As a 13-year-old in 2022, Hyo Song Lee stunned everyone by winning the Korea Women's Amateur and the Malaysian Women's Amateur as well. She finished the year with a third place finish at the Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship.

In 2023 she joined the National Team and quickly went from strength to strength. Her most amazing accomplishment that year came in defending her title at the Korea Women's Amateur. Going into the final round tied for the lead, she shot a mind-shattering 62, the lowest score in the history of the event, to annihilate the competition by 9 strokes. Included in her wake was Min Sol Kim, the top amateur in the country, who finished ten shots back.

She also notched a bunch more second place and top five finishes in amateur events. Her skill earned her a place in several KLPGA events as well, although she didn't do particularly well in them.

Lee joined with Min Sol Kim at the biennial Espirito Santo Cup, the Women's World Team Championship. Korea had not won the event since Hye Jin Choi was an amateur back in 2017, but the two powerhouses and Kyo Rim Seo combined to get the win, their fourth in the past seven cups and fifth in history. Lee's 5-under 67 in the second round was key to the win. She also finished tied for 13th in the individual standings.

At the end of the year, Lee and Kim played another event together, the Simone Asia Pacific Cup. This event pitted teams of two players from the same country against other teams for team and inidividual prizes. Kim and Lee were one of the few amateur teams, and the youngest, one of five representing Korea (the other four Korean teams were all professionals). They were incredible; they finished tied for 2nd in the team event behind only Atthaya Thitikul's team, and Lee and Kim tied for 4th in the individual standings behind Thitikul, Da Yeon Lee and Min Byeol Kim.

Lee continued to shine in 2024. She attended the Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship again and improved her result, finishing solo second and thus just missing out on the invite to the Augusta National amateur event and three Majors. She also finished tied for 38th at the Singapore Open, the first event of the KLPGA season.

In March, Hyo Song teamed with fellow young prodigy Soomin Oh and Shi Hyun Kim on the Korean team for the Queen Sirikit Cup. After a close battle most of the week, they turned on the jets on Sunday. Hyo Song had an ace en route to a 70 and a solo third finish. Oh won and Kim finished fourth, meaning the Koreans destroyed the competition to get the team victory.

But Hyo Song's entire life changed when she played the Salonpas Cup, one of the Japanese tour Majors, in May. After three rounds, the event was turning into a battle between the top players on the KLPGA and JLPGA, Yewon Lee and Miyuu Yamashita. Hyo Song was seven back and looking good for a top five. But on Sunday, Lee and Yamashita struggled and Hyo Song saw her chance. On the final hole, a par 5, she blistered her drive, then became one of the few to reach the green in two. She drilled the eagle putt and suddenly was in the lead! Amazingly, neither of the top pros was able to catch her, and Hyo Song won the Major. She not only became the youngest player to win a Major in JLPGA history, she became, at 15 years and 176 days, the youngest to win ANY tournament on that tour. Her seven shot comeback was also the largest comeback in history at a JLPGA Major. What an amazing week for the teen superstar!

Hyo Song turned pro in the Fall, but she still had one more big amateur result up her sleeve. She won the Junior R+A Open for girls in Great Britain, becoming the first Korean to ever win that event. She won by eight shots. She then turned pro in July and played a few events in Korea and Japan. She didn't have any great results in Korea in four tries. In Japan, she played nine events but only made four cuts, with her best finiah a 40th. This apparently was still good enough for her to win a Rookie of the Year award, although it seems more likely that she would be a rookie in 2025?

Regardless, she has become a full time player on the JLPGA at 16 years of age. It will be interesting to see how she handles being one of the youngest pros in women's golf.