Alison Lee

Alison Lee is a Korean American who was born and raised in Southern California. She was a star golfer even as a junior player and started playing the game when she was six. Originally, Lee did not enjoy playing golf, but her dad said if she played golf, he would take her to Universal Studios, and that motivated her to keep working on her game.
Among her junior accomplishments was being a three-time member of the USA Junior Solheim Team (all three teams won); a two-time member of the USA Junior Ryder Cup Team; and T-26th in the 2009 U.S. Women's Open when she was 14.
She won the 2012 Annika Invitational and finished 2nd in the 2011 Rolex Girls Junior Championship. In 2011, she finished in the top 5 in all five of the American Junior Golf Association tournaments she entered. Runner-up to future LPGA Tour winner Minjee Lee in the 2012 U.S. Girls' Junior at Lake Merced Golf Club in Daly City, Calif., defeating Lydia Ko in the semis.
Made it to the Round of 16 in the 2011 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship. Played in the 2011 U.S. Women's Amateur. Won the 2010 AJGA Heather Farr Classic and ClubCorp Mission Hills Desert Junior. Won the 2009 L.A. City Junior Girls' Championship. Runner-up at the 2008 and 2009 McDonald's Betsey Rawls Girls Championship. Advanced to the third round of match play at the 2009 U.S. Girls' Junior. Won the 2008 Hanmi Bank Junior Open. Runner-up at the 2008 ClubCorp Mission Hills Desert Junior. In 2007, won the Junior All-Star at Marshallia Ranch. Was runner-up at the 2007 Hanmi Bank Junior Open and Medicus Preseason Junior at Rancho Mirage. Advanced to match play in the 2007 and 2008 U.S. Girls' Juniors and the 2008 U.S. Women's Amateur.
2013 Notes: She was an AJGA All-American and won all three of her starts - the Rolex Tournament of Champions; ClubCorp Mission Hills Desert Junior, which included a first-round 63 that is an AJGA record; and Rolex Girls Junior.
2014 Notes: As a freshman at UCLA, she won the inaugural Annika Award as the best women's college golfer. She was a first-team All-American, winning three times (Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invite, Stanford Intercollegiate, Pac-12 Championship) and placed 2nd once. UCLA finished 3rd in the NCAA Women's Golf Championships, and Lee was T-38th in the individual competition. She was T-29th in the ANA Inspiration on a sponsor's exemption. She was 3-1-0 for the victorious 2014 USA Curtis Cup Team in its 13-7 win over Great Britain & Ireland at St. Louis C.C. She lost in the quarterfinals of the 2014 U.S. Women's Amateur, 1 down, to Brooke Henderson, the eventual runner-up. She was T-3rd in the individual portion of the Women's World Amateur Team Championship and helped the USA to a T-5th finish. As an amateur, she was co-medalist with Minjee Lee at the 2014 LPGA Qualifying school and turned pro following the event. She continued to study at UCLA while playing on the LPGA.
2015 Notes: In her rookie year played in 23 events and made 19 cuts, finished 23rd on the money list and 46th in CME points, and had six top-10 finishes. Lee took classes at UCLA from January to March as she prepared to play on the LPGA Tour. She started at the COATES Golf Championship with T-13th. She took one of her final exams while playing in the Founders Cup, where she shot a course-record-tying 63 in the third round and finished T-24th. She was 4th at the Kia Classic, four back of winner Cristie Kerr. Lee was one off the lead after 54 holes and then shot 71 Sunday. She was 3rd at the Kingsmill Invitational, three shots back of winner Minjee Lee. She was T-5th at the Canadian Pacific Women's Open and was named to her first U.S. Solheim Cup team as the leading point-getter on the Rolex Rankings not already exempt from the team. Despite suffering from food poisoning early in the week, Lee was 1-3-0 in the Solheim Cup, winning her singles match over Gwladys Nocera, 3 and 1, as the U.S. team came from four points down on Sunday to win the Matches. At the conclusion of her four-ball match Sunday morning, Lee was involved in a bit of controversy when she missed a birdie putt on 17 and picked up her ball, assuming the 16-inch return putt was conceded. However, opponent Suzann Pettersen claimed no concession was given. After much deliberation, Europe was awarded the hole and eventually won the match, 2 up, with a par on the last hole.
2016 Notes: Played in 23 LPGA events making 15 cuts with 5 top-tens. 2nd at the KEB Hana Bank Championship, losing in a playoff to Carlota Ciganda after they tied at 10-under 278. Was 38th on the money list with $470,783 and 45th in CME points.
2017 Notes: Played in 22 LPGA Tour events making 15 cuts. She was 86th on the money list with $155,163 in earnings and 84th on the CME points list. She continued taking classes at UCLA and skipped the Meijer Classic to participate in graduation ceremonies in Los Angeles. Best finish T-17th at the Marathon Classic.
2018 Notes: Played in 16 LPGA events making five cuts. She was 155th on the money list with $12,054 in earnings and 153rd on the EME points list. Best finish was T-42nd at the Cambia Portland Classic. Had to attend LPGA Q-Series and finished T-15th to retain her LPGA Tour card for 2019.
2019 Notes: Played in 18 LPGA Tour events and made nine cuts. Was 105th on the money list with $114,361 in earnings and 100th on the CME points list. Best finish T-11th at the ISPS Handa Vic Open.
2020 Notes: Played in 8 LPGA events making four cuts. She was 106th on the money list with earnings of $53,301, she was 119th on the CME points list. Best finish T-29th at the AIG Women's Open. Played in one event on the Symetra Tour, T-41st at Florida's Natural Charity Classic.
2021 Notes: Played in 17 LPGA Tour events making 13 cuts with one top-ten finish. Was 63rd on the money list with $316,076 in earnings and 73rd in CME points. Best LPGA Tour finish was 9th at the BMW Ladies Championship. Had seven top-25 finishes, including T-16th at the U.S. Women's Open. On the Symetra Tour, missed the cut at the Carlisle Arizona Women's Golf Classic and T-5th at the IOA Championship.
2022 Notes: Played in 24 LPGA Tour events, making 22 cuts with four top-ten finishes. She was 43rd on the money list with $688,430 in earnings and was 49th in CME points. She was T-8th at the Chevron Championship, where she shot a final-round 67. Shot a final round 66 at the Trust Golf Women's Scottish Open to finish T-5th, five shots back of winner Ayaka Furue. Was T-9th at the CP Women's Open and T-10th at the BMW Ladies Championship. Finished the season with a T-41st finish at the CME Group Tour Championship.
2023 Notes: Was T-9th at the JM Eagle LA Championship and the Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play. In that event lost her round of 16 match to Carlota Ciganda 2 & 1. Finished T-5th at the Aramco Team Series-Florida event on the LET, three shots back of the winner Carlota Ciganda.