Jeongeun Lee6

Republic of Korea · born May 28, 1996, Suncheon, South Jeolla, Republic of Korea

1major championship, LPGA count

U.S. Women's Open1 win

Summary

First major 2019 U.S. Women's Open

Wins

2019 U.S. Women's Open Country Club of Charleston · 278 (-6) · by 2 strokes from So Yeon Ryu, Lexi Thompson and Angel Yin

Moments

2019 U.S. Women's Open Lee6 took control at the treacherous par-3 11th, where she birdied while Lexi Thompson bogeyed, then birdied the par-4 12th to lead Jaye Marie Green by two; bogeys at 16 and 18 still left her the clubhouse lead at 6 under.
2019 U.S. Women's Open Co-54-hole leader Celine Boutier came to the 72nd hole needing birdie to tie Lee6, hit her approach into a bunker and made double bogey to fall into a tie for fifth.

Results by championship

Best day

2019 U.S. Women's Open

Country Club of Charleston, Charleston, SC · 278 (-6) · by 2 strokes from So Yeon Ryu, Lexi Thompson and Angel Yin

Lee6 took control at the treacherous par-3 11th, where she birdied while Lexi Thompson bogeyed, then birdied the par-4 12th to lead Jaye Marie Green by two; bogeys at 16 and 18 still left her the clubhouse lead at 6 under.

Co-54-hole leader Celine Boutier came to the 72nd hole needing birdie to tie Lee6, hit her approach into a bunker and made double bogey to fall into a tie for fifth.

Chosen by rule: her widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 2019.

Career line, 2019–2019

U.S. Women's Open

2019 U.S. Women's Open: won

20192020

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Major win

Jeongeun Lee6 was born on May 28, 1996, in Suncheon, South Jeolla, Republic of Korea. Lee6 won one major championship by the LPGA's official count: the 2019 U.S. Women's Open.

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The record

Wins in the majors (1)

Count and list are the LPGA official major-championship record as given in our U.S. Women's Open champions table.

2019 U.S. Women's Open Country Club of Charleston, Charleston, SC · 278 (-6) · by 2 strokes from So Yeon Ryu, Lexi Thompson and Angel Yin

Sources

Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.