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LPGA Kraft: Minjee Lee takes low am honors
Minjee Lee
Minjee Lee

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (April 6, 2014) -- Australia’s World Number 1 amateur Minjee Lee (WA) has been crowned the leading amateur at the Kraft Nabisco Championship at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.

In her first appearance at a major championship, the 17 year- old shot rounds of 75-68-73-72 to finish at even par in a tie for 24th place with American Jessica Korda.

"It was such a great week. I had a great time, like just the atmosphere and having the crowds, and it was just really good. I haven't experienced this before, so it was really good" Lee said.

"I started really like shaky. I hit it over here on the first hole, and I was like, oh, okay, it's going to be a good day. Well, doubled the first, and I birdied the second, but bogeyed the third. It just evened out. I birdied the ninth, so it was like, okay, I'm coming back. That was good, and then I made a couple birdies coming in, so just finished with even. Just pretty steady."

Lee finished 14 strokes behind eventual champion, American Lexi Thompson.

Fellow Australian amateur Su-Hyun Oh (VIC) also made the cut in her first major championship, finishing in a tie for 51st place at 7-over par after rounds of 74-74-73-74.

World Number 5 Karrie Webb finished as the leading Australian player at the championship in a tie for 11th at 2-under par.

For Lee, the invitation to play came on the back of her first victory at a professional tournament at the Oates Victorian Open and her superb performances at the major tournaments over the Australian summer where she made national and international headlines.

Oh also enjoyed a solid summer and made the cut at the Volvik RACV Ladies Masters and the ISPS HANDA Women’s Australian Open where she fired a third round 66.

Webb remains the only Australian to have won the title, having done so in 2000 and 2006.

Results: Chevron Championship (ANA Inspiration)
T24AustraliaMinjee LeeAustralia80075-68-73-72--288
T26CanadaBrooke HendersonCanada80077-68-70-74--287
T29CAAlison LeeValencia, CA80075-74-70-71--290
T46CALilia VuFountain Valley, CA50073-73-73-75--294
T73CAAngel YinArcadia, CA50068-79-75-80--302

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First women's professional major of the year, the Chevron (formerly the ANA Inspiration, and before that the Kraft Nabisco) Championship draws more than 100 of the best women professional golfers in the world, as well as the top-ranked amateurs in the country.

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