{"id":298605,"date":"2023-11-29T20:24:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T20:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=298605"},"modified":"2023-11-29T20:24:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T20:24:34","slug":"australian-open-2023-live-updates-min-woo-minjee-smith-tee-off-at-the-lakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/golf\/australian-open-2023-live-updates-min-woo-minjee-smith-tee-off-at-the-lakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open 2023 LIVE updates: Min Woo, Minjee, Smith tee off at The Lakes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1<\/span> of 1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n In the men\u2019s we\u2019ll be following the feature group of Cam Smith, Min Woo Lee and Japan\u2019s Rikuya Hoshino, who finished second behind Lee at the Aussie PGA championship last week.<\/p>\n Right behind them, beautifully placed, is the women\u2019s feature group, with superstar Minjee Lee, South Africa\u2019s defending champion Ashleigh Buhai and Lee\u2019s compatriots, former major winner Hannah Green.<\/p>\n Unsure if Lee\u2019s happy parents designed the groups but they\u2019ll have it easy for rhe first two days. These morning groups at the Lakes switch to an afternoon round at the Oz tomorrow.<\/p>\n Quick recap for the uninitiated: the Australian Open is in its second year of being a mixed gender event.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Minjee Lee will be looking to emulate her Australian PGA champion brother Min Woo with a trophy on home soil.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Getty<\/cite><\/p>\n The men and women play their own tournaments, but in alternating groups. Due to the size of the combined starting fields (128 men amd 98 women), the first two days are held across two courses: The Lakes and the Australian GC, which is very close by in Sydney\u2019s east. Amazingly, just one road stops a corner of each connecting.<\/p>\n OK, good morning everyone from the Australian Open and more specifically from the foggy 10th tee at the Lakes GC, where the marquee groupings of both the men\u2019s and the women\u2019s tournaments are starting today just after 7am.<\/p>\n Nine\u2019s coverage on the telly doesn\u2019t start until midday, so we are your best option for live updates and pithy observations.<\/p>\n 1<\/span> of 1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\nSmith, Lees our focus this morning<\/h2>\n
The tournament format<\/h2>\n
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