Lucas Lee (golfer)
Lucas Lee | |
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Personal information | |
Born | São Paulo, Brazil | 1 August 1987
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Weight | 179 lb (81 kg; 12.8 st) |
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Career | |
College | UCLA |
Turned professional | 2008 |
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Canada (2009−13) Asian Tour (2010–12) OneAsia Tour (2013−14) PGA Tour China (2014) Web.com Tour (2015) PGA Tour (2016) |
Lucas Lee (born 1 August 1987) is a Brazilian professional golfer. He won his 2016 PGA Tour card after graduating from the Web.com Tour. He was the first alumnus of PGA Tour China to earn a PGA Tour card.[1]
Lee played college golf at UCLA where he was an All-American in 2007, won five tournaments and helped his team to the NCAA Championship in 2008.[2][3] He turned professional in 2008.
Lee played on PGA Tour Canada from 2009 to 2013, finishing second five times.[3][4] He played on the Asian Tour from 2010 to 2012,[3] finishing 97th on the Order of Merit in 2010.[5] He played on the OneAsia Tour from 2012 to 2014, finishing 43rd, 26th, and 66th on the Order of Merit, respectively.[6] He played on PGA Tour China in 2014, had six top-10 finishes and finished eighth on the Order of Merit.[7] He played on the Web.com Tour in 2015, with two runner-up finishes.[3][4] He finished 23rd on the regular season money list to earn his PGA Tour card of 2016.[1] In the 2016 PGA Tour, Lee had a best result of 36th and finished outside the top 200 in the FedEx Cup points list, which cost him his PGA Tour card.
Team appearances[]
Professional
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "Lee makes history by earning PGA Tour card". PGA Tour. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ "UCLA Men's Golf – 2015 Media Guide" (PDF). UCLA Bruins. pp. 22, 24–5, 32, 35. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Lucas Lee – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Lucas Lee – Career". PGA Tour. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "Order of Merit – Final Standings – 2010". Asian Tour. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "Order of Merit 2013". OneAsia. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "Order of Merit – 2014". PGA Tour China. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
External links[]
- Lucas Lee at the PGA Tour official site
- Lucas Lee at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Brazilian male golfers
- UCLA Bruins men's golfers
- PGA Tour golfers
- Korn Ferry Tour graduates
- Brazilian people of Korean descent
- Sportspeople from São Paulo
- 1987 births
- Living people