Lee McCoy | |
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Personal information | |
Born |
Dunedin, Florida |
February 5, 1994
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight | 145 lb (66 kg; 10.4 st) |
Nationality | United States |
Residence | Clarkesville, Georgia |
Career | |
College | University of Georgia |
Turned professional | 2016 |
Best results in major championships |
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Masters Tournament | DNP |
U.S. Open | CUT: 2015 |
The Open Championship | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP |
Lee McCoy (born February 5, 1994) is an American professional golfer. He qualified for the 2015 U.S. Open.
McCoy was born in Dunedin, Florida, to Terry and Cheryl McCoy. He started playing golf when he was about 18 months old and grew up in a subdivision of Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club. For his final year of high school, McCoy moved to Georgia, where he won the 2012 Class 4A state championship and was named Georgia's player of the year. McCoy played college golf at the University of Georgia; as a junior he was named a first-team All-American and was a member of the U.S. 2015 Walker Cup and Palmer Cup teams. He qualified for the 2015 U.S. Open, missing the cut. He plans on turning professional after the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship. At the 2016 Valspar Championship on the PGA Tour, McCoy shot the low round of the third round with a 5-under 66. He finished the tournament in fourth place.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10