No one has played more tournaments this season than Danny Lee. In the 2014-2015 PGA Tour season, Danny Lee has teed it up 27 times. He has only missed four tournaments, and three of them were tournaments he was not qualified for. That mean Lee only took one voluntary week off.

A lot of other golfers may be looking at this as a winning strategy.

On Sunday, Danny Lee fired a final round 67 and beat Kevin Kisner, Robert Streb and David Hearn in a playoff in order to win the Greenbrier Classic, his first victory on the PGA Tour. 

"I was just trying to calm down," Lee said, recalling his emotions as the playoff began. "I was so nervous. My head was blank and I was just trying to breathe. As soon as I stand on the 18th tee box, first playoff (hole), I felt ready. I felt like I could really win this thing."

While Lee, who was born in Korea but moved to New Zealand when he was young, is only 24 years old, this victory has been a long time coming. In 2008, he became the youngest ever winner of the US Amateur Championship at the age of 18. He won the European Tour's Johnnie Walker Classic as a 19 year old amateur. After playing in the 2009 Masters, Lee turned professional, and the entire world was expecting the teenage to turn into a huge superstar.

That, however, would take some time.

Danny Lee played in eleven PGA Tour events in 2009 and made the cut in six of them, but he was unable to earn enough money to be given his PGA Tour card. He finished well back of the pack at Q-School, and decided to switch his attention to the European Tour

His European Tour career got off to a rocky start, as well, making 10 of 20 cuts in 2010 with a best finish of T-21. He went through several swing coaches and caddies, and he lost his European Tour card, focing him to play the Nationwide (now Web.com) Tour. From 2011-2014, Lee bounced around between the PGA and Web.com Tours, before finishing 88th on the PGA Tour last season to secure his card for this season.

Still, Lee was unsatisfied with his swing, so he linked up with instructor Drew Steckel this season. They worked on Lee's swing, and even prior to Lee's victory at Greenbrier, he was on pace for his best season as a professional. Now, with his first victory in his pocket, Lee has vaulted up to 15th in the FedEx Cup standings.

More importantly, he gets into position to make the Presidents Cup, a goal Lee set aside prior to the beginning of the season.

The reason I played so many events was I was really trying to make it into the Presidents Cup this year. It's back in Korea. That's where I was born.

Lee will now have the ability to set his own schedule moving forward. He is now qualified for the Open Championship, PGA Championship, Bridgestone Invitational, and most of the playoff events. Most importantly, this gives Lee an invitation to The Masters next year, and the peace of mind to know that he has his PGA Tour card wrapped up for two more seasons. For someone who has been battling on several Tours all his life, that must feel like a weight off his shoulders.

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