{"id":2027778,"date":"2023-09-11T10:24:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T14:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minjee-lee-beats-charley-hull-in-playoff-for-kroger-queen-city-title\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T10:28:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T14:28:02","slug":"minjee-lee-beats-charley-hull-in-playoff-for-kroger-queen-city-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minjee-lee-beats-charley-hull-in-playoff-for-kroger-queen-city-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Minjee Lee triumphs over Charley Hull in Kroger Queen City playoff."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fminjee-lee-beats-charley-hull-in-playoff-for-kroger-queen-city-title%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2027778&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Minjee Lee Claims \u2064Victory in Kroger Queen\u2062 City \u2062Championship<\/h2>\n<p>In a thrilling\u2063 showdown at the Kenwood Country Club in Cincinnati,\u2063 Minjee Lee emerged as the champion of the Kroger Queen City \u200dChampionship. On Sunday, September 10, the Australian golfer showcased\u200d her skills and determination, ultimately defeating Charley Hull\u200d in a gripping playoff.<\/p>\n<p>Lee&#8217;s final-round\u2064 performance was nothing short of impressive, as \u2063she carded a solid 71 to finish at 16-under 272 through 72 holes. Hull, hailing from England, matched Lee&#8217;s score with\u2064 a commendable \u206369, setting \u2062the stage for an intense playoff.<\/p>\n<p>The playoff began with both players replaying the par-4\u2064 18th hole, where they\u2064 both made \u200bpar. On their second attempt at the \u200b18th, Hull&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minjee-lee-beats-charley-hull-in-playoff-for-kroger-queen-city-title\/\" title=\"Minjee Lee triumphs over Charley Hull in Kroger Queen City playoff.\">approach shot landed safely<\/a> on the \u200cgreen. However, Lee&#8217;s shot from the rough was nothing short of \u200cextraordinary. Her\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-tiger-woods-no-fun-at-the-masters\/\" title=\"No Tiger Woods? No Fun At The Masters\">ball bounced<\/a> onto the green and settled \u2064just 3 feet away from the cup, putting her in\u200c an advantageous position.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I think I had a few \u2062moments \u2064where\u2063 I \u200bwas like, I really \u200dfelt \u200blike I was losing, but I wasn&#8217;t,&#8221; \u2064Lee said. &#8220;The score was, we were pretty much tied. I was like, \u2018Let&#8217;s just play till the end\u2064 and see where\u2062 it\u2062 ends \u200dup.&#8217; So I didn&#8217;t give \u200dup, I just played every shot to the best I could.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With nerves of steel, Hull \u200cmissed her birdie putt, while Lee confidently tapped in her birdie, securing her first LPGA title since the 2022 U.S. Women&#8217;s Open.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"image-url\" alt=\"Charley Hull of England and her caddie walk off \u2062the 16th green during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-led-nord-stream-2-pipeline-resumes-construction-in-europe-after-halting-under-trump-report\/\" title=\"Russian-Led Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Resumes Construction In Europe After Halting Under Trump: Report\">final round<\/a> of the \u2062Kroger Queen City\u2062 Championship presented by P&#038;G at Kenwood\u200c Country Club\u2063 in Cincinnati on\u200c Sept. 10, 2023.&#8221;><figcaption>Charley Hull of\u2064 England and her caddie walk\u2064 off the 16th green during the final round of the\u200b Kroger Queen City Championship presented\u200b by P&#038;G at Kenwood Country Club \u2064in Cincinnati\u200b on \u200dSept. 10, 2023. (Dylan Buell\/Getty \u200cImages)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Reflecting on her victory, Lee expressed her satisfaction with her performance and her excitement for future tournaments. \u2063She mentioned that this tournament served\u2063 as\u200c a great opportunity to\u200c reset her goals and prepare for the upcoming Asia swing\u2063 and the\u2063 CME Group Tour Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Lee had held\u200d a two-stroke lead after 54 holes and\u2064 extended\u2063 her advantage with birdies on the second, seventh, and eighth holes\u200c on Sunday. However, a costly \u2063double bogey at the par-5 12th brought her\u200d back to the pack. Despite the setback, she remained resilient\u2064 and parred the remaining holes, allowing Hull to\u200d catch up with three consecutive birdies \u200cat Nos. 14\u201316.<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s Ruoning Yin secured a respectable third-place finish at 14 under, while \u200dAlly \u2063Ewing, the winner of\u2063 last \u200byear&#8217;s edition, settled for fourth place \u2063at 12 under after \u2062a final-round 66.<\/p>\n<p>The leaderboard also \u2064featured a notable tie\u200d for \u2064fifth place at 11 \u200dunder, including Mel Reid of England, Mi Hyang Lee of \u2062South Korea, Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand, Japan&#8217;s Yuka Saso, Switzerland&#8217;s Morgane\u200d Metraux, and Peiyun Chien of Taiwan.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/sports\/linn-grant-wins-first-lpga-title-at-dana-open-beating-allisen-corpuz-by-3-shots-5402759\">Linn \u200dGrant Wins\u200b First LPGA Title at Dana Open, Beating\u2063 Allisen Corpuz by \u20633 Shots<\/a><br \/>\n    <span class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">7\/17\/2023<\/span>\n  <\/li>\n<li>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/sports\/allisen-corpuz-wins-the-us-womens-open-at-pebble-beach-for-her-first-lpga-title-5384333\">Allisen Corpuz\u200d Wins the US Women&#8217;s Open at Pebble \u200cBeach for Her First LPGA Title<\/a><br \/>\n    <span class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">7\/9\/2023<\/span>\n  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>force a playoff. However, Lee&#8217;s exceptional shot secured her victory, making her the champion of the Kroger Queen City Championship in Cincinnati. With a final score of 16-under 272, Lee&#8217;s impressive performance outshined Hull&#8217;s 69, ultimately leading to her triumph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1773,"featured_media":2027779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2027778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1773"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2027779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}