Minjee Lee contending again in South Korea
Minjee Lee – in action this week – image courtesy of KLPGA
Australia’s Minjee Lee finds herself just three shots from the halfway lead at the Hana Financial Services Championship in Incheon near Seoul, a second round of 70 leaving the West Australian in a share of 15th place on what is a congested leaderboard.
Following on from her recent win in Ohio, Lee is continuing some excellent late-season form after recording her first win of 2023 two weeks ago.
“It’s been okay. Just up and down. I don’t think I’ve really done anything too well or too badly. So just kind of, hopefully, I can have a good weekend,” said Lee.
“The course conditions are not super, super amazing, but everybody has to play on it, so I think it’s fair,”
The Korean LPGA Tour event carries total prizemoney of A$1.8 million but Lee has a commercial arrangement with the tournament sponsors thus the involvement of both herself and New Zealand’s Lydia Ko in the event.
The news is not so good for Ko however as her woes continued with a round of 76 to be tied for 70th and without weekend work. Ko has not recorded a finish inside the top 30 in her last eleven starts worldwide.
The tournament is led by for Australian Amateur Champion Hye Jin Choi who has recorded consecutive rounds of 69 to lead by one over a six-way tie for second place.
