Published July 17, 2008 on February 9, 2020

Lee Emulates Sister with Special Victory on Home Soil

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Min Woo Lee made history as he stormed to his first European Tour victory at the ISPS Handa Vic Open, on the same golf course where his sister won her first professional title six years ago.

Lee joined his sister Minjee on the roll of honour at 13^th Beach Golf Links with a four-under-par final round of 68, finishing two strokes ahead of New Zealander Ryan Fox on 19 under par. Minjee won the women’s ISPS Handa Vic Open, which has been played concurrently at this venue for the last eight years, as an amateur in 2014.

The 21-year-old, making just his 19^th European Tour appearance, started the day three strokes clear of playing partners Marcus Fraser and Travis Smyth and showed no sign of nerves as he birdied three of his first four holes, including a chip-in on the first.

The Australian maintained his composure as winds gusted up to 30 miles-per-hour on the Bellarine Peninsula, with ten consecutive pars before his fourth birdie of the day on the 15^th hole.

Fox made his charge for a second European Tour victory on the back nine. The Kiwi birdied the 16^th hole and carded his second eagle of the day on the 18^th for an eight-under par round of 64, setting the clubhouse target at 17 under.

Lee dropped to 18 under with a bogey on the 17^th but finished with aplomb as he birdied the 18^th for a tournament-record score of 19 under par and a special victory on home soil.

Frenchman Robin Sciot-Siegrist matched Lee’s final round of 68 to finish in a share of third place with Australians Fraser and Smyth on 14 under, while Jake McLeod took sixth place on 12 under.

Sam Horsfield, who was in the first group of the day with Geoff Ogilvy and women’s competitor Peiyun Chen, moved to seventh on 11 under par, alongside fellow European Tour member Sami Valimaki of Finland.

Minjee Lee, who won her second women’s ISPS Handa Vic Open title in 2018, finished two strokes behind Hee Young Park, who overcame Hye-Jin Choi and So Yeun Ryu in a four-hole playoff to win her first LPGA title in more than six years.

Final scores:
269 M Lee (Aus) 66 67 68 68;
271 R Fox (Nzl) 67 71 69 64;
274 R Sciot-Siegrist (Fra) 66 64 76 68; M Fraser (Aus) 70 65 69 70; T Smyth (Aus) 65 67 72 70;
276 J McLeod (Aus) 65 68 76 67;
277 S Horsfield (Eng) 70 67 73 67; D Beck (Aus) 69 70 69 69; S Valimaki (Fin) 69 69 70 69; J Morgan (am) (Aus) 66 67 74 70; A Hall (Aus) 67 68 71 71;
278 L Herbert (Aus) 70 69 70 69; N Lemke (Swe) 70 67 72 69; N Flanagan (Aus) 67 67 74 70;
279 D Hillier (Nzl) 68 70 72 69; A Cañizares (Esp) 63 71 76 69; Z Murray (Aus) 66 69 73 71; A Quayle (Aus) 75 64 67 73; M Millar (Aus) 72 66 68 73;
280 R Green (Aus) 70 69 70 71; M Jordan (Eng) 72 66 69 73;
281 C Crawford (Aus) 70 68 72 71; B Eccles (Aus) 68 70 72 71; H Tanihara (Jpn) 70 67 73 71; B Windred (Aus) 69 69 71 72; M Stieger (Aus) 67 69 73 72; B Poke (Den) 68 67 74 72; J Scrivener (Aus) 68 71 69 73; J Felton (Aus) 67 67 74 73; R Karlberg (Swe) 69 68 70 74;
282 B Collyer (Aus) 68 67 74 73;
283 S Arnold (Aus) 68 68 72 75;
284 P Fowler (Aus) 69 70 71 74; D Smail (Nzl) 68 69 72 75; A Martin (Aus) 66 69 73 76;
285 L Tighe (Aus) 69 69 72 75; J Younger (Aus) 68 69 73 75;
287 G Ogilvy (Aus) 67 67 76 77;
211 L Toomey (Nzl) 71 68 72 0; S Garcia Rodriguez (Esp) 68 71 72 0; S Jeffress (Aus) 67 72 72 0; B Kennedy (Aus) 66 72 73 0; J Caldwell (Nir) 67 67 77 0; M Griffin (Aus) 65 68 78 0;
212 M Dive (Aus) 69 70 73 0; P Lonard (Aus) 69 69 74 0; G Paddison (Nzl) 67 71 74 0; C Sharvin (Nir) 70 67 75 0; S Crocker (USA) 67 70 75 0; A Chesters (Eng) 69 67 76 0; D Ackerman (USA) 67 69 76 0; W Besseling (Ned) 67 69 76 0; L Van Meijel (Ned) 68 67 77 0;
213 D Coupland (Eng) 70 69 74 0; A Townsend (Aus) 69 70 74 0; K Yuan (Aus) 69 68 76 0; J Warren (Aus) 65 72 76 0; H Leon (Chi) 68 68 77 0; M Hendry (Nzl) 67 69 77 0; S Wools Cobb (Aus) 67 67 79 0;
214 D Ieremia (Nzl) 70 68 76 0; B Rankin (Aus) 70 67 77 0; A Cockerill (Can) 66 71 77 0; S Allan (Aus) 70 65 79 0;
215 N Cullen (Aus) 68 71 76 0; D Fox (Aus) 70 68 77 0; A Lautee (am) (Aus) 69 67 79 0;
216 R McCarthy (Aus) 68 71 77 0;
217 P Wilson (Aus) 67 70 80 0;
218 C Lee (Kor) 68 71 79 0; A Evans (Aus) 66 71 81 0;
222 R Morrison (Sco) 69 70 83 0;
140 C John (Aus) 72 68 0 0; D Gale (Aus) 72 68 0 0; C Syme (Sco) 72 68 0 0; K McBride (Aus) 72 68 0 0; M Jager (Aus) 71 69 0 0; T Power Horan (Aus) 71 69 0 0; J Marchesani (Aus) 70 70 0 0; N O’Hern (Aus) 70 70 0 0; A Dodt (Aus) 70 70 0 0; H Li (Chn) 69 71 0 0; J Anstiss (Nzl) 69 71 0 0; M Sim (Aus) 69 71 0 0; K Michel (Aus) 69 71 0 0; T Pilkadaris (Aus) 68 72 0 0; D Law (Sco) 68 72 0 0; S Hawkes (Aus) 67 73 0 0;
141 C Rawson (Nzl) 74 67 0 0; C O’Reilly (Aus) 73 68 0 0; D Brandt-Richards (Aus) 72 69 0 0; W Ormsby (Aus) 71 70 0 0; J Grierson (Aus) 71 70 0 0; G Porteous (Eng) 71 70 0 0; J Catlin (USA) 70 71 0 0; B Watt (Aus) 69 72 0 0; T Macdonald (Aus) 68 73 0 0;
142 M McCardle (Aus) 72 70 0 0; D Williamson (Aus) 72 70 0 0; D Bransdon (Aus) 70 72 0 0; Y Hsu (am) (Tpe) 70 72 0 0; B Rumford (Aus) 70 72 0 0; J Zunic (Aus) 69 73 0 0; D Papadatos (Aus) 69 73 0 0;
143 J Geary (Nzl) 75 68 0 0; L De Jager (RSA) 75 68 0 0; J Kaske (Fin) 73 70 0 0; C Dann (Aus) 71 72 0 0;
144 J Armstrong (am) (Aus) 77 67 0 0; H Bateman (Nzl) 75 69 0 0; P Cooke (Aus) 73 71 0 0; B Proverbs (Aus) 73 71 0 0; D Whitnell (Eng) 72 72 0 0; D Van Driel (Ned) 71 73 0 0; D Nisbet (Aus) 71 73 0 0; J Norris (Aus) 71 73 0 0; L Dobbelar (am) (Aus) 70 74 0 0;
145 A Pike (Aus) 76 69 0 0; J Lyras (Aus) 76 69 0 0; A Schonewille (Aus) 75 70 0 0; H Kong (Aus) 74 71 0 0; R Woodward (Aus) 74 71 0 0; A Simpson (Aus) 72 73 0 0; S Yongcharoenchai (Tha) 72 73 0 0; Q Howe (Aus) 70 75 0 0;
146 M Antcliff (Aus) 73 73 0 0; A Marchesani (Aus) 73 73 0 0;
147 D Perry (Aus) 77 70 0 0; R Kulacz (Aus) 74 73 0 0; J Clarke (Aus) 74 73 0 0; Y Liu (am) (Tpe) 72 75 0 0; P O’Malley (Aus) 72 75 0 0; M Dowling (Aus) 72 75 0 0;
148 Y Chang (Kor) 76 72 0 0; T Gill (Nzl) 70 78 0 0;
149 L Radcliffe (Aus) 78 71 0 0; J Sjöholm (Swe) 77 72 0 0; J Mackenzie (Aus) 74 75 0 0; C Su (am) (Tpe) 72 77 0 0;
150 D Micheluzzi (Aus) 74 76 0 0; L Yip (Aus) 74 76 0 0; R Chisnall (Nzl) 72 78 0 0;
153 L Brown (Nzl) 82 71 0 0;
72 R Hogan (Aus) 72 DISQ 0 0;