Lee expectations dominate will put ladies' match 'on the guide'
Ashleigh Barty's retirement from tennis denied Australia of one of its heroes of ladies' game yet golf player Minjee Lee is assisting fill the break with progress on the LPGA Tour.
The Perth-conceived 26-year-old caught her second major with a predominant four-stroke succeed at the U.S. Ladies' Open on Sunday, getting a record $1.8 million victor's check and working on her reality positioning to number three.
While Barty's three Grand Slam titles shot her into worldwide big name, Texas-based Lee has generally remained unnoticed in spite of winning her lady major finally year's Evian Championship.
That might change subsequent to turning out to be simply the third Australian to win the US Women's Open, following Jan Stephenson (1981) and the incomparable Karrie Webb (2000-01).
"I don't know whether I can very contrast with Ash yet in any case, you know, it's cool," Lee told columnists on Wednesday of correlations with the tennis star.
"I feel like golf overall hasn't been discussed excessively so on the off chance that I can just make golf famous in Australia, even golf for ladies, I believe I'm working effectively."
Lee addressed Australia at the 2016 Rio Olympics and has brought home eight LPGA championships yet neighborhood supports still can't seem to show a lot of interest.
Corporate help has rather come from a large number of South Korean organizations, utilizing off her legacy as the girl of South Korean guardians who moved to Australia many years prior.
However Lee won the Founders Cup leading the pack up to the US Women's Open at Pine Needles, the spotlight was for the most part on world number one Ko Jin-youthful and the returning Nelly Korda as the major jump started.
"Perhaps I'm not the most spoken-about golf player however ideally it sort of changes the discussion a tad now that I've won the US Open," said Lee.
"Be that as it may, I'm really smooth so I'm continuously going to be somewhat chill going into any occasion.
"So I don't feel that is truly going to change on my part."