USGA Grants Alison Lee A One-Day Qualifying Reprieve

Great news for those who were following the rain-delayed LPGA Kingsmill Championship and realized Alison Lee would miss her U.S. Women's Open round due to a Monday finish: The USGA found her a spot at Goose Creek in Southern California.

While not her preferred venue, as Beth Ann Baldry reports, Lee has a chance to make it to Lancaster CC where she has a strong history.

“It kind of freaked me out,” said Lee, of the possibility of not being able to qualify for the Women’s Open, to be held July 9-12 at Lancaster (Pa.) Country Club.

Lee won the 2013 AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champions at Lancaster and was particularly excited about getting back there to see her host family and friends.

“I have a lot of good memories there,” she said.

Lee first qualified for the Women’s Open in 2009 at age 14. She won a two-hole sudden-death playoff to get into the championship and missed her flight to the next event. She and her father wound up eating dinner at Denny’s at 10 p.m.

Lee lost to Minjee Lee in Monday's finish at Kingsmill, which would have earned her a place in the U.S. Women's Open.