Minjee Lee has penned another glorious chapter in the tale of golf’s greatest sister-brother double act with a compelling victory at an LPGA Tour event in South Korea.
A week after her baby brother Min Woo romped to a record-breaking, wire-to-wire win at the Asian Tour’s Macau Open, Lee held off a batch of superstars down the stretch to claim her 10th LPGA Tour title in a tense play-off win over American Alison Lee.
Lee held her nerve under intense pressure to seal a drama-charged victory with a brilliant birdie at the first extra hole after her steely US namesake birdied the last two holes to force the play-off.
Australia’s two-time major champion closed with a final-round four-under 68, but a three-putt bogey on the penultimate hole at the Seowon Valley Country Club outside Seoul opened the door for American Lee to force the play-off with a 67.
But Australian sport’s highest female money earner, and likely most unheralded women’s star, responded to her rival’s sublime approach on the play-off hole with an even better one before converting to secure her second title from her past three starts.
The world number seven’s latest triumph, following a breakthrough first win of the season last month at an LPGA event in Cincinnati, completed an unprecedented golfing family double.
Never before have a brother and sister both won professional tournaments on major tours in the space of a week.
Few, possibly only Americans Lexi and Nicholas Thompson, have ever even achieved the feats during their entire careers.
Even more incredibly, Lee’s winning putt dropped barely an hour after Min Woo followed up his third worldwide victory with a brilliant tie for sixth at the PGA Tour’s ZOZO Championship in neighbouring Japan.
AAP