Alison Lee (born February 26, 1995) is an American

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who plays on the

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and is a college student at the

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. She was ranked number 1 in the

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for 16 weeks in 2013–14.

Early life

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.

Amateur career

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

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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

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

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team, based on her world ranking.

Amateur wins

*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,

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, Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invite, Stanford Intercollegiate *2014 PAC-12 Championship,

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Professional wins (2)

Ladies European Tour wins (2)

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–2)

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order.'' ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013. CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (three times) *Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

LPGA Tour career summary

^ Official as of 2024 season
* Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Position in

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at the end of each calendar year.

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur * Junior Solheim Cup: 2009 (winners), 2011 (tie, Cup retained), 2013 (winners) * Junior Ryder Cup: 2010 (winners), 2012 (winners) *

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

(winners) *

Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fren ...

Professional *

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

(winners),

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

(winners)

Solheim Cup record

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Alison American female golfers UCLA Bruins women's golfers LPGA Tour golfers Solheim Cup competitors for the United States Golfers from Los Angeles 1995 births Living people 21st-century American sportswomen