Lee So-mi (, born 6 January 1999), also known as Somi Lee, is a South Korean professional golfer. Lee has five professional wins on the LPGA of Korea Tour. She joined the LPGA Tour in 2024.
Early life and amateur career Lee is from Wando, South Korea. As an amateur in 2017, she won the New South Wales Women's Amateur Championship and was runner-up at the Australian Women's Amateur. She was also on the winning team at the Queen Sirikit Cup.
Professional career Lee became a professional in 2017, joining the LPGA of Korea Tour. Lee recorded her first professional win in 2020 at the Huencare Ladies Open.
In 2021, she had two professional wins on the LPGA of Korea Tour, the Dayouwinia MBN Ladies Open and the Lotte Rent A Car Ladies Open.
In 2022, Lee made her U.S. Women's Open debut after being ranked within the top 75 in the world in the Rolex Rankings. She would finish tied for 44th in the tournament. That year she would have two more wins on the LPGA of Korea Tour, at the SK Networks Seoul Economics Ladies Championship and the S-Oil Championship.
Lee finished the 2023 LPGA Q-Series tied for second place, earning her LPGA Tour card for 2024. In 2024, Lee joined the LPGA tour.
In 2025, Lee competed with an "empty hat" after losing sponsor support. Despite this, Lee's performances stood out, when she placed second in the PIF Saudi Ladies International event, after leading for much of the event. That year, Lee opened the Black Desert Championship, with a 6-under 66, rocketing her to the top of the leaderboard. She finished the event in 18th place. In June, Lee placed third in the 2025 Meijer LPGA Classic, two strokes behind the winner, Carlota Ciganda.
Professional wins (6) LPGA of Korea Tour wins (5) 2020 HUENCARE Ladies Open 2021 Lotte Rent a Car Ladies Open, DayouWinia MBN Ladies Open 2022 SK Networks Seoul Economics Ladies Classic, S-Oil Championship
LPGA Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunners-up129 Jun 2025Dow Championship (with Im Jin-hee)67-63-68-62=260−20Playoff Megan Khang and Lexi Thompson
LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult12025Dow Championship(with Im Jin-hee) Megan Khang and Lexi ThompsonWon with birdie on first extra hole
Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order Tournament 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026Chevron ChampionshipCUTT24T34U.S. Women's OpenT44T33CUTT40Women's PGA ChampionshipCUTT8T19The Evian ChampionshipCUTT17T14T10Women's British OpenT22CUTCUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeChevron Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 2The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 3Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1Totals 0 0 0 0 2 7 17 11 Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2024 Evian – 2025 Evian) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)
Team appearances representing South Korea Amateur Queen Sirikit Cup: 2017 (winners)
References
External links
Lee Somi at K-Ranking Somi Lee at Seoul Sisters