Lee narrowly missed an opportunity to chip-in for the win on the 72nd hole at Seowon Valley Country Club but needed just one extra hole to edge American Alison Lee and claim the 10th LPGA Tour title of her career.

The 27-year-old very nearly holed her approach shot in the playoff, calmly rolling home her three-foot birdie putt for the win after Lee had missed her birdie try from 10 feet.

Her second LPGA Tour win in her past four starts, Lee’s win came a week after younger brother Min Woo Lee shot 30-under par in winning the Macao Open on the Asian Tour.

It is the first time in golf’s history that a brother and sister have won on major international tours in successive weeks.

The West Australians won the Scottish Open and Amundi Evian Championship two weeks apart in 2021 while Canberran siblings Chris and Nikki Campbell both won in Japan a year apart from each other in 2005 and 2006.

In the immediate aftermath of his most recent triumph, Minjee conceded that she drew inspiration from the manner of Min Woo’s win in Macau.

“Obviously it was great to see Min Woo win,” said Minjee.

“I follow him every single event. I mean, I’d never say it to his face but he plays really well and I’m always really proud of him.

“Sure, it was a little motivation.

“I feel like I’ve been working up to this one and really building on this win.”

The win held particular significance for Lee as she became just the third Australian behind Karrie Webb and Jan Stephenson to win 10 times on the LPGA Tour and she did so in the homeland of her parents.

Lee’s grandmother was in the gallery on Sunday and had some simple words of encouragement for her two-time major-winning granddaughter.

“She gave me a cuddle and just said, ‘You did so well’,” said Lee.

“That’s about it, because everything was a bit hectic.

“Out of all the places, Korea was always at the top of my list because my parents are Korean and I have a heritage to Korea.

“This one is special, especially having all of my family and extended family and friends coming out to cheer for me today.

“It was really cool to see them on the sidelines when I was walking down.”

As Minjee was winning in Korea, Min Woo all but locked up a PGA TOUR card for 2024 with a top-10 finish at the ZOZO Championship in Japan.

Kick-started by holing his approach shot for eagle at the par-4 first, Min Woo shot 65 in the final round to earn a tie for sixth as he seeks to turn Special Temporary Membership into a full card next season.

“The result’s actually really good,” said Min Woo, who admitted to not having his best stuff all week.

“A lot of pressure getting my card and trying to play well but I feel like there’s some in the tank still and hopefully I can end the year really well.”

Richard Green almost made it back-to-back wins for Aussies on the Champions Tour, going down to Harrison Frazar in a playoff at the Dominion Energy Charity Classic in Virginia.

Green was the first to post 11-under but then had to watch on as Frazar birdied his final hole to match him.

The pair returned to the par-5 18th where Frazar’s birdie edged the Aussie left-hander.

Results

PGA TOUR
ZOZO Championship
Accordia Golf Narashino CC, Chiba, Japan
1          Collin Morikawa           64-73-66-63—266       $US1.53m
T6        Min Woo Lee                69-73-67-65—274       $275,188
T12      Cam Davis                   67-70-69-70—276       $178,500
T21      Aaron Baddeley           68-74-70-68—280       $73,610
T41      Adam Scott                  70-73-71-69—283       $27,710

LPGA Tour
BMW Ladies Championship
Seowon Hills at Seowon Valley Country Club
Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
1          Minjee Lee       64-69-71-68—272       $US330,000
Won on the first hole of sudden death playoff
3          Lydia Ko           67-69-69-69—274       $147,030
T22      Hannah Green  69-70-69-72—280       $22,471
T34      Grace Kim        72-72-69-70—283       $13,665
T41      Stephanie Kyriacou      68-73-73-70—284       $10,256
T59      Sarah Kemp     69-76-71-72—288       $5,992

DP World Tour
Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters
Real Club de Golf Sotogrande, San Roque, Andalucia, Spain
1          Adrian Meronk             72-68-66-66—272       €602,907.98
T19      Daniel Hillier (NZ)         70-66-75-69—280       €40,227.64
T52      Ryan Fox (NZ)               71-71-71-73—286       €12,856.13
T59      Jason Scrivener            69-68-72-79—288       €10,107.57

Ladies European Tour
Hero Women’s Indian Open
DLF Golf and Country Club, Gurgaon, India
1          Aline Krauter    69-68-68-68—273       €56,812.35
T31      Momoka Kobori (NZ)               74-72-73-74—293       €3,582.97
MC       Hanee Song (NZ)                      76-76—152
MC       Stephanie Bunque                    77-77—154

PGA TOUR Champions
Dominion Energy Charity Classic
The Country Club Of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
1          Harrison Frazar             65-71-69—205
Won on the first hole of sudden death playoff
2          Richard Green              67-69-69—205
T13      David McKenzie           72-70-69—211
T25      Steven Alker (NZ)         71-71-73—215
T35      Stuart Appleby             75-70-71—216
T35      Rod Pampling              73-69-74—216
T53      Mark Hensby               78-70-72—220

LET Access Series
Calatayud Ladies Open
Gambito Golf Calatayud, Spain
1          Hannah Screen             69-69-73—211 €6,400
T6        Kelsey Bennett             70-74-72—216 €1,200
MC       Amy Walsh                   75-76—151
MC       Kristalle Blum               81-75—156
MC       Victoria Fricot               86-74—160

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