Tain Lee

Exempt status

• Korn Ferry Tour: Qualifying Tournament Finishers 2-10 and Ties (thru 2022)

JOINED TOUR

• Korn Ferry Tour: 2015
• PGA TOUR Canada: 2016

Personal

• Was born in Columbia, Maryland, and lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, before moving to California.
• Fond golf memory is playing golf with his dad on cold winter days in Cincinnati.
• If not a professional golfer, would be an entrepreneur.
• Favorite course played is Pete Dye GC.
• Biggest thrill outside golf was spending time at an orphanage in Mexico.
• Would like to start a charity to help youth fulfill their greatest potential.
• Learned how to play golf by reading Golf Digest magazines as a kid.

Special Interests

• Tennis, ping pong, fishing

CURRENT YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

• Visit Knoxville Open: Played bogey-free golf in his final two rounds en route to a 12-under 268 for T9, his second top-10 of the season and first since January, at the Visit Knoxville Open.
• The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club: Totaled a 13-under 275, highlighted by a 6-under 66 in the second round, for a T4 and career-high finish on the Korn Ferry Tour at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club.

Career Highlights

2022 Season

• Visit Knoxville Open: Played bogey-free golf in his final two rounds en route to a 12-under 268 for T9, his second top-10 of the season and first since January, at the Visit Knoxville Open.
• The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club: Totaled a 13-under 275, highlighted by a 6-under 66 in the second round, for a T4 and career-high finish on the Korn Ferry Tour at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club.

2021 Season

Appeared in five Forme Tour tournaments, making three cuts and posting two top-25s. Ended the season 73rd on the Points List.

2019 Season

Had 11 Mackenzie Tour starts, making five cuts and registering three top-25 finishes, included a top 10. Ended the season No. 51 on the Order of Merit to retain Mackenzie Tour status through the 2020 season.

• GolfBC Championship: Shot back-to-back 67s on the weekend at Gallagher’s Canyon G&CC to T9 with five others.
• Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada Q-School-CANADA: Played all four rounds under par at Crown Isle Resort, making five birdies in his final seven holes of the final round to finish T4 and earn a full exemption through the first half of the Mackenzie Tour season.

2017 Season

Made six cuts in 10 Mackenzie Tour starts, finishing the season 77th on the Order of Merit.

2016 Season

Made eight of 12 cuts on the Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada and recorded three top 10s.

• Freedom 55 Financial Championship: Posted rounds of 64-68 on the weekend to finish T4 at the season-ending Freedom 55 Financial Championship.
• Niagara Championship: Finished T7 at the Niagara Championship to move to No. 29 in the Order of Merit.
• Staal Foundation Open presented by Tbaytel: Held a two-stroke lead through 36 holes at the Staal Foundation Open before going on to notch a career-best T4 finish thanks to four rounds under par.

2015 Season

Played in 20 Korn Ferry Tour events, making five cuts, with all five coming within his first seven starts. Best finish was a T30 in March in Chile, where he opened with a 63 to take a one-shot lead. Dropped to T26 after a second-round 73. Rounds of 71-67 led to his T30 finish.

2014 Season

Shot 65 to take first-round lead. Second-round 77 dropped him to T45. Rebounded with another 65 on the third day before closing with 69-68-69. Other finishes were T24, T24 and T39.

• Web.com Tour Q-School: Finished T5 at Korn Ferry Tour Q-School in December.
• Najeti Hotels et Golf: Member of 2014 European Tour and 2014 Challenge Tour. Got four starts on European Tour, making all four cuts, with best showing a T12 at the Najeti Hotels et Golf in June.

2013 Season

Played in three Korn Ferry Tour events but missed the cut in all three.

2012 Season

Made two Korn Ferry Tour starts. Finished T46 at the Neediest Kids Championship.

Amateur Highlights

• Earned the Jack Nicklaus Award as Player of the Year on the strength of winning the NCAA Division III national championship in 2010.
• Four-time first-team All-American.

Q SCHOOL GRADUATE

• Korn Ferry Tour: 2014