The LPGA Tour returns to Georgia this week for the first time since 2006, with an event at Reynolds Lake Oconee that that was thrown together at seemingly the last minute. The tournament, which will be known as the LPGA Drive On Championship –Lake Oconee, will be played Thursday through Sunday on the recently renovated Great Waters course. The event will feature a purse of … [Read more...]
Katie Burnett ties for second in LPGA event in Hawaii; Almost becomes first Georgia winner in 20 years
The last time a Georgia native won a tournament on the LPGA Tour was 1995 when Tifton’s Nanci Bowen scored a stunning victory in the Nabisco Dinah Shore, one of the tour’s four major championships. The winless stretch of more than two decades almost came to an end last week when Brunswick’s Katie Burnett tied for second in the Lotte Championship in Hawaii, finishing just … [Read more...]
Georgia Native Katie Burnett Runner Up in LOTTE Championship
OAHU, HI, April 16, 2016 – Katie Burnett of Brunswick, Georgia finished runner up in the LOTTE Championship held at Ko Olina Golf Club in Oahu, Hawaii. This is Burnett’s greatest finish, surpassing her ninth place tie at the LOTTE Championship in 2014. Burnett finished the tournament at fifteen under, to tie for second place with In Gee Chun. The leader, Minjee … [Read more...]
Minjee Lee Clinches First LPGA Tour Victory on Her ‘Journey to Better’
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA – May 19, 2015 – XXIO®, Srixon® and Cleveland® Golf congratulate staffer Minjee Lee for her victory at the 2015 Kingsmill Championship held at the Kingsmill Resort’s River Course, in Williamsburg, Virginia. The 18-year-old Australian captured her first LPGA title in a Monday finish after making five birdies and an eagle for a four-stroke lead during … [Read more...]
Srixon Signs Women’s No. 1 World Amateur
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA – December 15, 2014 – Srixon® is pleased to announce that amateur sensation Minjee Lee has agreed to terms on a multi-year contract. No additional details regarding the contract were made available. The eighteen-year-old Australian became the number one ranked amateur golfer in February of 2014 after winning the Oates Victorian Open on the ALPG Tour … [Read more...]