Lotte to like in Lee third

AUSTRALIA’S Minjee Lee has shared third place as Canada’s Brooke Henderson successfully defended the LPGA Tour’s Lotte Championship title, winning by four strokes.

The 21-year-old Henderson shot a closing two-under 70 in windy conditions at Ko Olina Golf Club in Hawaii to triumph at 16-under 272, with South Korea’s Eun-Hee Ji second after a 73.

World No.4 Lee battled to a final-round 74, with two birdies and four bogeys, as she finished a shot further back and tied with Thai star Ariya Jutanugarn (73).