Lee Ye-won, also known as Ye Won Lee (; born 13 February 2003) is a South Korean golfer who plays on the

LPGA of Korea Tour The LPGA of Korea Tour is a South Korean professional golf tour for Women's sports, women. LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association. LPGA of Korea runs this tour, not the American LPGA. It is one of the world's five leading women's golf ...

. In May 2025, Lee was ranked 25th in the world in the Women's World Golf Rolex Rankings.

Biography

Lee was noticed early as a standout amateur player, being named to the Korean National team as a junior player in 2016 and 2018. As an amateur, she won 12 Korean and international competitions including the 2018 KB Financial Group Cup Women's Amateur Golf Championship, 2019 Hosim Cup Amateur Golf Championship, and the 2020 Bitgoeul Jungheung Cup Amateur Golf Championship.

Professional golf

Lee became a professional in 2021 at age 17, participating in the Jump Tour and then took part in 10 tournaments of the Dream Tour, qualifying tours for the LPGA of Korea. After earning her tour card, in 2022, Lee started her rookie season on the LPGA of Korea tour. Her highest placing that season was a second at the Doosan Match Play Championship and the Ok Financial Group Se Ri Pak Invitational. Despite her winless season, Lee was confirmed as the KLGPA rookie of the year. The 2023 LPGA of Korea Tour became Lee's breakout season. That year, Lee recorded three wins. She placed first at the 23rd Hite Jinro Championship, the Doosan E&C We've Championship, and the Lotte Rent A Car Ladies Open. The following year, in the 2024 LPGA of Korea Tour, Lee marked wins at the NH Investment & Securities Ladies Championship, Suhyup-Bank MBN Ladies Open, and the Blue Canyon Ladies Championship. That year, the Korean golf press regularly compared Lee with Ina Yoon, as the players competed for the top of the KLPGA leaderboard. That year, Lee qualified for the

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, but did not make the cut. She placed third in the 2024 World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup on the LPGA of Japan Tour. Lee finished the KPLGA season with the most wins in a season, most prize money, and the top of the leaderboard. The 2025 season on the LPGA of Korea tour began strongly for Lee. In 2025, Lee won the 17th Doosan Match Play, the NH Investment & Securities Ladies Championship and the Doosan E&C We've Championship. After Lee's win in the 17th Doosan Match Play, she was ranked a career high 25 in the world according to the Rolex Rankings. In June, Lee surpassed 800 millon won in prize money for the season, after the DB Group 29th Korea Women's Open Golf Championship.

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