Frisco, Texas, United States: Australian Minjee Lee captured her third Major title with a composed victory at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

Lee carded a closing two-over-par 74 at Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco for a tournament total of four-under-par 284, three shots ahead of American Auston Kim and Thailand’s Chanettee Wannasaen.

This was Lee’s first victory on the LPGA Tour since the 2023 BMW Ladies Championship.

Earlier rounds of 69, 72 and 69 had given Lee a four-shot lead over Thailand’s Atthaya ‘Jeeno’ Thitikul heading into the final day. Although the chasing pack managed to narrow the deficit to two shots at various stages, the Australian handled the pressure and windy conditions with poise to seal the win with five bogeys and three birdies.

“It feels pretty amazing. I feel like I really deserve this one. I put a lot of hard work into it. I had to really dig deep for today’s score, but I feel like I was pretty solid over the four days to have this trophy in my hand now,” said Lee, whose previous Major wins came at the 2022 US Women’s Open presented by Ally and The Amundi Evian Championship in 2021.

Kim and Chanettee both shot 68s to move up the leaderboard into a share of second place on one-under 287, two shots clear of Atthaya and Japan’s Chisato Iwai.

World number two Atthaya, who led after the first and second rounds, had disappointing weekend scores of 76 and 75 to settle for joint fourth place with Iwai on one-over 289.

The popular Thai has won five times on the LPGA Tour but is still hunting for a maiden Major title.

Lee’s first LPGA Tour win since the 2023 BMW Ladies Championship took her title tally to 11. The 29-year-old now needs to win the AIG Women’s Open or The Chevron Championship to complete the career Grand Slam.

Lee is the third Australian to win three or more Major championships, following Karrie Webb (seven) and Jan Stephenson (three).

The KPMG Women’s PGA Championship has now been won by four Australians – Lee (2025), Hannah Green (2019), Webb (2001) and Stephenson (1982).

“It’s just really special. Only three other names on this trophy are Australian, so I think it's such a great privilege to be able to have my name with them as well. I guess it shows the grit of the Aussies,” said Lee.

Before making their mark on the professional game, Lee, Atthaya and Chanettee all enjoyed distinguished amateur careers.

Lee was a member of the Australian line-up that triumphed in the Asia-Pacific Ladies Invitational Team Championship for the Queen Sirikit Cup in 2013.

Meanwhile, Atthaya made three appearances in the event for Thailand, finishing as the low individual in 2018, the year in which she won the inaugural Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific.

Chanettee, for her part, represented Thailand in the 2019 Queen Sirikit Cup.