Lee Janzen
| Lee Janzen | |
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Janzen in 2008
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Lee McLeod Janzen |
| Born |
August 28, 1964 Austin, Minnesota |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st) |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Residence | Orlando, Florida |
| Career | |
| College | Florida Southern College |
| Turned professional | 1986 |
| Current tour(s) |
PGA Tour Champions Tour |
| Professional wins | 10 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 8 |
| PGA Tour Champions | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in major championships (wins: 2) |
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| Masters Tournament | T12: 1995, 1996 |
| U.S. Open | Won: 1993, 1998 |
| The Open Championship | T24: 1995, 1998 |
| PGA Championship | 4th: 1997 |
Lee McLeod Janzen (born August 28, 1964) is an American professional golfer who is best known for winning the U.S. Open twice in 1993 and 1998.
Janzen was born in Austin, Minnesota, and spent most of his childhood in Baltimore, Maryland, where he played Little League baseball. When Janzen was 12, his father's company transferred him to Florida and his parents started him in golf and tennis, and he continued playing baseball. Janzen liked golf best and started playing that sport exclusively. He won his first tournament at age 15 as a member of the Greater Tampa Junior Golf Association.
Janzen chose to attend a small college – Florida Southern. In 1985 and 1986, Florida Southern won the Division II national team championship. Janzen was the individual medalist in 1986. He turned professional later that same year.
In 1989, Janzen joined the PGA Tour. He has won eight times on the PGA Tour, most notably the 1993 and 1998 U.S. Opens. In 1993, Janzen defeated Payne Stewart at Baltusrol in Springfield, New Jersey, en route to tying the 72-hole U.S. Open scoring record of 8-under-par. Five years later, he again beat out Stewart to win his second U.S. Open, this time at the Olympic Club in San Francisco. He overcame a five stroke deficit on Sunday, marking the best final-round comeback in a U.S. Open for 25 years since Johnny Miller's win in 1973.
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