ANOTHER SUCCESS FOR 17-YEAR-OLD WEST AUSTRALIAN
World No. 5 MINJEE LEE wins Aussie title
In the men's final, Tae Koh (New Zealand) also won by 6 and 5 in the 36-hole match against Curtis Luck (West Australia).
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Western
Australian Minjee Lee has successfully defended her Australian Amateur
Championship crown by defeating 15-year-old Queenslander Karis
Davidson 6 and 5 in today's final at The Grange Golf Club.World
No. 5 and 17 year-old Lee led by two holes after the first 18 holes with the
pair putting on a birdie blitz in the morning. Davidson birdied three of
her first five holes and took the challenge up to Lee before the Royal
Fremantle member rolled off four straight birdies on holes 5-8 in the
afternoon round to surge clear.
"It feels good. It's always a long week at the Australian Amateur and it's good to get the win and start the year off on a high," Lee said.
"I was just steady today. Whenever Karis made mistakes, I just took advantage of that. After that I holed a couple of putts early on the front nine in the second round and I got to 6 or 7 up," said Lee who earns a place at the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open next month.
Lee, who graduated from school in 2013, has now won two Australian amateur titles, the Australian Junior title and the US girls' title among a host of other victories.
"I don't have school this year so I'm going to play all the Aussie professional circuit events and then go to China for the World Ladies Championship. After that I think I'll head to the United States for the U.S Women's Amateur and play a couple of other big events over there," Lee said.
Fellow National Squad member Ryan Ruffels caddied for Lee for the semi final and final. The pair teamed up for Lee's Australian Amateur victory in 2013 in Melbourne.
"He's good company, we had fun out there and it was pretty cruisey," Lee added.
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Minjee Lee and New Zealander Tae Koh with the Australian women's and men's amateur
championship trophies today.
World ranked No 5 female amateur Minjee Lee (West Australia) beat Karis Davidson (Queensland) by 6 and 5 in the 36-hole final of the Australian women's international amateur championship at The Grange Golf Club, Adelaide today.In the men's final, Tae Koh (New Zealand) also won by 6 and 5 in the 36-hole match against Curtis Luck (West Australia).
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"It feels good. It's always a long week at the Australian Amateur and it's good to get the win and start the year off on a high," Lee said.
"I was just steady today. Whenever Karis made mistakes, I just took advantage of that. After that I holed a couple of putts early on the front nine in the second round and I got to 6 or 7 up," said Lee who earns a place at the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open next month.
Lee, who graduated from school in 2013, has now won two Australian amateur titles, the Australian Junior title and the US girls' title among a host of other victories.
"I don't have school this year so I'm going to play all the Aussie professional circuit events and then go to China for the World Ladies Championship. After that I think I'll head to the United States for the U.S Women's Amateur and play a couple of other big events over there," Lee said.
Fellow National Squad member Ryan Ruffels caddied for Lee for the semi final and final. The pair teamed up for Lee's Australian Amateur victory in 2013 in Melbourne.
"He's good company, we had fun out there and it was pretty cruisey," Lee added.
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