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Lee Jungeun6 Wins 2019 Louise Suggs

Rolex Rookie of the Year Award

With Five Tournaments Left in the 2019 Season

She Claims the Rookie of the Year Award

이정은6, 2019 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Award 확정

2019 시즌 5개 대회 남기고 신인상 확정지어

young (2018) for the fifth consecutive year.
Lee Jung-6 joined the 2019 LPGA Tour by finishing
in the first Q series in 2018. In June, she won the U.S.
Women’s Open, becoming Rolex First-Time Winner
and the 19th player to win the U.S Women’s Open as
her first LPGA Tour victory in history. She also fin-
ished second in the LPGA MEDIHEAL Champion,
ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer, Aberdeen
Standard Investments Ladies Scotty Open, in addi-
tion to making 10 top 20s. Lee Jungeun6 is currently
ranked fourth in the Rolex women’s world golf rank-
ings.
With five tournaments remaining this season, Lee is
in second place behind Ko Jin-young, who won four
games with a $1,913,357 win in the season. She is also
second to Ko in the Rolex Player of the Year category.
She was also second to Ko at the Rolex ANNIKA Ma-
jor Award, where the award was already confirmed.
In addition, she has also shown good records in the
AYTONA BEACH, FL, Oct. 10, 2019 – Lee Jungeun6 will top 10 in various recording categories, including average strokes
Dreceive the 2019 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year (5th, 69.6 strokes), birdies (8th, 305), eagles (8th, 9th), green hit
Award. Lee Jungeun6, winner of the 2019 U.S. Women’s Open, ratio (10th, 75th), round numbers of 60 strokes (6th, 35th) and
tied for eighth at the last Voluntary of America Classic, after under par round numbers (3rd, 58th).
which Lee Jungeun6’s rookie 1,273 points led second-place Kris- Before joining the LPGA Tour, Lee Jungeun6 played as a member
ten Gillman by 756 points to seal the award with five games re- of the KLPGA Tour from 2016 to 2018, during which she won six
maining in the 2019 season. major championships, including the 2018 Hanwha Classic and
After the award was confirmed, Lee Jungeun6 said, “I’m so hon- the 2018 KB Financial Star Championship. She also became the
ored and proud that a South Korean player will be able to win the KLPGA money leader for the second consecutive year (2017 and
LPGA Rookie of the Year award for the fifth consecutive year. I 2018).
think the advices from Korean veterans helped me adapt to the Lee Jungeun6 will receive the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the
Rookie season,” she said, “I want to show good performances in Year at the 2019 Rolex LPGA Awards, which are scheduled to
the remaining tournaments as well as the season is just around take place on Thursday of the season’s final CME Group Tour
the corner.” Championship at Tiburon Golf Club on Nov. 21.
Lee Jungeun6 will receive her 13th rookie of the year award as Meanwhile, since the award was established in 1962, 10 Rook-
a player of the Republic of Korea, followed by Kim Se-young ie of the Year winners have been inducted into the LPGA and
(2015), Jeon In-ji (2016), Park Sung-hyun (2017) and Ko Jin- the World Golf Hall of Fame. These players are Joanne Carner

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