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Looking at his golf career, he tried out for the Web.com and the Japan Tour Shigeo Nagashima Invitational in 2012
Tour Q School (development tour) at the end of 2015, and the 2015 Honma Tour World Cup.
but failed to achieve his goal. Then in 2018, He acquired He served as a national team member of the Korean
the PGA Tour Seed after he was ranked 8th in the money national team in 2008 and 2010, and won the gold medal
ranking at the Web.com Tour. in the 2010 Asian Games golf team match in Guangzhou
in 2010 along with the KPGA money prize winner in 2015.
K H Lee started playing as a shot put player at the age of In the PGA Tour, he finished 3rd in the 2019 Zurich Classic
13. and finally claimed his first victory at the AT&T Byron
He started playing golf while walking around 18 holes, Nelson in 2021.
thinking that if he played golf he would lose weight, but In his interview after the tournament, K H Lee said, "I
after realizing that he had a talent for golf, he started can't believe that the win has come to me. Now I can be
playing golf. more confident on the tour, and I am excited to participate
From an early age, he wanted to be an athlete because in major events like the Masters."
of his physical advantage, but he became fascinated with
golf and eventually became a golfer. K H Lee, who is a close friend of Byeong Hun Ahn, likes
He graduated at Korea Sports University as a physical desserts such as ice cream and mochi.
education, and has two wins on the Korean Tour, winning He lives in Florida with his wife, Joo Yeon Yoo, who is
the Kolon Korea Open in 2015, Kolon Korea Open in 2016, expecting in July 2021.

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