Danny Lee (golfer)

Danny Jin-Myung Lee (Korean: 이진명; born 24 July 1990) is a New Zealand professional golfer.

[8] In February 2009, Lee won the Johnnie Walker Classic in Perth, Australia, a professional tournament co-sanctioned by the European, Asian, and Australasian tours.

In the second round he eagled the par-5 eighth and played the front nine in 34, but a six-putt led to quintuple bogey on the 10th, dropping him to five-over for the tournament.

[15] Lee was allowed to use seven sponsor exemptions during the PGA Tour season, and gained three other starts courtesy of his U.S.

That top ten finish earned Lee a spot in the following week's John Deere Classic, meaning he did not have to use one of his two remaining sponsor exemptions.

[19] As a drawcard for the Korea Open and the Coca-Cola Tokai Classic in Japan, he played the first two rounds of both events with fellow teen prodigy Ryo Ishikawa.

Lee entered the PGA Tour's qualifying school at the first stage level,[20] beginning his campaign in McKinney, Texas on 20 October.

[22] After arriving back in Asia for the Singapore Open, Lee cited swing changes, illness and cold weather as reasons for his disappointing performance in Texas, and confirmed an intention to play mainly on the European Tour in 2010.

[24] He then played the WGC-HSBC Champions, the Hong Kong Open, and represented New Zealand with David Smail at the Omega Mission Hills World Cup, all with limited success.

Lee made a poor start to the 2010 season, making just two cuts in his first nine events on the European Tour.

On the eve of the BMW PGA Championship in May, Lee announced a new partnership with English caddy Peter Coleman.

[25] However, after receiving a sponsor's invite to play the RBC Canadian Open in July, Lee stated he was now without a swing coach.

[30] His placing earned him full Nationwide Tour playing rights, allowing him to plan a 35-event, two-tour itinerary for 2011.

In June he injured his left wrist during an Open Championship qualifier, forcing his withdrawal and a four-week break from competition.

[34] Diagnosed as tendonitis, he worked with his caddy in American events, Jeff Belen, on grip and swing adjustments.

In early October Lee won the WNB Golf Classic in Texas, beating Harris English in a playoff.

On the back of six straight missed cuts, Lee adopted a claw putting grip for the Puerto Rico Open in March.

He credited the change of putting style for yielding him an instant result; a runner-up finish, two shots behind winner Chesson Hadley.

In the 2019 PGA Championship, Lee announced he was now working with golf coach George Gankas which was netting him a significant increase in length off his tee shots; especially his driver.

[45] Following his appearance at the Genesis Invitational on the PGA Tour in February, Lee joined LIV Golf ahead of its second season.