South Korean golf sensation Lee Jeong-eun has officially clinched this year's top rookie prize on the premier women's golf tour.<br />The LPGA Tour announced on Thursday that Lee, the current world No. 4, has won the 2019 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year award …by earning 12-hundred-73 points in the rookie standings.<br />With five tournaments left in the season, …she holds a 756-point lead over the closest other contender, Kristen Gillman of the U.S.<br />Lee is the 13th player from Korea to win the honor and the fifth consecutive Korean winner.<br />Over on the men's side, Korea's Im Sung-jae was voted the best rookie on the PGA Tour, …becoming the first Asian and Korean to win the award.<br />
