Minjee Lee set to end horror 2026 season with Tour Championship absence

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Minjee Lee will miss the Tour Championship for the first time since 2014 as she looks to rebound from a year to forget.

Minjee Lee is set to miss the LPGA Tour Championship for the first time since 2014 after a horror season.

Lee's world ranking has dropped from third to 24th, her equal-lowest standing in 11 years.

Cassie Porter, Grace Kim, Karis Davidson and Robyn Choi are all hoping to join Hannah Green at the Tour Championship in Naples from November 19-22.

Minjee Lee will miss the LPGA's rich and prestigious Tour Championship for the first time in more than a decade after calling an end to her deflating 2026 season.

Australia's triple major champion has opted out of The ANNIKA, the all-important penultimate event of the year starting on Thursday, rendering Lee no chance of scraping into next week's $US11 million ($16 million) showpiece in Florida.

But after slumping from third in the world rankings last October to 24th, her equal-lowest standing in 11 years, the WA superstar has opted for a reset following her last-place finish at the Japan Classic on Sunday.

Battling swing issues, the 30-year-old has slumped to 79th in the season-long point standings, with only the top 60 to qualify for the Tour Championship in Naples from November 19-22.

The 11-times LPGA Tour winner tied for 13th last year, with her best result in the event being a share of seventh on debut as a teenager in 2015.

While Lee will be absent this week, four Australians will be striving to punch their tickets to the Tour Championship at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair.

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