Min Woo Lee has additional confirmed his world-class standing with an outstanding win within the Australian PGA at Royal Queensland.
The Petth product overcame a shaky Sunday begin to shoot a final-round 68 for an total rating of 20-under, 264, three pictures higher that Japanese runner-up Rikuya Hoshino.
Hoshino had earlier threatened to spoil the get together after Lee’s three shot in a single day lead was gone after simply two holes on Sunday when he began with a bogey and a par.
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In distinction, Hoshino began with successive birdies to attract stage with Lee with 16 holes remaining.
Nonetheless, with the title on the road, 25-year-old Lee rose to the event, and after six holes, he once more led by three strokes.
Lee was by no means significantly threatened after that, and celebrated his memorable day by holing a 50-metre chip for eagle on the par-five, 525-metre ninth gap.
“He’s destined to be a mega-star,” Warren Smith stated on commentary.
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His win within the co-sanctioned PGA Tour of Australasia and DP World Tour occasion was the fourth of his skilled profession, including to his victories on the 2020 Victorian Open, the 2021 Scottish Open and final month’s Macau Open.
“I made it fascinating early on and thru the center however I ended up hanging on so I’m actually proud,” Lee stated.
“I knew I simply wanted to maintain taking part in nicely and do my factor and I did.”
LIV star Marc Leishman completed third on 16-under after a scintillating closing spherical of 64.
West Australian Curtis Luck was a shot additional again on 15-under, with Chilean Joaquin Niemann, who had a hole-in-one on the par-three fourth gap, ending fifth with 13-under.
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