Lee Seon-hwa

Lee Seon-hwa
이선화
Lee before 2009 Women's British Open
Personal information
Born (1986-02-10) 10 February 1986
Cheonan, Korea
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Sporting nationality South Korea
ResidenceLake Mary, Florida, U.S.
Career
Turned professional2000
Former toursLPGA of Korea Tour (joined 2000)
LPGA Tour (2006–2015)
Futures Tour (joined 2004)
Professional wins8
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour4
LPGA of Korea Tour3
Epson Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship5th: 2008
Women's PGA C'shipT10: 2008
U.S. Women's OpenT25: 2007
Women's British OpenT14: 2008
Evian ChampionshipDNP
Achievements and awards
Futures Tour
Player of the Year		2005
LPGA Rookie of the Year2006

Lee Seon-hwa (Korean: 이선화; born 10 February 1986) is a South Korean professional golfer. She played on the LPGA of Korea Tour and the United States-based LPGA Tour.

Career

In 1986, she was born in Cheonan, South Korea. She began playing golf at the age of 4.

She turned professional at 14, the youngest female to ever turn professional in Korea. She recorded three wins on the LPGA of Korea Tour between 2001 and 2006. She played on the Futures Tour in 2004 and 2005 and was successful, earning a promotion to the LPGA Tour.

In 2006, she played on the LPGA Tour. She won her first LPGA tournament in June at the ShopRite LPGA Classic. Overall, she won the LPGA Rookie of the Year award. She clinched the award on 25 September 2006 after competing in 24 tournaments and finishing in the top 10 six times, including one win. She was the first rookie to win on Tour in 2006.[1]

In 2007, she notched her second LPGA Tour win at the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship, defeating Japanese star Ai Miyazato 2&1 in the final match, to take home the $500,000 first place check.

Awards and honors

Professional wins (8)

LPGA Tour wins (4)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 4 Jun 2006 ShopRite LPGA Classic −16 (65-69-63=197) 3 strokes South Korea Jeong Jang
Sweden Annika Sörenstam
United States Sherri Steinhauer
2 22 Jul 2007 HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship 2 & 1 Japan Ai Miyazato
3 1 Jun 2008 Ginn Tribute −14 (68-70-69-67=274) Playoff Australia Karrie Webb
4 6 Jul 2008 P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship −15 (64-69-68=201) 1 stroke South Korea Meena Lee
United States Jane Park

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2006 Fields Open in Hawaii South Korea Meena Lee Lost to birdie on third extra hole
2 2008 Ginn Tribute Australia Karrie Webb Won with par on first extra hole

Sources:[2][3]

Futures Tour wins (1)

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (3)

  • 2001 (1) McSquare Championship
  • 2003 (1) Himart Championship
  • 2006 (1) Hite Championship

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament2004200520062007200820092010201120122013
Kraft Nabisco Championship T19 CUT 5 T30 T56 T47 T49 CUT
LPGA Championship T16 T36 T10 T39 T19 CUT CUT CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUT T49 T25 T27 WD CUT CUT CUT
Women's British Open T61 CUT T14 CUT T62 CUT
The Evian Championship ^

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Professional

References

  1. ↑ "Seon-Hwa Lee clinches 2006 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year award". LPGA. 26 September 2006.
  2. ↑ "LPGA All-Time Winners List" (PDF). LPGA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2010.
  3. ↑ "LPGA Tournament Chronology 2000-2008" (PDF). LPGA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2011.
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