‘A great of Australian sport’: how Minjee Lee rose to top in a golden era of women’s golf

Australia’s highest-paid female athlete has undergone both biomechanical and psychological change to recover from a meltdown a year ago The finest triumph for Australia’s highest-paid sportswoman was accompanied by something unusual. For the usually private, impassive Minjee Lee – after winning her third major at the Women’s PGA Championship near her second home in Dallas, Texas – tears were a glimpse into her recent pain.A 19-month winless run. A collapse at last year’s US Open. An adoption of the broomstick putter, a very public symbol that everything was not right. But those experiences were consigned to the past after sinking a par putt on 18 in Frisco. “It’s very different, because I feel like I had a lot of doubt the past few years,” she said. “I think this one just means a little bit more to me.” Continue reading...

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