Golf | South Korea’s Lee Soo-min wins Shenzhen International

South Korea’s Lee Soo-min pulled away in yesterday’s finish to win the rain-interrupted Shenzhen International for his first European Tour victory.
The 22-year-old Lee completed a 1-under 71 at Genzon Golf Club for a two-stroke victory. He birdied the par-3 16th, eagled the par-5 17th and bogeyed the par-4 18th to finish at 16-under 272.
He won in his sixth start on the European Tour, rebounding after blowing a lead with two late double bogeys in February in the Maybank Championship Malaysia.
“I got a big chance in Malaysia, but I didn’t make it because I was really, really nervous. Now I made it,” Lee said. “Yesterday I was really, really nervous. We had a lot of break times and then played again, so that’s really good for me and I just thought about my golf.”
Lee earned a European Tour exemption through the 2018 season with the wire-to-wire victory.
“I’m really happy and really excited,” Lee said. “This is really good for me and really good for my golf life. […] I really, really want to play Europe, so it’s good for me.”
Lee was tied with England’s Lee Slattery and France’s Alexander Levy when play was suspended Sunday.
Dutchman Joost Luiten and South Africa’s Brandon Stone tied for second, each shooting 68.
Slattery and Levy each shot 71 to tie for fourth at 13 under with Australia’s Scott Hend. Hend closed with a 66 on Sunday.
Bubba Watson shot a 66 on Sunday to tie for eighth at 10 under. AP