Minjee Lee attended the Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, where her high school golf team competed on Spyglass Hill. She won the California Women’s Amateur Championship at the age of 12 and went on to win it four times.
Then, at the age of 17, she won the US Women’s Amateur Public Links and committed to Duke, one of the country’s top women’s golf schools. Throughout that period, her instructor was Cypress Point’s famed pro-Jim Langley.
Mina Harigae siblings: Does Mina Harigae have brothers and sisters?
Mina Harigae has brothers and sisters who are undocumented.
She also has a connection to her family’s history as an immigrant in America.
“I’m quite proud of my Japanese background and culture,” Mina stated. “At the same time, I am about as American as you can get, having grown up in California and now residing in Arizona.” That is one of the most wonderful aspects of being Asian American. I have the best of both worlds. Every day, I am grateful. And I’ll never forget that.”
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