Australia’s Minjee Lee gained her tenth profession LPGA title in South Korea on Sunday, clinching a primary victory in her dad and mom’ homeland.
Lee, born in Perth to Korean dad and mom, defeated American Alison Lee within the playoff to win the BMW Girls Championship on the Seowon Valley Nation Membership course in Paju.
It adopted her youthful brother Min Woo’s wire-to-wire win on the Macau Open final week, marking the primary time a brother and sister have gained professional tournaments on main excursions within the area of every week.
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The 27-year-old had led by two pictures with two holes to play, however Alison Lee pulled even with birdies on the seventeenth and 18th.
The sport headed to a playoff after Minjee Lee managed pars on the ultimate two holes.
Again on the 18th for the primary playoff gap, Alison Lee missed her try and the Australian sank her birdie putt to take residence US$330,000.
Sunday’s win was her second this season, following victory on the Kroger Queen Metropolis Championship introduced by P&G, the place she defeated England’s Charley Hull in a two-hole playoff.
The South Korea event marked the second of 4 within the LPGA Tour’s Asian swing, following the Shanghai occasion final week.
The tour strikes to Malaysia and Japan over the subsequent two weeks.