Min Woo Lee

Lee turned professional at the start of 2019.^[4] He played a number of events on the European Tour and had early success, finishing 4th in the Saudi International and tied for 5th in the ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth, both events played in February. These were, however, his only top-10 finishes of the season and he finished 117th in the Order of Merit. In October he was tied for 6th in the Genesis Championship on the Korean Tour. At the end of the year he was solo 3rd in the AVJennings NSW Open and then tied for 3rd in the Australian PGA Championship, an early season event on the 2020 European Tour.

In February 2020, Lee won the ISPS Handa Vic Open, an event co-sanctioned with by the European Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia.

In July 2021, Lee defeated Thomas Detry and Matt Fitzpatrick in a playoff at the Abrdn Scottish Open.^[5] With this win, he earned entry into the 2021 Open Championship.^[6]

In May 2023, Lee earned special temporary membership on the PGA Tour.^[7]

In October 2023, Lee won the SJM Macao Open on the Asian Tour. He shot a tournament record of 254 (30-under-par) and won wire-to-wire by two shots ahead of Poom Saksansin.^[8] One month later, Lee won the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship.^[9]

On 30 March 2025, Lee earned his first PGA Tour victory by winning the Texas Children's Houston Open, beating Gary Woodland and world number one Scottie Scheffler by one stroke.^[10]

On 15 February 2026, Lee finished joint runner-up with Sepp Straka behind Collin Morikawa at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, marking his best ever finish at a PGA Tour Signature Event.^[11]

Lee's parents, Soonam and Clara Lee, are both from South Korea, and immigrated to Australia in the early 1990s. Lee's older sister, Minjee, is also a professional golfer. When Min Woo Lee won the 2016 U.S. Junior Amateur, they became the first brother/sister pair to win the USGA's junior championships, Minjee Lee having won the U.S. Girls' Junior in 2012.^[12]

Lee has a large social media presence, with over 800,000 followers on Instagram and 300,000 on TikTok.^[13] His presence has led to him being described as possibly the "first golf cult hero" by Golf Magazine.^[14]

Lee is a passionate Fremantle Dockers fan, of the Australian Football League.^[15]

• 2013 Drummond Junior
• 2014 Drummond Junior
• 2015 Western Australia Amateur, Drummond Junior, Aaron Baddeley International Junior Championship
• 2016 U.S. Junior Amateur
• 2017 Western Australia Amateur
• 2018 South Australia Amateur Classic

Source:^[16]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	30 Mar 2025	Texas Children's Houston Open	−20 (66-64-63-67=260)	1 stroke	Scottie Scheffler, Gary Woodland

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	9 Feb 2020	ISPS Handa Vic Open1	−19 (66-67-68-68=269)	2 strokes	Ryan Fox
2	11 Jul 2021	Abrdn Scottish Open	−18 (68-69-65-64=266)	Playoff	Thomas Detry, Matt Fitzpatrick
3	26 Nov 2023 (2024 season)	Fortinet Australian PGA Championship1	−20 (64-66-66-68=264)	3 strokes	Rikuya Hoshino

¹Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2021	Abrdn Scottish Open	Thomas Detry, Matt Fitzpatrick	Won with birdie on first extra hole

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	15 Oct 2023	SJM Macao Open	−30 (62-64-65-63=254)	2 strokes	Poom Saksansin

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	9 Feb 2020	ISPS Handa Vic Open1	−19 (66-67-68-68=269)	2 strokes	Ryan Fox
2	26 Nov 2023	Fortinet Australian PGA Championship1	−20 (64-66-66-68=264)	3 strokes	Rikuya Hoshino

¹Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

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

• Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (2023 PGA – 2024 U.S. Open)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (2023 U.S. Open)

"T" indicates a tie for a place

¹Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022. The Champions was discontinued from 2023.