Aussie star finds her mojo

MAJOR champion Minjee Lee felt like her first ever Masters experience, as a caddie for her brother Min Woo, was the freshen up she needed to turn her “trending” 2022 form in to victory.

The Aussie world No.5 collected her seventh LPGA title, and her first since her major breakthrough in the Evian Championship last year, by making three birdies on the back nine to beat US star Lexi Thompson by two shots in New Jersey.

Lee, who had three top five finishes in her previous seven starts, said she had been “knocking on the door” of a win, and now her form is peaking just weeks out from the US Open.

“I don’t really get to watch the men or even my brother play that much, so just to be (at Augusta) and to be able to experience the Masters with him, it was really cool,” Lee said.

“I was pretty refreshed after that, and then I also had a week off before playing L.A. so I could do all my practice and do all my prep before those two weeks.

“It was just nice to not have to think about my golf and I was just kind of focused on watching him.

“I just feel like I’ve kind of been trending. I’ve been hitting it really, really well this whole — I mean, this whole season, and I just felt like it was kind of around the corner.

“I kept knocking on the door, and here I am now. I finished with a win this week.”

Lee, 25, conceded her final round, the only one not in the 60s at the Upper Montclair Country Club, wasn’t her best, but she “got the job done” having taken the lead into the last day, losing it briefly after an opening bogey, before steadying for the victory.

“I wasn’t really that nervous, but obviously I wasn’t striking it as well as I wanted to,” Lee said

“But at the end of the day I still got the job done.”