Danny Lee

2023 - 3 - 20

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By the numbers: Why Danny Lee jumped ship to LIV Golf (Stuff.co.nz)

It seemed difficult to find anything more staggering than Danny Lee's off-the-green putt to win LIV Golf Tuscon. Then came the winner's cheque.

He then picked up another shot on the third playoff hole to take the win. Lee began the final day four shots off the lead but continued to move forward as many others went backward. In a career that has been plagued by injuries, Lee made 303 starts on the PGA Tour. With just six rounds of LIV Golf under his belt, Lee has already won in excess of a quarter of his total PGA Tour earnings that took 11 seasons to accumulate. Over more than a decade on the PGA Tour, Lee earnt NZ$24.4m. A huge boost at the time but it now pales in comparison to his LIV riches. But if he could make it through 50 LIV tournaments, he would likely be well past his total PGA earnings. His victory in the Greenbrier Classic in West Virgina netted him NZ$1.8 million. Although, that’s not counting his three playoff holes. In 11 seasons on the PGA Tour, Lee was only able to register one tournament win which came way back in 2015. [than Danny Lee’s off-the-green putt to win the LIV Golf](https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/golf/300834723/watch-danny-lee-holes-incredible-putt-for-63-million-win-on-liv-tour) [ Tucson](https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/golf/300834723/watch-danny-lee-holes-incredible-putt-for-63-million-win-on-liv-tour)? [Kiwi golfer Danny Lee joins controversial LIV Golf Tour](https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/golf/131289365/kiwi-golfer-danny-lee-joins-controversial-liv-golf-tour?rm=a)

Danny Lee breaks win drought with LIV victory (RNZ)

A "speechless" Danny Lee wins first golf tournament since 2015 after making switch to LIV Golf.

that's why I wanted to come over here win as a team," Lee said. It's just good to see I'm capable of playing some good golf again." The LIV golfers play in 12 different teams and amass points for the team and themselves individually.

Golf: 'Life-changing decision' - the phone call that convinced Danny ... (New Zealand Herald)

Kiwi golfer Danny Lee says he made the “life-changing decision” to join LIV Golf after a phone call from his good friend and current tour teammate Kevin Na.

Every shot counts, if it was like -- you just want to get involved in a team event. You get to play with one of the best in the world, and there’s a team aspect. I made probably the best decision to play on LIV Golf. On a fourth or fifth week in a row and when you have a really, really bad first round, sometimes it’s really mentally hard to grind it out for that second round to make the cut. “That kind of stuff was a little different, but here you only have 14 events. “The reason he told me that was probably I tend to play too many weeks in a row, and ...

Kiwi Danny Lee sinks putt, wins $6m on controversial LIV tour (1 News)

Lee sunk a clutch putt to earn victory in his second start on the Saudi-backed breakaway tour.

I just felt like winning is just not my thing but today just changed that. I haven’t won since 2015. In just his second start in the Saudi Arabia-backed tour, Lee held off Brendan Steele, Louis Oosthuizen and Carlos Ortiz in a four-way playoff on the third play-off hole.

Payday: Danny Lee earns more than $4 million by winning LIV Golf ... (Cronkite News)

LIV Golf made its way to Tucson for the first time this past weekend. Over three days, many notable moments happened at the Gallery Golf Club but none ...

“I’m happy I was able to come in for the team,” Ortiz said. The closest Lee came to winning there was a fourth-place finish in 2013 when he finished 11-under par for the tournament. They beat out 4Aces GC, which finished four strokes behind in the team competition that is a hallmark of the LIV tour. Lee pocketed a share of his team’s $500,000 prize for finishing third. Lee won in a four-way playoff at the Gallery Golf Club in the second LIV event of the 2023 season and pocketed $4 million. (Lopez-Chacarra) was the one consistent at keeping the team right there, but (Garcia) played great yesterday, (Ancer) played great the first round, I played great today, so that’s what you need to win. Oosthuizen and Steele made par on the third and Lee’s approach missed the green by about 10 feet. In 11 PGA Tour seasons, the New Zealander had won just one tournament and a total of a little over $15 million in prize money. He missed the cut in seven of 11 tries at TPC Scottsdale. “I just want to be the best I can be. He missed five cuts, including at the Genesis. LIV Golf is funded by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund and the tour offers purses far larger than those on the PGA Tour.

Golf: Kiwi Danny Lee sinks stunning $6.3 million putt for first win on ... (Newshub)

Kiwi Danny Lee has claimed the biggest win of his career, pocketing US$4 million (NZ$6.3 million) after a triumphant performance at Tuscon on the LIV Golf ...

Danny Lee, who thought he was done winning, is last man standing ... (GolfDigest.com)

Danny Lee poses with the trophy for winning the LIV Golf League event in Tuscon. He won a four-man playoff to earn $4 million. Christian Petersen.

“I just love [the team aspect] for me,” Lee said. He could see that my game is so close to being great, but he told me that this environment of LIV Golf is probably better for me than staying out on the PGA Tour. Tucson wasn't in my head, but Mayakoba, I always played well there, Greenbrier, I won there, and then Singapore, Sentosa, which we're going to come back to, I have played well there before. While Lee and his Irons Heads were third at 19 under par, Sergio Garcia’s Fireballs GC ran away with the title at 25 under to win by four shots over Dustin Johnson’s 4Aces GC. Ortiz was eliminated after the first extra hole, where Lee missed a six-foot birdie putt to win everything. He joined LIV Golf last month at the invitation of Kevin Na, who captains the Iron Heads GC team.