Jiyai Shin has won a second Women’s Australian Open title 11 years after her first with a two-shot triumph over defending champion Ash Buhai on Sunday at Kingston Heath.
A trio of LPGA Tour players have further bolstered the field of the 2024 ISPS Handa Australian Open to be played in Melbourne from November 28 to December 1.
A crowd favourite and long-time supporter of Australian women’s golf, Shin is coming off an outstanding 2023 campaign where she again showed she is one of the major forces in women’s golf.
Minjee Lee is fighting hard to keep pace with her younger brother at the Australian Open, but South African Ashleigh Buhai is continuing to play spoiler.
Coming to the end of her remarkable rookie season on the LPGA Tour, Australian Grace Kim has confirmed she will return home for the ISPS HANDA Australian Open in Sydney alongside former world No.1 and 2013 champion Jiyai Shin of Korea.
South Korean superstar Jiyai Shin is set to be a new favourite amongst Australia’s next generation of women professionals after an “incredible gesture” this week.
For a second consecutive day, Jin Young Ko has ruled Kooyonga in building a three-shot buffer at the halfway point of the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open.