Alison Lee will fight another day for a spot in the U.S. Women’s Open. The U.S. Golf Association granted Lee’s request to switch qualifying sites after a Monday finish on the LPGA caused her to miss her tee time May 18 at Hermitage Country Club in Manakin-Sabot, Va.
Lee, an LPGA rookie, finished third at the Kingsmill Championship, three strokes behind her friend and contemporary Minjee Lee. The two met in the final of the 2012 U.S. Girls’ Junior and were co-medalists last December at LPGA Q-School. Minjee was set to join Alison at Hermitage, but because she won the Kingsmill Championship is exempt into the Women’s Open field.