The top 60 players from the Race to CME Globe qualify for the Tour Championship, and then it’s a four-day shootout regardless of the standing in the points race. “Better late than never,” Lee said with a smile. Xiyu Lin, who like Lee is trying to win for the first time on the LPGA Tour, had a 66 and was another shot behind. Women’s PGA champion Ruoning Yin of China had a 66 and was part of the group one shot behind that included Minjee Lee (67) and Amy Yang (63). The greens were soft and rolled well given only 60 players are in the field.Įight players were at 10 under or lower going into the weekend. Lee and Hataoka were at 14-under 128, remarkably low scoring for Tiburon Golf Club but to be expected given the 4 inches of rain that drenched the course on the eve of the tournament. “I feel like the last month, everything is falling into place,” Lee said. Lee now is 46-under par in her last 10 rounds. She also won an Aramco Team Series event on the Ladies European Tour. In her last three tournaments worldwide, she has runner-up finishes in the BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea and The Annika last week in Florida. The 28-year-old Californian has never won in her nine years on the LPGA Tour, but no one brought as much momentum. Lee had five birdies in seven holes at the start, and then had a strong finishing kick that included a wedge to a foot on the 15th and a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th. Hataoka atoned for missing a short par putt by closing with a pair of birdies, finishing with a 25-footer on the last hole for a 67 in a wide-open chase for the $2 million prize. Her 8-under 64 gave her a share of the lead with Nasa Hataoka in the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship. (AP) - Alison Lee birdied four of her last five holes Friday to extend a hot streak that stretches from Saudi Arabia to South Korea to Florida.
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