Australian Minjee Lee weathered a late rally by Alison Lee to ultimately defeat the American on the primary playoff gap and win the LPGA South Korea match on Sunday.
Each gamers completed at 16-under 272 on the Seowon Valley Nation Membership course exterior Seoul forcing a playoff, the place the Australian made a birdie on the par-4 18th after her namesake noticed her birdie try narrowly miss.
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It was 27-year-old Minjee Lee’s tenth tour title and second win in her final three begins after claiming the Kroger Queen Metropolis Championship in Cincinnati in July. Sunday’s win makes her the third participant from Australia to succeed in double digits in Tour victories, becoming a member of Jan Stephenson (16) and Karrie Webb (41).
America’s Lee continues to be trying to find her first tour victory, however can rely herself desperately unfortunate after mounting a powerful comeback to drive what had seemed to be an unlikely playoff after making bogey on the sixteenth to path Minjee Lee by two pictures.
However clutch birdie putts on the seventeenth and 18th, to go along with 5 different birdies and two bogeys, helped her end with a 67 and draw stage with the Australian, who had 5 birdies and a lone bogey in her spherical of 68.
Defending champion Lydia Ko, a South Korean-born New Zealander, shot 69 to complete 14-under 274 and was two strokes behind in third place.
Angel Yin (67) adopted her breakthrough win on the LPGA Shanghai occasion final week with a fourth-place end at 13-under 275.
Celine Boutier, who gained the Scottish Open and the Evian Championship again to again in August, completed in a five-player tie for fifth. Becoming a member of Boutier (70) at 12 beneath have been Jodi Ewart Shadoff (65), Jeonguen Lee (67), Atthaya Thitikul (69) and Jiyai Shin (69).
In a single day joint-leader, Ashleigh Buhai light on Sunday with a 74 to complete in a tie for thirteenth at 10 beneath.
No. 1-ranked Lilia Vu shot a 66 and was in a tie for forty eighth at 3 beneath.
The South Korea match is the second of 4 within the LPGA Tour ’s Asian swing after opening in Shanghai final week. The tour strikes to Malaysia and Japan over the following two weeks.