Lee Minjee's successful season on the LPGA Tour
Lee won the US Women's Open, taking home $1.8 million in June. Combining that victory with a T2 place at the Women's PGA Championship, T4 Women's Open, she earned 98 points and won the Annika Cup for best golfer in five tournaments. female major.
On November 15, Lee received a million USD when he finished first in the Risk Reward Challenge - a pre-designated pit point race through 30 tournaments with a minimum requirement of 40 rounds. The PGA Tour also opened RRC, last season belonged to Scottie Scheffler.
Today, November 17, Lee and 59 players began to fight for two million USD for the grand final championship of the CME Group Tour Championship at Tiburon par72 in Florida.
This event also determines the title of Best Player, the Vare cup for the individual with the best club average of the season, and the prize money queen..
Lee does not have a chance to compete for the Vare cup, but most likely to finish the other two races.
The Best Player Tournament currently has four bright candidates including Lee, Lydia Ko, Brooke Henderson and Atthaya Thitikul. Lee is second with 149 points, just one point behind Ko while Henderson and Thitikul are third (130 points).
According to this situation, Lee or Ko when winning the Tour Championship will become the main title holder in the LPGA Tour 2022 summary prize. Both will be co-owners, if Lee finishes in the top 10 and is higher than Ko.
In terms of bonuses this season, Lee received approximately 3.76 million USD. If she wins the closing event, she will reach $ 5.76 million and break the prize money record (only in official tournaments) set by Lorena Ochoa in 2007, at $ 4.364 million. In fact, Lee's professional income was more than Ochoa's by adding $1 million from RRC.
Lee is 26 years old of Korean descent, currently holding Australian citizenship. She has been playing professionally since 2014, so far she owns two majors in eight LPGA Tour titles and is ranked fifth in the world (Rolex Rankings).
