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Aaron Baddeley will contest a third US Open at Pebble beach having snared an 11th-hour ticket through sectional qualifying in Columbus, Ohio.

Baddeley was one of three Australians who boosted the nation's US Open contingent to eight golfers when 36-hole sectional qualifying was staged across 10 sites in the US and internationally on Monday.

Baddeley locked up one of 14 spots on offer from the elite Columbus field, while Marcus Fraser gained entry from Walton Heath Golf Club in England.

Lismore native Brett Drewitt survived perhaps the most gruelling contest of the trio when he won a two-man, sudden-death playoff at Springfield, Ohio for the fifth and last spot on offer there.

The US Open will be Drewitt's major championship debut.

Baddeley shot 70 at Ohio's Brookside Golf Club and then 67 at nearby Scioto Country Club to earn a five-under total, finishing in a share of seventh.

"Sectional qualifying can be stressful; you're coming down the last few holes you knowing what the score is and what you need to do to qualify," Baddeley told AAP.

"If you have a short putt, there is plenty of pressure because there you don't get a second chance to qualify for the US Open. It's all or nothing."

Baddeley contested the 2000 US Open at Pebble Beach which Tiger Woods won by 15 shots - the largest margin of victory in a major championship history.

That year, Baddeley received a special exemption from organiser the United States Golf Association following his 1999 and 2000 Australian Open victories.

Baddeley also played in the 2010 US Open at Pebble Beach.

The 38-year-old Baddeley said he was ecstatic to return to iconic seaside course in California.

"I'm pretty pumped to get back to Pebble. I love the place," he said.

"I have played the Pebble Beach Pro Am (on the US PGA Tour) almost every year for 10 years."

European Tour veteran Fraser was also buoyed at securing one of 14 spots from the England site.

"I really wanted to tick off playing a US Open at Pebble Beach; it's one of the most iconic golf courses in the world," Fraser said told AAP from England.

"It is definitely a bucket list venue for professionals to play a championship. I've never been there."

Sydney native Matt Jones also qualified from the Dallas, Texas site two weeks ago.

Big-name Australians Jason Day, Marc Leishman, Adam Scott and Cameron Smith were already exempt for the US Open.

Jeongeun Lee6 has continued a Korean juggernaut by winning the US Women's Open by two strokes in Charleston, South Carolina.

Despite two bogeys in the final three holes, a one-under-par 70 was enough to clinch the title on a day when most of the contenders struggled at Country Club of Charleston.

Lee finished on six-under 278, collecting $US1 million ($A1.4 million), the first seven-figure prize in women's golf.

It marks the 10th time a South Korean has won the championship in just over 20 years.

Pak Se-ri, the nation's first winner, started the run in 1998 and inspired a generation to follow in her footsteps.

Lee, who started Sunday two strokes off the lead, was on the nearby practice putting green when her victory was confirmed and was soon doused in champagne by 2011 champion Ryu So-yeon.

The 23-year-old burst into tears at the victory presentation when asked what the achievement meant.

"I couldn't imagine coming this far, winning my first LPGA tournament and also major championship," she said via an interpreter.

She goes by the name Lee6 to differentiate herself from five previous Korean professionals with the exact same name.

Lee, who came into the event ranked 17th in the world, played the steadiest of the contenders until the enormity of the occasion took its toll on the final three holes.

But the three-shot lead she had built proved enough.

"I felt pretty nervous starting holes 16, 17, 18," she said.

"I know I made two bogeys but I didn't want to think about it too much."

Ryu (70) and Americans Lexi Thompson (73) and Angel Yin (68) tied for second on four-under but none seriously threatened.

Instead, Lee's main danger down the stretch was joint overnight leader Celine Boutier of France who lipped out on a four-foot birdie at the 16th that would have tied it up.

Her day finished miserably with a costly double-bogey at the last. She shot 75 and slipped into a tie for fifth on three-under.

"I feel pretty bad right now," said Boutier, who clinched her first LPGA Tour victory at the Vic Open in Australia earlier this year.

While the experience of that victory had helped her in the early part of this tournament, she said nerves got the better of her.

"I was pretty nervous all day, even in the morning when I wasn't even on the course," she said.

"I mean, obviously, majors is a different situation but it's always good to be in this position, I guess, for the future."

Australia's Minjee Lee finished in a tie for 12th at one under.

England's Bronte Law has held off a series of challenges to complete a wire-to-wire victory in the LPGA Tour's Pure Silk Championship in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Law shot a closing three-under 67 to win by two shots and claim her first LPGA Tour title in her 56th start.

A 15-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole finally brought success.

"It was definitely a relief," said Law. "I'd hit a really good putt on the previous hole before and it kind of hit a spike mark," after making her sixth consecutive par. "I thought it was middle centre and didn't make that one.

"It was a grind."

The 24-year-old held a share of the lead after the first three rounds and finished with a 17-under 267 total on the River Course at the Kingsmill Resort.

Madelene Sagstrom, Brooke Henderson and third-round co-leader Nasa Hataoka tied for second. Sagstrom shot 66, Henderson 68 and Hataoka 69.

Australia's world No.2 Minjee Lee shot back to back 67s over the weekend to rally from a second round 73 and finish tied 13th at nine under.

Law had come from 10 shots back on the last day to get into a playoff in the LPGA Mediheal Championship three weeks ago in Daly City, California.

Kevin Na birdied four of the first eight holes and shot a four-under 66 to cruise to a four-shot victory over Tony Finau at Colonial on Sunday.

The South Korean-born American opened with a two-shot lead and was in front by at least that many for the final 16 holes after putting his second shot inside five feet for birdie at the par-four second. Na finished 13 under.

Na's third career PGA Tour victory, and second in 10 months, came after putting himself in contention with a second-round 62, one off the Colonial record. It was his third score at least that good in a span of six on the cosy course made famous by Ben Hogan.

"On the first tee, I saw that wall, looked at the names, right below Justin Rose," Na said, referring to the defending champion. "And in my head, I engraved my name on it. I was just trying to visualise success before I teed off.

"They say this is a golf course that I've had the most leads in a tournament,. So it tells you how much I like this place and how well I've played here."

Local favourite Jordan Spieth's strong putting disappeared in a two-over 72 as the Dallas native finished eight shots back to remain without a victory since his third major title at the 2017 British Open.

Jim Furyk's hopes faded when the 2003 US Open champion went in the water for double bogey at the par-three 13th on the way to a 73. The 17-time tour winner's last title was at Hilton Head in 2015.

Finau briefly was within a shot of Na early in the round, and the first-round leader was two back when Na birdied 14 about the same time Finau had a bogey at 16 to push the lead to four.

Finau, looking for his second career win three years after his first, closed with a 68.

"He wasn't letting up, so I knew I was going to have to make three or four birdies coming in," Finau said. "I gave myself the looks to do it. Just wasn't able to make it happen."

It's the first time since 2002-03 that consecutive Colonials were decided by more than one stroke.

Defending champion Justin Rose, who won by three and was the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 3 this year, had his third score of par or worse, shooting 70 to finish five over.

Australian Aaron Baddeley jumped five places to finish tied 48th after finishing his final round with an even-par 70.

Austria's Bernd Wiesberger has held off a spirited challenge from Scotland's Robert MacIntyre to win his fifth European Tour title in the Made in Denmark event.

Wiesberger carded a closing 66 at Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort on Sunday to finish 14 under par, a shot ahead of playing partner MacIntyre, who narrowly missed a birdie putt on the 18th to force a play-off.

France's Romain Langasque finished two shots further back in third, with Chris Paisley, Oliver Wilson, Paul Dunne, Pablo Larrazabal and Max Schmitt sharing fourth place on nine under.

Australian Jason Scrivener finished 10 shots off the pace in equal 25th, while compatriot Wade Ormsby was 11 shots behind Wiesberger in equal 33rd.

The Austrian held a two-shot lead after holing his approach to the par-five 11th from 66 yards for an eagle but bogeyed the 13th as MacIntyre made birdie to get back on level terms.

Both players birdied the short 14th before Wiesberger edged back in front with another on the 16th. On the 17th MacIntyre drove out of bounds.

After the left-hander superbly salvaged a bogey, Wiesberger gave him renewed hope by driving into a water hazard on the 18th.

But the Austrian was able to scramble a five and MacIntyre had to settle for his second consecutive runner-up finish.

Wiesberger, who missed seven months of last season after undergoing wrist surgery, told Sky Sports: "(I'm) speechless. I'm so thankful to so many people who have been there for me last year.

"I had so many great people helping me get back to where I am right now and I'm proud to pay it back this way. It's been such a great week, I enjoyed myself so much and loved the way I started playing."

A frustrated Adam Scott is finding it difficult to take pleasure in his major championship resurgence after a lacklustre final round at the US PGA Championship.

For a fourth straight major, Scott was in the mix but failed to find another gear in search of a long-awaited second victory to go with his historic 2013 Masters win.

He began Sunday at the PGA Championship nine strokes behind eventual winner Brooks Koepka and was never a chance at reeling in the big-hitting American at New York's Bethpage Black.

But a hot round could have gone a long way.

Instead, the 38-year-old Queenslander bogeyed three of his last five holes to post a four-over 74.

Although Scott shared eighth at one over, he finished nine shots from Koepka.

"It's just hopeless and it's not going to win many tournaments," he said of his final round.

"I would have liked to get more out this week; there was some good stuff but it's frustrating to have an average result again."

The silver lining is Scott moves to world No.26 and will take confidence in continually putting his hand up at the majors, as he looks ahead to the US Open at Pebble Beach in June.

In between, he will play Jack Nicklaus' Memorial Tournament in Ohio as a tune-up.

He vows to end the late bogeys which have ensured his worldwide winless drought is now well past three years.

"I have to keep working on it, I keep putting myself there but I need to close out a round in better fashion," Scott said.

"My game is trending in the right direction but I don't think anyone is patient with just hanging around."

However after a poor 2017 season, Scott has proved he is still a force to be reckoned with - earning a fourth top-10 result from 11 US PGA Tour starts this season.

Putting has generally been considered Scott's weak link relative to his world-class ball-striking but he ranks within the top 20 on the greens on the PGA Tour.

That is his best performance on the greens through May in 15 years.

Scott's countryman Jason Day, the 2015 PGA Champion, had a disappointing week at a course set up for his powerful driving and razor-sharp short game.

Day closed with a 72 to share 23rd at four over, while Cameron Smith (74) was 11 over and Lucas Herbert (75) was 12 over.

US President Donald Trump awarded golfer Tiger Woods the nation's highest civilian honour, describing the 43-year-old as a "true legend" who transformed golf and then fought through years of injury to return to the sport's summit.

Trump awarded Woods with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He's the fourth golfer to earn that distinction and certainly the youngest.

While Woods dominated the sport for more than a decade, he won his first major in nearly 11 years at last month's Masters Tournament, a comeback that captivated the sporting world.

"Tiger was back on top," Trump declared during the Rose Garden ceremony.

If there were a Mount Rushmore for golfers, Woods would almost certainly be on it. He ranks second in PGA Tour wins and in major tournament victories.

Woods was joined at the ceremony by his mother, his children and girlfriend Erica Herman. Woods' longtime caddie, Joe LaCava, also attended.

Woods became emotional as he spoke of his parents, and he thanked those who have supported him over the years, saying, "You've seen the good and bad, the highs and lows, and I would not be in this position without all of your help."

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is given to individuals who have made "especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors," according to the White House. Presidents have complete discretion over whom they honour with the medal.

Some athletes and sports champions have resisted visiting the Trump White House because of their differences with the president.

Rick Reilly, who wrote a book about Trump's golfing entitled Commander in Cheat, said Woods has brought golf to people of colour all over the world.

Australian golf star Minjee Lee added another top-10 finish to her stellar LPGA season as Sei Young Kim won the Mediheal Championship in a playoff.

World No.2 Lee threatened to claim a second consecutive title, after last week's win at the LA Open, as she lurked just two shots off the lead midway through the final round at a cold Lake Merced Golf Club in Daly City.

But her even-par 72 left her at four under and three shots outside of a three-way playoff between Kim, her fellow South Korean Jeongeun Lee6 and England's Bronte Law.

Lee finished in a tie for eighth while third-round leader Kim recovered from a three-over par 75 on Sunday by making birdie on the first extra hole to improve her perfect play-off record to 4-0.

Law stormed into contention with a closing seven-under 65 to set an early target at seven-under 281, which was matched by Lee6 (67) and Kim, who made a birdie on the par-5 18th in regulation to make the playoff.

Kim won for the eighth time on the LPGA Tour despite a double-bogey, bogey start on Sunday and two further bogeys in her final round.

"It was really frustrating, starting really bad," 25-year-old Kim told Golf Channel.

"Even then I try to keep going and focus."

"My position is last group so all day I've got a lot of pressure. I'm still almost my heart came out."

Law, 24, had threatened to pull off a comeback for the ages after starting the day 10 strokes behind overnight leader Kim.

"Ultimately, waiting around that long is tough, to even get back into the mindset of, like, 'OK, I got to go out and play again,"' Law said.

"But that's part of the job."

Lexi Thompson, Amy Yang and Eun-Hee Ji all closed with rounds of 71 to share fourth at five under with Charley Hull (74).

Experienced Finn Mikko Korhonen sank an eight-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to edge Frenchman Benjamin Hebert and win the China Open after a thrilling final round in Shenzhen on Sunday.

The 38-year-old became the oldest winner of China's oldest professional tournament to claim his second European Tour title after his triumph at the inaugural Shot Clock Masters in Austria last year.

The final round at the Genzon Golf Club resembled a matchplay event for much of the day with Korhonen, overnight leader Hebert and in-form Spaniard Jorge Campillo vying for the lead in the final group.

The trio were tied on 19-under-par when they approached the 17th tee and, as the Guangzhou rain pelted down, Korhonen edged ahead when he curled a putt into the hole off the lip for his seventh birdie of the day.

Hebert, who had started the round with a three-shot lead over his two playing partners, was not about to give up, however, and he drove the water at the last to set up a birdie chance which he converted for a final round three-under 69.

Korhonen had already parred the 18th for a 66 and, with Campillo out of the equation after a final round 67, the Finn and Hebert headed back to the 18th tee tied on 20-under to decide the title.

"It's amazing, I don't know how I did it," Korhonen said. "Probably the putter today and most of the days.

"All day it was a battle, everyone was making putts so you just had to stay there and make your putts and concentrate on the moment."

Campillo, who won his first European Tour title in his 229th tournament in Morocco last week and led by two strokes after a run of four straight birdies around the turn on Sunday, finished alone in third on 19-under.

The Spaniard will, however, move into second place in the Race to Dubai after a win, two second places and two third-place finishes in his last six European Tour outings.

Li Haotong, the 2016 champion, was the top Chinese player three shots further back in fourth after a final round 66, while his compatriot and 2015 champion Wu Ashun (70) shared fifth with four others on 15-under.

Min Woo Lee was the best placed Australian, tied for 14th at 12-under.

Local schoolboy amateur Yang Kuang, who on Friday became the youngest player to make the cut at a European Tour event outside the majors at 14 years, six months and 12 days old, hit a final round 73 for a share of 55th.

Australian Minjee Lee will reach a career-high ranking of world No.2 after she claimed her first LPGA Tour title of the season and fifth of her career.

The 22-year-old sealed a four-shot victory at the LA Open with a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-3 18th to close with a three-under 68 and finish at 14-under 270.

Lee was projected to jump from fourth to second in the world rankings when they are released on Monday after her fourth top-three finish in her past seven starts, and second in as many weeks.

"Coming in, the first half of the year that I've had, I've been hitting it pretty solid and playing pretty solid," Lee said.

"I felt like it was close. I feel pretty good with this one."

Lee earned $225,000 ($A412,000) for her victory, taking her to second on this season's LPGA money list and the Tour's season-long points Race to the CME Globe.

"For the rest of the year I will do my best, have fun and try and get a couple of more wins," he said.

Only three Australians have more career LPGA wins - Karrie Webb (41), Jan Stephenson (16) and Rachel Hetherington (eight).

Lee's previous win was in May 2018 at the Volvik Championship and she has two runner-up finishes this season.

Lee took a one-shot lead over Nanna Koerstz Madsen into the final round at Wilshire Country Club but it was Sei Young Kim that made a charge to finish second.

The South Korean closed to within two shots of Lee on the back nine on Sunday but bogeyed the 18th for a 66.

"This golf course is not easy, even regular tournament," Kim said.

Lee comfortably maintained her advantage despite a bogey on the par-4 11th.

"I was just going to carry on playing my own game," she said.

"I had a couple birdie opportunities coming in, so I didn't get rattled up or anything."

Annie Park (67) and Morgan Pressel (68) tied for third at nine under.

Koerstz Madsen shot a 76 to finish 13th at five under. She was trying to become the first Danish winner of an LPGA event.

Lee's countrywoman Hannah Green, who shared the lead after round one, carded an even-par 71 in the final round to finish in a tie for 14th and four under.