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Lydia Ko enters this week’s US Women’s Open with a chance to eclipse Annika Sorenstam as the biggest money-winner in women’s golf, but the New Zealander doesn’t believe the ‌comparisons are fair.

Sydney golfing superstar Grace Kim is a generational talent, a major winner, and could yet become one of this country’s greatest ever.

A big call, perhaps, but once you watch her play in the flesh, all the hallmarks of a world-class player become as obvious as a lighthouse in the fog. A premier ball striker, the sound and flight of the ball off her clubface feel just a touch different to many of her peers. To witness it first-hand, it is pure poetry.

Here is how the Australasians line up at this year’s US Women’s Open, headlined by major winners Minjee Lee, Hannah Green, Lydia Ko and Grace Kim, alongside Karis Davidson, Stephanie Kyriacou and amateur Sarah Hammett, who all bring differing form and experience into golf’s toughest test.

There will be a mix of three major winners and two US Women’s Open debutants among the Aussie contingent when the second LPGA major of the year tees off at the iconic Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles on Thursday.

Golf spends most of its energy talking about what it can see clearly.

Gold Coast golfer Karis Davidson is set to be swapping tournament tips over Weet-Bix with her fellow Aussie players after receiving a late call-up for the U.S Women’s Open.

Russell Henley denied a gallant Eric Cole a maiden PGA Tour win as he surged to a playoff victory at storied Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas.

France’s Celine Boutier has rallied from a four-shot deficit on Sunday, shooting a five-under 66 for a one-shot victory over Thailand’s Arpichaya Yubol as she won the ShopRite LPGA for a second time.

Joaquin Niemann recorded a birdie on the first play-off hole to defeat Talor Gooch and clinch victory in LIV Golf Korea in Busan, as Australian Cameron Smith’s hopes faded.

Kota Kaneko has claimed his maiden DP World Tour title, producing a composed final-round performance to win the Austrian Alpine Open presented by Kitzbühel Tirol by two shots.

She is ranked a distant No.252 in the world, but Soo Bin Joo is eyeing a maiden LPGA Tour victory after thriving in raging wind to take a four-shot lead in Galloway New Jersey.

Eric Cole has put himself in position for another shot at a long-sought first PGA Tour victory, shooting a season-best seven-under 63 to take the third-round lead in the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial in Forth Worth, Texas.