Golf-Lee in a 'really good place' ahead of Evian Championship title defence


  • Golf
  • Thursday, 21 Jul 2022

FILE PHOTO: Jun 26, 2022; Bethesda, Maryland, USA; Minjee Lee looks on from the first tee during the final round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship golf tournament at Congressional Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Scott Taetsch-USA TODAY Sports

(Reuters) - Defending champion Minjee Lee of Australia enters this week's Amundi Evian Championship in France in top form and without the pressure she carried on her shoulders a year ago before winning the first major of her career.

Lee secured her breakthrough major victory at last year's Evian Championship where she began the final round seven shots back but fired a closing 64 and then beat overnight leader Jeongeun Lee6 in a sudden-death playoff to secure the win.

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