Lee smashed the tournament scoring record of 20-under set by fellow Aussie Scott Hend in 2015 but his 30-under total would only just prove to be enough, triumphing over Thailand’s Poom Saksansin.

Two strokes clear heading into the final round, Lee carded an 8-under par 63, a score matched by Saksansin in an absorbing Sunday afternoon duel.

After a string of top-10s against high quality fields including at the US Open and Players Championship, it was Lee’s first win since the 2021 Scottish Open.

“Poom played unbelievable today, he’s a bad mofo!” said Lee in his inimitable style.

“I played wonderful, really flawless golf for a lot of the holes. There was only a few holes that I could really look back on.

“I’m really proud of the way I handled myself.”

On the PGA Tour Champions, Pampling was able to edge out Kiwi Steven Alker by two shots, finishing at 15-under in North Carolina to claim his second title in the over-50s.

Pampling never looked back after an opening round 66, on his way to a US$315,000 payday.

“We’ve been working hard and it’s finally – got rid of our bad stuff about a month and a half ago and it’s just been getting closer and closer, and this week was just great,” Pampling said

“Great ball-striking day – week I should say and putting as well. Everything was just nice. Yeah, it’s a great feeling to win again, that’s for sure.”

On the LPGA Tour, Karis Davidson had a strong week in China, finishing in a season’s best T8 at the Buick LPGA Shanghai after being in a share for the lead on a tight leaderboard for most of the back nine.

It was a huge result for the Queenslander who moved from 97^th to 88^th on the season-long Race to the CME Globe to just about ensure her full playing rights inside the top 100 for 2024.

On the PGA TOUR, Cam Davis made it five top-tens in his last six starts, finishing T7 at the Shriners Children’s Open in Las Vegas.

Meanwhile Brad Kennedy finished T3 – his best result for 2023 – at the Japan Open Golf Championship on the Japan Golf Tour to bank around A$100,000.

PGA TOUR

Shriners Children’s Open

TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nevada

1            Tom Kim (USA)                68-68-62-66—264                         US$1,512,000

T7          Cam Davis                       67-67-67-66—267                         US$238,000

T56        Harrison Endycott           70-68-71-69—278                         US$19,236

MC        Lucas Herbert                  71-70

MC        Craig Hocknull                 75-77

DP World Tour

acciona Open de España

Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

1            Matthieu Pavon (FRA)    63-68-66-64—261           €523,823.04

T9          Daniel Hillier (NZ)            71-67-66-66—270           €53,229.66

T20        Jason Scrivener                69-71-66-67—273           €33,470.75

LPGA Tour

LPGA Buick Shanghai

Qizhong Garden Golf Club, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

1            Angel Yin (USA)                70-69-65-70—274           US$315,000

T8          Karis Davidson                 71-69-68-68—276           US$43,644

T13        Minjee Lee                        70-69-69-69—277           US$32,539

T36        Grace Kim                         73-74-69-67—283           US$11,933

T50        Lydia Ko (NZ)                    74-69-73-70—286           US$7,063

Asian Tour

SJM Macao Open

Macau Golf and Country Club, Macau

1            Min Woo Lee                    62-64-65-63—254           US$180,000

T9          Ben Campbell (NZ)          63-68-68-69—268           US$20,250

T11        Andrew Dodt                   65-67-72-65—269           US$15,066.67

T11        Nick Voke                        72-65-65-67—269           US$15,066.67

T17        Zach Murray                    70-65-65-70—270           US$12,083.33

T23        Jack Thompson               65-69-72-66—272           US$9,700

T28        Sam Brazel                       67-68-69-69—273           US$8,166.67

T34        Kevin Yuan                       68-68-69-69—274           US$7,200

T34        Tom Power-Horan           70-65-69-70—274           US$7,200

T40        Josh Younger                   69-68-68-71—276           US$6,033.33

MC        Todd Sinnott                    67-72

MC        Scott Hend                       70-69

MC        Harrison Gilbert-Wong  67-73

MC        Douglas Klein                  73-68

MC        Terry Pilkadaris                70-72

MC        Marcus Fraser                  71-72

MC        John Lyras                        72-71

MC        David Gleeson                 71-76

Japan Golf Tour

Japan Open Golf Championship

Ibaraki Country Club (West Cse)

1            Aguri Iwasaki                   68-72-67-65—272           ¥42,000,000

T3          Brad Kennedy                  68-69-69-68—274           ¥9,828,000

T36        Anthony Quayle              71-70-69-74—284           ¥1,260,000

MC        Adam Scott                      73-73

MC        Jeffery Yu Guan               76-71

MC        Adam Bland                     77-73

PGA TOUR Champions

SAS Championship

Prestonwood CC, Cary, North Carolina

1            Rod Pampling                  66-68-67—201                 US$315,000

2            Steven Alker (NZ)            67-68-68—203                 US$184,800

T11        Richard Green                  70-67-71—208

T20        Stuart Appleby                72-69-70—211

T35        David McKenzie               70-72-72—214

T60        Mark Hensby                   73-69-78—220

T68        John Senden                    71-74-77—222

Photos: Mike Mulholland/Getty Images | Paul Lakatos/Asian Tour