Minjee Lee has enjoyed a highly successful professional career since turning pro in 2014. After qualifying for the LPGA Tour through the 2014 Q-Series, she secured her first victory in 2016 at the Kingsmill Championship. Lee’s breakthrough came in 2021 when she won the U.S. Women’s Open at The Olympic Club, marking her first major championship. She followed up with another major win in 2022 at the Amundi Evian Championship, establishing herself as one of the top players in women’s golf.

Known for her strong all-around game, Lee excels in driving accuracy, and greens in regulation, and has continually improved her putting. As of 2024, Lee remains a dominant force on the LPGA Tour, consistently ranking in the top 10 of the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, currently holding the No. 4 spot. She has continued to be a top contender in major events, posting multiple top-5 finishes in the early part of the 2024 season. Now the question is, who is her biggest supporter grabbing her clubs and bags on the greens as she plays?

Minjee Lee currently is being followed by the famous Australian looper Brad Beecher. He is widely known for being the caddie of one of the greatest female golfers in the history of the sport, Inbee Park. Not to forget that they managed to create one of the greatest duo on the LPGA Tour.  Together, they won seven Majors. Well, that’s how great he is. He started working with her in 2007, and they became like a family.

Brad Beech lives in Broadbeach Waters, Queensland, Australia. He went to the Kooralbyn International School and is believed to be around his 40s. He is immensely fit and likes to maintain his schedule by going to the gym every morning. But the question is, what go Brad Beecher into the golfing world?

Golf runs deep in the blood of Brad Beecher

Brad Beecher comes from a family that is filled with professional golfers. The most significant ones who were earlier part of the LPGA Tour are Karen Lunn and Mardi Lunn. The former managed to bag a total of ten victories on the Ladies European Tour, while the latter played in both leagues. Mardi won five times in her professional career. According to an interview with Golf Monthly, Brad Beecher revealed that it was his cousins who got him into caddying for them and then eventually into the LPGA Tour. 

“They asked me to come out and caddie for a couple of years, and go back to playing golf myself, but I never did,” said Beecher. He went on to add how he enjoyed the adrenaline rush while caddying for golfers. For him, it is the “mix of competition, being in the hunt; ultimately being in contention to help my player succeed.”

He has been working as a professional caddie on the LPGA Tour for more than seventeen years now. Given his occupation, Beecher often keeps traveling to places. He was also part of the Rio Olympics games in 2016, caddying for one of the Korean female golfers. He has never been idle ever since he started working. After Inbee Park, he worked for Danielle Kang before he took up the responsibilities of Minjee Lee.

How did Minjee Lee and Brad Beecher come together?

Minjee Lee was initially working with former caddie Jason Gilroyed for five of her LPGA Tour seasons. However, she had to part ways with him in February 2023. She worked with another Australian caddie Rance De Grussa for a few months before she took up a partnership with Beecher for her bags. Minjee Lee and Beecher started working together in mid-2023, and their partnership quickly yielded impressive results. Within months, they celebrated two victories in the latter half of the 2023 season, winning the Kroger Queen City Championship and the BMW Ladies Championship.

When she was asked if she would continue working with the Australian looper after she clinched the trophy at the BMW Ladies Championship, Minjee Lee said, “I think so. Yeah, Brad and I have been working together since maybe June or July, so it’s quite recent. We get on well because we are both Aussies, so I’m just really happy that I could win here in Korea with him.”

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