Chieh Po Lee, also known as Max Lee, nearly managed to score a hole-in-one in the 17th hole of the final round. He followed that up by nearly scoring an eagle at the 18th. However, Lee only needed two birdies to best his opponents. That’s how you deal with 4th round nerves during a life-changing golf event.

The Taiwanese pro has had a wild ride throughout his career. While we will reflect on it further down below, one thing is for certain, he has made it to the big leagues now. Lee has won the LIV Golf Promotions event at the Riyadh Golf Club and gained a guaranteed contract with LIV Golf for the 2025 season.

@flushingitgolf did justice to Chieh Po Lee as they showed his amazing strokeplay in the final two holes of the LIV Golf Promotions event. the 1:07-minute video captures the amazing shots Lee hit in the 4th round to win the tournament by a margin of 3 strokes.

The caption read, “Chieh-po (Max) Lee from Taiwan turned pro in 2015. Gained his Asian Tour card. Lost his Asian Tour card. Played various developmental tours across Asia. Re-gained his Asian Tour card. Qualified for International Series events. Won his first event in 9 years in October. Qualified for LIV Promotions. Now he’s just flagged it on the last 2 holes to guarantee a 2025 contract on the LIV Golf League. Awesome story!” This gave a perfect overview of the career Lee has had up till the events in the last few hours.

Chieh Po Lee won his first title in the Asian Tour, the 2024 International Series Thailand in late October 2024. Interestingly, there are quite a few similarities between his performance in Thailand and Riyadh. On both occasions, Lee scored birdies in the final two holes to win the tournament. Back in Thailand, he did it against RangGoats GC’s Peter Uihlein, beating the LIV Golf pro by 1 stroke.

However, his great run of form had already begun in early September as he secured his first top-10 finish of the season. Within a span of 4 months, Lee secured a total of 7 top-10 finishes before participating in the LIV Golf Promotions event.  Lee’s consistency has also helped him rank up to 223 on the OWGR leaderboard. It’s worth noting that Chieh Po Lee has also played in 11 PGA Tour China events with his best finish of T3 coming at the 2018 Chongqing Championship.

Lee’s LIV Golf commitments may keep him busy in 2025. However, if the 28-year-old continues to succeed in the Asian Tour, we might see him participate in the majors in the next couple of years. That would be a fairytale story for Chieh Po Lee.

That’s all we have about Lee as a professional golfer. But what about his commitments outside of golf?

Chieh Po Lee beyond golf

While Chieh Po Lee may have not had the ideal start to his career after turning pro in 2015, he has slowly gained fame and success over the years. As per his Instagram @maxlee_golf17, Lee is sponsored by the famous automobile brand, Audi. He often promotes the Audi brand on his account. He also often wears a Sunrise Group hat. Although there is no confirmation whether the company sponsors Max Lee.

As for his personal life, Lee is great friends with PGA Tour pro, Kevin Yu. In fact, a few weeks before the LIV Golf star’s first Asian Tour victory, Yu had managed to win his first PGA Tour win at the 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship. Lee and Yu are childhood friends and have been playing golf with each other ever since they were kids. As per his Asian Tour profile, Max Lee also takes inspiration from the incredibly skilled Kevin Yu. There are also reports that suggest Lee is close friends with Chan Shih-chang. Not only that, but the Taiwanese pro is such a great friend of him that Chan also made Lee the godfather to his son.

That’s all we could find about Chieh Po Lee so far. However, now that he has become a LIV Golf star, we are sure we will soon get to learn a lot more about him. You can follow his Instagram to stay directly updated about his life or check this space for more info.