Golf-Lee hopes LPGA success will put women's game 'on the map' in Australia


  • Golf
  • Wednesday, 08 Jun 2022

FILE PHOTO: Jun 5, 2022; Southern Pines, North Carolina, USA; Minjee Lee poses with the U.S. Open Championship Trophy after winning the U.S. Women's Open. David Yeazell-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Ash Barty's retirement from tennis robbed Australia of one of its champions of women's sport but golfer Minjee Lee is helping fill the breach with success on the LPGA Tour.

The Perth-born 26-year-old captured her second major with a dominant four-stroke win at the U.S. Women's Open on Sunday, securing a record $1.8 million winner's cheque and improving her world ranking to number three.

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