Lee Soo-min (; born 12 October 1993) is a South Korean
professional golfer
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Lee won the 2013 Gunsan CC Open on the
Korean Tour
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Professional golf in Korea dates back to ...
while still an amateur.
He turned professional in 2014 and began playing regularly on the Korean Tour, winning the Gunsan CC Open again in 2015.
[ He earned a 2015 ]Asian Tour
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card through qualifying school
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; 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
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's Shenzhen International on a sponsor exemption, giving him full European Tour membership. Two weeks later he lost in a playoff for the GS Caltex Maekyung Open
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, 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
Professional wins (6)
European Tour wins (1)
Korean Tour wins (5)
Korean Tour playoff record (1–2)
Playoff record
OneAsia Tour playoff record (0–1)
Results in major championships
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Team appearances
Amateur
*Bonallack Trophy
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The first compe ...
(representing Asia/Pacific): 2012, 2014
*Eisenhower Trophy
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(representing South Korea): 2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
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South Korean male golfers
European Tour golfers
Sportspeople from Gangwon Province, South Korea
1993 births
Living people
21st-century South Korean sportsmen
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