Lucy Li
| Lucy Li | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born |
October 1, 2002 Stanford, California |
| Nationality |
 United States
|
| Residence | Redwood Shores, California |
| Career | |
| Status | Amateur |
| Best results in LPGA major championships |
|
| ANA Inspiration | T70: 2017 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | DNP |
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT: 2014 |
| Women's British Open | DNP |
| Evian Championship | DNP |
Lucy Li (born October 1, 2002) is an American amateur golfer. She currently holds records as the youngest qualifier for the U.S. Women's Amateur and the U.S. Women's Open. She is the second-youngest qualifier for the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links, and the youngest ever to advance to match play in that event. Li was an age group winner at the inaugural Masters Drive, Chip, and Putt Championship in Augusta, Georgia. As of 2014, she is a student of Jim McLean.
Born in Stanford, California, Li now lives in Redwood Shores. Her father, Warren Li, is a San Francisco Bay Area computer consultant and . Her mother, Amy Zeng, is a former Hewlett-Packard employee. Warren and Amy were raised in China and moved to the United States from Australia in 1998. Warren has a Ph.D. in computer science, while Amy has a master's degree in the field. Lucy was born in 2002. She lived with her aunt Tao Zeng four months per year to train in Florida near Trump National Doral Miami and McLean's Golf School. Li is homeschooled. She performs some of her schoolwork through independent study in the months she is in Florida.
Li took diving lessons at Stanford University and was platform diving from 10 metres (32.8 ft) at age 4. She was also active in gymnastics and music. Some sources claim that she began practicing at Mariners Point Golf Center at about age 4 or 5, with informal coaching from her mother and aunt. Other sources claim that she began playing golf at age 7 while watching her older brother Luke, a Princeton University student, who was hitting balls at a driving range. Li likes to tell the latter story, but Mariners Point head pro, Joby Ross, confirmed that at about 3 or 4 years old Li was very boisterous about her interest in the sport to the point of throwing tantrums when being asked to leave. At age 7 her parents called Jim McLean, who also coaches or has coached Lexi Thompson, Cristie Kerr,Keegan Bradley and Erik Compton, and arranged a visit to meet him at Doral. Afterwards, the family made summer living arrangements with her aunt. Then, McLean began working with her. Li's practice course is Cinnabar Hills in San Jose.
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