Danny Lee

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.

He was unable to recover, eventually finishing 11-over par.

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

Lee was born in Incheon, South Korea, and emigrated to New Zealand at the age of eight.

He became a New Zealand citizen on 2 September 2008 in Rotorua, where he attended Rotorua Boys' High School.

Lee became the youngest ever winner of the U.S. Amateur in August 2008, aged 18 years and one month, six months younger than Tiger Woods when he won in 1994.

His age record was broken the following year by 17-year-old An Byeong-hun.

He became number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking on 20 August 2008 and remained number one until he turned pro in April 2009.

He was awarded the 2008 Mark H. McCormack Medal on 27 August.

In October 2008, Lee represented New Zealand at the Eisenhower Trophy in Adelaide, Australia.

A final round 11-over 84 saw him finish T37 in the individual standings.

That figure is the amount earned by the player who finished 150th on the 2008 money list.

Lee made six out of eleven PGA Tour cuts after turning pro, with two top-25 finishes.

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

He was the youngest ever winner on the European Tour, surpassing Dale Hayes, and only the second amateur winner after Pablo Martín.

Lee's first major was the 2009 Masters Tournament, where his first round two-over 74 put him in a position to make the cut.

Lee turned professional after the 2009 Masters Tournament, forfeiting his guaranteed entry into the 2009 U.S. Open and the 2009 British Open as the 2008 U.S. Amateur champion.

In April, Lee signed a two-year endorsement contract with Callaway Golf, to use Callaway clubs, balls, and signage on his clothes.

The company has not released how much his contract is worth, but sources say it is for US$1 million per year.

Lee was allowed to use seven sponsor exemptions during the PGA Tour season, and gained three other starts courtesy of his U.S. Amateur and Johnnie Walker Classic titles.

His goal was to earn $537,958 which would have given him temporary membership and allowed him to receive an unlimited amount of invitations.

He used his last sponsor exemption of the season to play in that tournament and did not earn enough money on tour to earn his card for 2010.

Lee then switched his focus to the European Tour, as well as playing selected events in Asia.

He made his maiden appearance as a professional in Europe at the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles where he finished T10.

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, beginning his campaign in McKinney, Texas on 20 October.

Needing to finish in roughly the top third of the field, rounds of 72-78-69-76 saw him fall well short of advancing to the second stage.

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.

He also announced he had signed Korean-born Suckki Jang, an affiliate of Hank Haney, as his new coach.

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.

The New Zealand team finished tied for 11th.

He tied for 13th at the HP Byron Nelson Championship in May, and improved on his best finish in a PGA Tour event by finishing in a tie for 7th at the AT&T National in July.

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.

The money from his T-7 finish put him $187,904 away from earning temporary status on tour.

Lee missed the cut by two strokes at the John Deere Classic after bogeying the last two holes of his second round.

Lee missed the cut again three weeks later at the Buick Open.

In August, Lee became the youngest player to play in a World Golf Championship event when he played the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

He finished T51 at the event.

He made the cut but did not finish at the Wyndham Championship two weeks later.

The win took him to 159th place in the Official World Golf Ranking.