Major champion Hannah Green will be among the headline acts at December’s mixed-gender ISPS HANDA Australian Open in Melbourne but says a showdown with fellow West Australian and World No.2 Minjee Lee remains in doubt.
Australia has three strong chances of another Major victory with Hannah Green, Minjee Lee and Stephanie Kyriacou are all inside the top 10 heading into the weekend of the AIG Women’s Open at Muirfield.
The bump in MyGolf registrations over the past month means that Golf Australia and the PGA of Australia are well on their way to meet their target of more than 30,000 total registrations for the year.
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 LPGA Tour is in France, where players begin a swing through the European continent with the fourth women’s Major of the year, the Amundi Evian Championship. The top five players in the world are in the 132-woman field, including 14 of the 15 players who have won on the LPGA in 2022. They’ll be Read more…
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.
Lee’s iron game was particularly strong at Pine Needles, ranking T-3 in greens in regulation, hitting no fewer than 14 over her first three rounds and 13 on Sunday.
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.
Australian Golf Digest
