The owner of two majors won dramatically on the LPGA Tour
In the final round of the tournament, Lee entered the match with a leading position, at -15 while right behind her was British player and bottom group Charley Hull -13. After 10 holes, Lee was -18 thanks to five birdies and no bogeys, and Hull was still -13.
Going to hole 11, Lee kept par, Hull scored birdie so the gap between the two sides remained four strokes.
On the par5 12th hole, Hull played first, putting the ball into the water hazard on his second shot. Lee played later, instead of playing safely to keep his chance of getting a better score than his opponent, he tried to get to the green with a hybrid club. However, the ball was completely off target, out of bounds, leading to double bogey in hole 12.
Hull, an Australian, has won eight cups on the LPGA Tour, including two majors - the 2021 Evian Championship and the 2022 US Women's Open. She was hit with an additional penalty stroke, but limited her damage to a bogey, leaving her three behind Lee. stick. After keeping hole 13 par with Lee, Hull had the momentum to score three consecutive birdies from putting situations within the range of 3.6-5.4 meters to move to T1 (-16) and maintain it until the end of the match. And so, both playoff matches are expected to have two rounds at hole 18 to finalize the results.
In the first round, Lee kept par and escaped defeat when Hull missed birdie on a putt from outside the green and the ball stopped right at the mouth of the hole.
In the second turn, Lee put the ball 0.6 meters from the hole, thereby scoring birdie. Hull also had a birdie opportunity when he putt 4.5 meters away, but the ball was completely off the left side of the target. At that time, 27-year-old Lee became the Kroger Queen City Championship champion with a bonus of 300,000 USD, and Hull was the runner-up with 181,723 USD. This is the fourth time Hull has finished second on the LPGA Tour this season. Hull is the same age as Lee but has only won two cups in the top-ranked women's golf arena in the US.
