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                                     LEE WINS HER 1ST MAJOR

                               AFTER BEATING LEE6 IN PLAYOFF



                        이민지, 플레이오프에서 이정은6 꺾고 첫 메이저 우승



             VIAN-LES-BAINS,  France  (AP)  —  Australian  golfer   She missed the first but made the second and was doused
          EMinjee  Lee  won  a  sudden  death  playoff  against   in Champagne by 2015 Evian champion Lydia Ko.
          overnight  leader  Jeongeun  Lee6  to  clinch  the  Evian   "It's really great to win a major, it's really amazing," said
          Championship on Sunday for her first major title.    Lee, whose younger brother Min Woo Lee has two wins
          Lee6  had  to  take  a  drop  shot  when  her  second  shot  on   on the men's European Tour. He won the Scottish Open
          the first extra playoff hole flew into a pond, while Lee's   two weeks ago — also in a playoff and on the first extra
          superb second attempt landed near the flag.          hole.
          Lee6 ended with a bogey to give the 25-year-old Lee three   Lee  and  Lee6  had  finished  at  18  under  overall,  but  in
          putts for victory and a sixth LPGA title.            vastly different circumstances.



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