For the 29th time an Australian enters a Major championship as the defending champion and for Minjee Lee, it is the first of two inside the next 12 months.
The most recent of Australia’s four Eisenhower Trophy wins came in 2016 when Cameron Davis, Harrison Endycott and Curtis Luck triumphed in Mexico, while Australia has lifted the Espirito Santo Trophy three times with Minjee Lee, Su Oh and Shelly Shin the last to do so in Japan in 2014.
A lip-out from four feet on the 71st hole has seen Minjee Lee come up one shot short of a third Major championship at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in Maryland.
Chun said the last time she used a 7-wood, she was a junior learning how to play golf. This is the first time she’s ever used a 9-wood.
You’ve probably heard the saying before: You can’t win a Major during the first round, but you can lose it.
The 2022 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship announced on Tuesday that the purse for this week’s LPGA major at Congressional Country Club has been doubled to $US9 million.
Australia’s Minjee Lee shot a record-low score for a record-high payday and a much-deserved US Women’s Open title.Â
Australia’s Minjee Lee shoots a record-low score for a record-high payday and a much-deserved US Women’s Open title.
At just 26 years of age, Minjee Lee has cemented her status as one of Australia’s greatest golfers with a dominant US Women’s Open victory.
The customary brilliant ball-striking was again on show as Lee hit 15 of 18 greens in regulation but additional preparation with the putter paid off as she picked up seven birdies in the first round of the championship.
The winner on Sunday will receive $US1.8 million, making it the most lucrative prize in women’s golf and further fortifies the growth of the LPGA Tour and the women’s game in recent years.
World No.4 Minjee Lee headlines an Australian contingent with four wins between them already this year.
It’s a championship with numerous compelling storylines.
News of Lauren Stephenson’s recent bid to play in a PGA Tour event leaves unanswered the following questions: when will a woman again tee it up with the men? And who might it be?
that more and more young girls are becoming attracted to the game of golf.
This week’s Tailor-made Building Services NT PGA Championship is the 14th and final event of the season, a season that has taken courage, belief and hard work behind the scenes to bring to fruition.
The recognition honours Stephenson’s outstanding contribution to the game and one of the state’s finest sporting talents.
The scholarships are awarded based on performance in the Karrie Webb Series, the World Amateur Golf Rankings, community work inside or outside of golf and performance and demeanour as an ambassador for golf in Australia and overseas.
Cameron Percy has flirted with a maiden PGA TOUR title on his way to his best finish in more than a decade at the Corales Puntacana Championship in the Dominican Republic.