Minjee Lee

Australia · born May 27, 1996, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

3major championships, LPGA count

U.S. Women's Open1 win
Women's PGA1 win, 1 2nd
Evian Championship1 win

Summary

First major 2021 The Evian Championship
Last major 2025 KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Runner-up in majors 1 time

Wins

2021 The Evian Championship Evian Resort Golf Club · 266 (-18) · Playoff – Lee won with a birdie on the first extra hole; Lee Jeong-eun made bogey from Lee Jeong-eun
2022 U.S. Women's Open Pine Needles L. & G.C. · 271 (-13) · by 4 strokes from Mina Harigae
2025 KPMG Women's PGA Championship PGA Frisco · 284 (-4) · 3 strokes from Auston Kim and Chanettee Wannasaen

Near misses

2022 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Chun In-gee

Rivals

Beat her

Next in the chain: Chun In-gee's rivals →

Moments

2022 U.S. Women's Open Lee's 13-under 271 broke the championship's 72-hole scoring record of 272 (Sorenstam 1996, Inkster 1999, Chun 2015), and her 67-66-67 set the 54-hole record of 200.
2022 U.S. Women's Open After giving back two early birdies with bogeys on the par-3 5th and par-4 7th in the final round, Lee held off the field with par saves of 9 feet at No. 9, 8 feet at 11, 13 feet at 13 and 7 feet at 14, leading by six for most of the back nine.

Records and firsts

2022 U.S. Women's Open lowest 54 holes · 200
2022 U.S. Women's Open lowest 72 holes · 271

Results by championship

Best day

2022 U.S. Women's Open

Pine Needles L. & G.C., Southern Pines, NC · 271 (-13) · by 4 strokes from Mina Harigae

Lee's 13-under 271 broke the championship's 72-hole scoring record of 272 (Sorenstam 1996, Inkster 1999, Chun 2015), and her 67-66-67 set the 54-hole record of 200.

After giving back two early birdies with bogeys on the par-3 5th and par-4 7th in the final round, Lee held off the field with par saves of 9 feet at No. 9, 8 feet at 11, 13 feet at 13 and 7 feet at 14, leading by six for most of the back nine.

Record: lowest 54 holes · 200

Record: lowest 72 holes · 271

Chosen by rule: the major win our record tables single out. Year page: 2022.

Career line, 2021–2025

U.S. Women's Open

2022 U.S. Women's Open: won

Women's PGA

2022 Women's PGA: runner-up to Chun In-gee2025 Women's PGA: won

Evian Championship

2021 Evian Championship: won

202220242026

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Major win
Runner-up

Minjee Lee was born on May 27, 1996, in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Lee won 3 major championships by the LPGA's official count: 1 Evian Championship (2021), 1 U.S. Women's Open (2022) and 1 Women's PGA Championship (2025).

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The record

Wins in the majors (3)

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

2021 The Evian Championship Evian Resort Golf Club · 266 (-18) · Playoff – Lee won with a birdie on the first extra hole; Lee Jeong-eun made bogey from Lee Jeong-eun
2022 U.S. Women's Open Pine Needles L. & G.C., Southern Pines, NC · 271 (-13) · by 4 strokes from Mina Harigae
2025 KPMG Women's PGA Championship PGA Frisco · 284 (-4) · 3 strokes from Auston Kim and Chanettee Wannasaen

Near misses

2022 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Chun In-gee

Records and firsts

Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

2022 U.S. Women's Open lowest 54 holes · 200
2022 U.S. Women's Open lowest 72 holes · 271

Sources

Elsewhere: Wikipedia.

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.