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West Australian
14 hours ago
- Sport
- West Australian
Minjee Lee Australia's highest-ranked golfer again after PGA Championship win
Minjee Lee is Australia's highest-ranked golfer again on the back of her PGA Championship win, jumping to world No.6 as it became clear she's unlikely to play a tournament in Australia in 2025. Negotiations for the next staging of the women's Australian Open are ongoing after officials abandoned the dual-gender format that has been played for the past three years, with both tournaments returning to stand-alone events. World No.2 Rory McIlroy is locked in for a return to the men's event being played at Royal Melbourne in December, but the women's tournament is set to be played early in 2026, a return to a timeslot more favourable to attract the world's best players. The last stand-alone women's Australian Open was co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour, played in Adelaide in February 2020, and attracted an elite field including world No.1 Nelly Korda, who won the event in 2019. Lee reached a career-high ranking of No.2 in 2022, and had been a constant in the world's top 10 until midway through 2024 as she endured a 19-month winless drought. The 29-year-old went into the PGA Championship ranked 24, having dropped out of the world's top 20 for the first time since 2015. But her return to the winner's circle in Texas delivered the rankings bump, lifting her over great friend Hannah Green, who fell out of the top 10 to No.11 and lost her place as Australia's highest-ranked player, male or female. Jason Day, who finished fourth at the $30m Travellers Championship, is the only Australian male in the world's top 30, ranked 28. In the wake of her win, Lee revealed how hard her coach, Richie Smith, had to work to get her to make the drastic switch to the long putter, a move that put her back on a path towards the No.1 ranking. 'I think he mentioned it to me like twice and I was like mucking around with it, so I would say it was a good change,' she said. 'I think just for me, it was taking the hands out of the putter. Just using my hands too much. So I was like manipulating the putter to the break. For me it was just using more of my shoulders to hit the point where I thought it was going to break and not making it break. 'I feel like I had a lot of doubt the past few years … I guess with my long game but more with my putting. 'I think the more I heard media and other people saying things about my putting, I think it got to me more and more over time. 'I guess I just had a lot of thoughts and just I was overthinking probably about just the conventional way of putting … and using the broomstick has really been helping me.' Lee now has more majors than Greg Norman, who only won two, but is yet to reach the No.1 ranking the Great White Shark held for a mammoth 331 weeks. Adam Scott and Day have also been world No.1, but there has never been an Australian female No.1, not even seven-time major champ Karrie Webb, with the women's rankings only introduced in 2006. But Lee declared she had greater ambitions than getting to world No.1. 'I really wanted to be in the Hall of Fame. That's why I started golf. That's why I wanted to be on the LPGA Tour, to, you know, win a bunch of tournaments and try to get into it,' she said. 'I think I would really like to get there. We'll see how we go after this week.'
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Keegan Bradley Shouts 'Bad Words' After Travelers Championship Win
Keegan Bradley Shouts 'Bad Words' After Travelers Championship Win originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Keegan Bradley bagged his second Travelers Championship win on Sunday, beating Tommy Fleetwood by one shot. After putting on the 72nd hole, he burst into an animated celebration, shouting at the top of his voice. Advertisement Though cameras captured him, they failed to record what he said in those moments due to the cheering and clapping of the crowd around the green. Evidently, during the press conference on Sunday, he was asked about it, but Ryder Cup Team USA Captain refused to disclose. "Some bad words. I probably shouldn't. After I did it, I was like, Oops, my mom's going to be upset, so you can figure it out." Bradley said. "Sometimes when I watch guys win tournaments and they don't do anything, I don't get it because this is your chance to explode." He revealed. "We work so hard to get to these moments, and we work so hard on pushing all of our emotions down." Advertisement "For me, it's like that's tough, like I'm holding that in, I want to do that on the second hole, so for me to be able to let that out is really fun." Keegan Bradley reacts after a birdie putt on the 18th hole to win the Travelers Championship.© Bill Streicher-Imagn Images Bradley's wife Jillian was very happy to see her husband win again after 2023. He has often credited her to be the main support system for his career. "The support I get everywhere with the Ryder Cup captain and the USA chants, but especially here, it's pretty incredible." Bradley detailed. "And to have my family here, I've been fortunate enough to win a few times with my family and other members of my family around, which doesn't happen a lot for guys, and what a special thing to be able to experience." Advertisement Related: Keegan Bradley Makes Revelation on Wife Jillian Bradley After Travellers Championship Win This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 23, 2025, where it first appeared.
Hans India
3 days ago
- Sport
- Hans India
Bhatia 35th as Scheffler is in 3-way lead with Thomas and Fleetwood at Travelers
Cromwell (USA): Akshay Bhatia was tied-35th after a round of even par 70, which included an eagle in the Travellers Championship. Bhatia, fighting for a place in the FedEx Cup playoffs, is now Tied-35th and nine shots behind the trio of leaders, Scottie Scheffler (71), Justin Thomas (64), and Tommy Fleetwood (65), who were 9-under. Bhatia birdied the third and eagled the sixth but dropped one shot on the fourth and a double on the 17th. Scheffler had led after the first day, 8-under. On the second day, he had an early bogey on the sixth and then four birdies moved him to 11-under, and he was the sole leader before he dropped a double on the Par-4 17th in the last of the USD 20 million Signature events this season. World No. 2 Rory McIlroy was 3-over through four holes en route to carding a 1-over 71. McIlroy is now 5-under and T-9. Thomas carded five consecutive birdies from the 11th to the 15th on the way to 64. This season, he has had one win at the RBC Heritage and three runner-up results, while Scheffler is looking for a fourth victory this season. Fleetwood, an eight-time DP World Tour winner, is in search of his first PGA Tour victory. Denny McCarthy (64) and Austin Eckroat (71) were at 7-under 133, followed by Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley (70) and Nick Taylor (68). On the opening day, Bhatia shot even par 70 to be Tied-43 despite a double bogey. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler carded 62 for his second-lowest opening-round score of the season, for a share of the lead with Austin Eckroat. Bhatia, an Indian American, has had a fair season with three Top-10 finishes, including a Tied-third at the Players, playing with the former Open winner, Brian Harman. Bhatia had nine pars on the front nine and before he dropped a double bogey on the 10th. He got his shots back on the 14th and the 17th and was tied 43rd at even par 70 in an event that does not have a cut. Bhatia is just coming off a missed cut at the US Open but was T-16 at Memorial and T-22 at the Charles Schwab Challenge.
