Richard Lee hasn’t played a PGA Tour event since November because of thumb surgery
Richard Lee picked up golf later than most of his peers on the PGA Tour. He has a vivid image of his first visit to a driving range, at Bellevue Golf Course, at age 14.
“I wasn’t very good,” he recalled, “but I fell in love with it.”
Golf became his obsession. Soon, he would take his first lesson at Willows Run in Redmond. Less than two years later, midway through his sophomore year at Newport High School, his drive to become a pro golfer spurred a dramatic decision: he packed two bags and his golf clubs, left his family and moved to the Philippines.