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Lee Kyoung-hoon
South Korean professional golfer
South Korean professional golfer
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Lee Kyoung-hoon |
| image | Lee Kyoung-hoon.jpg |
| image_size | 200px |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Seoul, South Korea |
| death_date | |
| height | |
| weight | 82 kg |
| nationality | |
| yearpro | 2010 |
| retired | |
| tour | PGA Tour |
| extour | Japan Golf Tour |
| OneAsia Tour | |
| Web.com Tour | |
| prowins | 6 |
| pgawins | 2 |
| eurowins | |
| japwins | 2 |
| asiawins | |
| sunwins | |
| auswins | |
| nwidewins | |
| chalwins | |
| champwins | |
| seneurowins | |
| otherwins | 2 |
| majorwins | |
| masters | T23: 2023 |
| usopen | T37: 2022 |
| open | CUT: 2022, 2023 |
| pga | T29: 2023 |
| wghofid | |
| wghofyear | |
| award1 | |
| year1 | |
| awardssection |
OneAsia Tour Web.com Tour Lee Kyoung-hoon (; born 24 August 1991), also known as K. H. Lee, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2021 and 2022 AT&T Byron Nelson.
Professional career
Lee turned professional in 2010 and joined the OneAsia Tour for 2011, earning his card through qualifying school. He finished 39th on the Order of Merit with his best finish being a tie for sixth. He joined the Japan Golf Tour in 2012 and recorded a runner-up finish in his second event of the year. He won the Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup in July.
Lee claimed his first victory on the OneAsia Tour in September 2015, with a four stroke victory at the Kolon Korea Open. In October 2015, Lee won for the third time in his career, and second time on the Japan Golf Tour when he secured victory at the Honma TourWorld Cup at Trophia Golf.
Lee moved to the United States in 2016 to play the Web.com Tour, after finishing 8th in the Web.com Tour qualifying tournament. His best result was 4th at the WinCo Foods Portland Open. Two weeks later, he won the Kolon Korean Open, and in October he finished second at the Japan Open Golf Championship and Bridgestone Open. He finished only 78th on the Web.com Tour, and played again in the qualifying tournament, where he tied for 14th place. He returned to the Web.com Tour in 2017 where his best finish was tied for third place in the Rex Hospital Open. In 2018, he finished fifth in the Web.com Tour regular season rankings to earn a promotion to the PGA Tour.
At the 2021 Waste Management Phoenix Open, Lee finished in a tie for second, one stroke behind winner, Brooks Koepka. Three months later, Lee earned his first PGA Tour win at the 2021 AT&T Byron Nelson, with a score of 25-under-par, beating runner-up Sam Burns by three strokes. A year later, Lee successfully defended his title at the AT&T Byron Nelson, shooting 26-under-par; beating Jordan Spieth by one shot.
In September 2022, Lee was selected for the International team in the 2022 Presidents Cup; he won two and lost one of the three matches he played.
Professional wins (6)
PGA Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| victory | Runner-up | ||||
| 1 | 16 May 2021 | AT&T Byron Nelson | −25 (65-65-67-66=263) | 3 strokes | USA Sam Burns |
| 2 | 15 May 2022 | AT&T Byron Nelson (2) | −26 (64-68-67-63=262) | 1 stroke | USA Jordan Spieth |
Japan Golf Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| victory | Runner(s)-up | ||||
| 1 | 8 Jul 2012 | Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup | −19 (65-69-70-65=269) | 2 strokes | KOR Kim Hyung-sung |
| 2 | 11 Oct 2015 | Honma TourWorld Cup | −16 (71-65-65-67=268) | 1 stroke | JPN Tomohiro Kondo, JPN Ryuichi Oda, |
| JPN Taichi Teshima, CHN Wu Ashun |
OneAsia Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| victory | Runner-up | ||||
| 1 | 13 Sep 2015 | Kolon Korea Open1 | −13 (68-69-68-66=271) | 4 strokes | KOR Kim Meen-whee |
| 2 | 11 Sep 2016 | Kolon Korea Open1 (2) | −16 (65-67-68-68=268) | 3 strokes | KOR Choi Jin-ho |
1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour
Korean Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| victory | Runner-up | ||||
| 1 | 13 Sep 2015 | Kolon Korea Open1 | −13 (68-69-68-66=271) | 4 strokes | KOR Kim Meen-whee |
| 2 | 11 Sep 2016 | Kolon Korea Open1 (2) | −16 (65-67-68-68=268) | 3 strokes | KOR Choi Jin-ho |
1Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour
Results in major championships
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | ||||
| The Open Championship | |||||
| PGA Championship |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | CUT | T23 | ||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | T41 | T29 | WD | ||
| U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | T37 | CUT | ||
| The Open Championship | NT | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Summary
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made | Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
| U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||
| The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (twice)
- Longest streak of top-10s – none
Results in The Players Championship
| Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Players Championship | T41 | T55 | CUT | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships
| Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | |||
| Match Play | T59 | ||
| Invitational | T54 | ||
| Champions | NT1 | NT1 |
1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022. The Champions was discontinued from 2023.
Team appearances
Professional
- Presidents Cup (representing the International team): 2022
References
References
- (8 July 2012). "Rookie Kyoung-Hoon Lee wins on Japan Tour". Fox News.
- "Honma TourWorld Cup at Trophia Golf 2015 – Leaderboard". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
- "2016 Web.com Tour Q-school leaderboard, results and prize money payouts".
- "2017 Rex Hospital Open winner, final leaderboard, results, prize money payouts".
- (September 23, 2018). "Meet The 50 newest PGA Tour members". PGA Tour.
- (7 February 2021). "Koepka wins Waste Management Phoenix Open for eighth tour title". PGA Tour.
- (May 16, 2021). "K.H. Lee wins AT&T Byron Nelson for first PGA Tour victory; qualifies for PGA Championship". ESPN.
- (15 May 2022). "K.H. Lee holds off Jordan Spieth, joins rare company as repeat winner at low-scoring Byron Nelson". ESPN.
- Beall, Joel. (25 September 2022). "Presidents Cup 2022: Our grades for all 24 players, from an A+ for Spieth to an F for Scheffler".
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