Minjee Lee knows something about closing out wins. In capturing her 10th career LPGA title on Sunday with a playoff victory over Alison Lee at the BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea, the 27-year-old Perth superstar has now won seven times when she has been leading entering the final round.
Lee was tied with Ashleigh Buhai after 54 holes at Seowon Hills at Seowon Valley Country Club in South Korea, then posted a closing four-under 68 while Buhai stumbled with a 74. But Alison Lee charged with a 67 to force extra holes. There, Minjee Lee made a six-footer for birdie on the first extra hole after Alison Lee missed a 12-footer for birdie.
Minjee’s win earned her the first-place prizemoney payout of $US330,000 from an overall purse of $2.3 million. Lee crossed the $1.5 million earning mark for 2023 and the $13.5 million career mark ($13,765,643). She’s 11th on the all-time career money list, trailing Lexi Thompson by $85,312 for 10th place.
Here are the prizemoney payouts for everyone competing this week in South Korea.
Win: Minjee Lee, -16, $330,000
2: Alison Lee, -16, $202,680
3: Lydia Ko, -14, $147,030
4: Angel Yin, -13, $113,739
T-5: Jodi Ewart Shadoff, -12, $66,691
T-5: Jeongeun Lee6, -12, $66,691
T-5: Atthaya Thitikul, -12, $66,691
T-5: Jiyai Shin, -12, $66,691
T-5: Celine Boutier, -12, $66,691
T-10: Jenny Shin, -11, $41,797
T-10: Ayaka Furue, -11, $41,797
T-10: Lauren Coughlin, -11, $41,797
T-13: Perrine Delacour, -10, $35,287
T-13: Seojin Park, -10, Amateur
T-13: Ashleigh Buhai, -10, $35,287
T-16: Sung Hyun Park, -9, $28,481
T-16: Hae Ran Ryu, -9, $28,481
T-16: Hee Young Park, -9, $28,481
T-16: Hyo Joo Kim, -9, $28,481
T-16: Nelly Korda, -9, $28,481
T-16: Sarah Schmelzel, -9, $28,481
T-22: Linn Grant, -8, $22,471
T-22: Yan Liu, -8, $22,471
T-22: Brooke M. Henderson, -8, $22,471
T-22: Pajaree Anannarukarn, -8, $22,471
T-22: Allisen Corpuz, -8, $22,471
T-22: Hannah Green, -8, $22,471
T-28: Patty Tavatanakit, -7, $18,503
T-28: Hye-Jin Choi, -7, $18,503
T-28: Linnea Strom, -7, $18,503
T-28: Gaby Lopez, -7, $18,503
T-32: Jennifer Kupcho, -6, $16,423
T-32: In Gee Chun, -6, $16,423
T-34: Rose Zhang, -5, $13,665
T-34: Carlota Ciganda, -5, $13,665
T-34: Grace Kim, -5, $13,665
T-34: Megan Khang, -5, $13,665
T-34: Andrea Lee, -5, $13,665
T-34: A Lim Kim, -5, $13,665
T-34: Yuka Saso, -5, $13,665
T-41: Narin An, -4, $10,256
T-41: Yu Liu, -4, $10,256
T-41: Nasa Hataoka, -4, $10,256
T-41: Stephanie Kyriacou, -4, $10,256
T-41: Mi Hyang Lee, -4, $10,256
T-41: Ruoning Yin, -4, $10,256
T-41: Maja Stark, -4, $10,256
T-48: Lilia Vu, -3, $8,122
T-48: Jieun Seo, -3, Amateur
T-48: Stephanie Meadow, -3, $8,122
T-48: Jin Young Ko, -3, $8,122
T-48: Amy Yang, -3, $8,122
T-48: Ariya Jutanugarn, -3, $8,122
T-54: Alexa Pano, -2, $7,212
T-54: Eun-Hee Ji, -2, $7,212
T-56: Aditi Ashok, -1, $6,658
T-56: Georgia Hall, -1, $6,658
T-56: Hinako Shibuno, -1, $6,658
T-59: Gemma Dryburgh, E, $5,992
T-59: Sarah Kemp, E, $5,992
T-59: Moriya Jutanugarn, E, $5,992
T-62: Nanna Koerstz Madsen, 1, $5,493
T-62: Peiyun Chien, 1, $5,493
T-64: Maria Fassi, 2, $5,215
T-64: Olivia Cowan, 2, $5,215
T-64: Madelene Sagstrom, 2, $5,215
T-64: Soomin Oh, 2, Amateur
T-68: So Yeon Ryu, 3, $4,938
T-68: Esther Henseleit, 3, $4,938
70: Sei Young Kim, 4, $4,772
T-71: Celine Borge, 5, $4,605
T-71: Albane Valenzuela, 5, $4,605
73: Chanettee Wannasaen, 6, $4,439
74: Ryann O’Toole, 8, $4,384
75: Matilda Castren, 16, $4,327
76: Dabeen Yun, 37, Amateur
WD: Danielle Kang: $4,244
WD: Anna Nordqvist: $4,244
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
