the U.S. Women’s Open her first LPGA Tour victory
- She is the 16th player from the Republic of Korea to win a major, the most of any country other than the United States
- This is the fourth straight year that at least one major winner was a Rolex First-Time Winner
- Prior to today, Lee6’s best LPGA Tour finish was a tie for second at the 2019 LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship, where she lost in a playoff
- Lee6 currently leads the Rolex Louise Suggs Rookie of the Year standings with 752 points
- Lee6 is the daughter of Jung Ho Lee and Eun Ji Ju; her father, a truck driver, was paralyzed in a truck accident when she was 4 and she plays to help support her family
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