Leona Maguire became the first Irish winner in LPGA Tour history Saturday,closing with a 5-under 67 for a three-stroke victory in the LPGA Drive On Championship at Crown Colony.
Australian golf has enjoyed a superb week with major winner Minjee Lee awarded the Greg Norman Medal in the same week Cameron Smith broke into the world’s top 10.
Hannah Green is two shots off the lead after the opening round of the LPGA’s season-ending CME Group Tour Championship and shares a tie for sixth with compatriot Minjee Lee.
The Australian Olympian decided not to play an LPGA Tour event last week. And the result meant she earned more in one cheque than NRL and AFL superstars do in a year.
World No.1 Jin Young Ko put an emphatic full stop on her truncated year Sunday by winning the CME Group Tour Championship by five strokes.
A six-strong Australian contingent headed by Hannah Green and Minjee Lee will tackle the year's final major,which will take place across two courses in Texas.
Australian world No.8-ranked Minjee Lee shot 69 to tie for the lowest second round of the event,and is just two shots behind Swedish leader Dani Holmqvist.
American Amy Olson took a three-shot lead in the women's British Open as several players struggled with unforgiving conditions at Royal Troon.
Australia's Minjee Lee has a share of fifth after the opening round of the LPGA Tour's first event back after the COVID-19 shutdown.
Australia's Hannah Green will get to keep her PGA Championship trophy at least until October after the year's first scheduled major was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Young golf star Hannah Green says uncertainty about the LPGA Tour resumption is proving harder to deal with than the break itself as she prepares for her major title defence.