Sang Lee Passes Away

[sjm]

I was saddened to read about the death of three cushion legend Sang Lee. I have played many times at Carom Cafe in queens, NY. Carom cafe is the room he and his close friend Michael Kang conceived and built only about five years ago.

I remember the only time I played three cushion with Sang. I needed to make 23 before he made 80, but he smoked me like a cigar, pummeling me by 80 - 11. At one point, he had three back-to-back innnings of 9 - 8 - 9. Now how could anyone compete with that?

Guess I won't get revenge after all, but I'm glad to have known the man, and always respected him as an ambassador for three cushion billiards.

 

[Williebetmore]

SJM,
Not that I am a student of billiards, but for anyone who has even a casual interest in seeing some extraordinary talent, they MUST see the Accu-Stats video of Sang Lee playing against Raymond Ceulemans. You will be astonished at their imagination, speed control, and accuracy. To me it appears superhuman.

 

[sjm]

SJM,
Not that I am a student of billiards, but for anyone who has even a casual interest in seeing some extraordinary talent, they MUST see the Accu-Stats video of Sang Lee playing against Raymond Ceulemans. You will be astonished at their imagination, speed control, and accuracy. To me it appears superhuman.

That's a good one, Willie. I own several Sang Lee Accu-stats tapes, but my favorite is Sang Lee vs Lou Havermans (1996?), a match in which Sang needs just 24 innings to get to 60, and in which he runs both a 15 and a 14. Simply amazing. Robert Byne's great commentary makes it even better.

 

[piglit]

We have lost a Master Artisan in Sang Lee. Best wishes to his family and friends.

-Pig

 

[chief]

MR. Lee was an outstanding ambassador of billiards and probably was one of the reasons billiards gained much more popularity.15 years ago there was only a handfull of tournys in the USA,now theres several tournys a year that draw international players and even weekly tournys in certain citys.Actually he was a celebrity in billiard circles but was very aproachable and loved to play with anyone.