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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Australian Minjee Lee weathered a late rally by Alison Lee to eventually defeat the American on the first playoff hole and win the LPGA South Korea tournament on Sunday. “These last few holes, I was quite excited to play, and you know, we always want to be putting ourselves in that position, in the contending position, week-in, week-out and I was lucky enough to do it this week," Minjee Lee said. It was 27-year-old Minjee Lee's 10th tour title and second win in her last three starts after claiming the Kroger Queen City Championship in Cincinnati in July. Angel Yin (67) followed her breakthrough win at the LPGA Shanghai event last week with a fourth-place finish at 13-under 275. The South Korea tournament is the second of four in the LPGA Tour ’s Asian swing after opening in Shanghai last week.

Persons: Lee, Alison Lee, Minjee Lee, It’s, Sunday's, Jan Stephenson, Karrie Webb, America's Lee, ”, Lydia Ko, Angel Yin, Celine Boutier, Boutier, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Jeonguen Lee, Atthaya Thitikul, Jiyai Shin, Ashleigh Buhai, Lilia Vu, ___ Organizations: LPGA South Korea, Kroger, City Championship, ”, Zealander, LPGA Shanghai, Scottish, Evian Championship, South Locations: SEOUL, South Korea, Seoul, Cincinnati, Australia, Korean, Shanghai, Malaysia, Japan

Chien has won three times on what is now the Epson Tour and twice on the Taiwan LPGA. Former U.S. Women's Open champion Yuka Saso (66) and Charley Hull of England (68) were five shots behind. This is Thompson's final event before the Solheim Cup in Spain on Sept. 22-24. U.S. Women's Open champion Allisen Corpuz had another 72 and missed the cut, along with fellow U.S. Solheim Cup player Cheyenne Knight, who had a 73. Linn Grant of Sweden shot 71 and missed the cut ahead of her Solheim Cup debut.

Persons: —, Chien, “, ”, Ruoning Yin of, Morgane, Ruixin Liu of, Yin, Shanshan Feng, Liu, didn't, Yuka Saso, Charley Hull of, Rose Zhang, Lexi Thompson, Thompson, Allisen Corpuz, Cheyenne Knight, Linn Grant, Perrine Delacour, It’s, ” Delacour, I’m Organizations: CINCINNATI, Kroger, City Championship, Epson, Taiwan LPGA, Games, Kenwood Country Club, KPMG Women's, Former, Women's, Solheim, U.S, Cheyenne Locations: Chien, Taiwan, America, Asia, Ruoning Yin of China, Switzerland, Ruixin Liu of China, China, Former U.S, Charley Hull of England, Spain, Sweden

CINCINNATI (AP) — Ruixin Liu of China was still suffering from allergies that forced her to withdraw from the LPGA Tour event last week. Liu said she still didn't have a clear head for the opening round in Cincinnati and has no idea why she played so well. Thompson is having her worst year on the LPGA Tour but still made the Solheim Cup team through the women's world ranking. The LPGA Tour is coming off a week that delivered one of the biggest surprises of the year. She is a six-time winner on the Futures Tour but has never finished in the top 10 on the LPGA Tour in individual play.

Persons: — Ruixin Liu, Liu, Peiyun Chien, Elizabeth Szokol, Dottie Ardina, Linnea Strom, ” Liu, “, ”, Emily Kristine Pedersen of, Charley Hull, Madelene, Jennifer Kupcho, Ally Ewing, Rose Zhang, Lexi Thompson, Thompson, Lydia Ko, Ruoning Yin, Chanettee Wannasaen, I’m, Ardina, ” Ardina Organizations: CINCINNATI, LPGA, Kroger, City, Kenwood Country Club, Portland, Queen City, Solheim, Emily Kristine Pedersen of Denmark, Kenwood, PGA Locations: China, Peiyun, Cincinnati, Spain, Europe, Sweden

☆ An Ohio couple found a cheap laundromat on Craigslist. Now they're millionaires.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | Libertina Brandt | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In 2010, Dave Menz was working at a telephone company when he decided to invest in a laundromat. Now he and his wife run four laundromats that brought in $1.8 million in revenue last year. It did for Dave Menz, a 46-year-old real-estate investor in Cincinnati, who calls himself the Laundromat Millionaire. The four laundromats Menz operates with his wife, Carla — along with their consulting business helping other laundromat owners get started and grow their businesses — have, indeed, made them rich. Courtesy of Dave and Carla MenzThat location, which opened in January 2011, became profitable within three weeks, Menz said.

Three people died Monday in a construction site accident near a business district in Charlotte, North Carolina, officials said. Charlotte Fire Department Captain Jackie Gilmore told reporters at the scene that scaffolding had collapsed at the construction site shortly after 9 a.m. Two other construction workers were taken to a hospital for evaluation. All work at the construction site was stopped until Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigators could evaluate. The construction workers fell approximately 70 feet, according to NBC affiliate WCNC. Queen City News of Charlotte reported that the construction site where the accident occurred is being developed as a luxury senior living community, but the Houston-based developer behind the project, Bridgewood Property Company, said the accident occurred at a neighboring address.

Her death, first reported by local news outlets in North Carolina and Black-centered blog sites, was heart-wrenching to Black social media users. Now, less than a month later, her family, social media users and experts are acknowledging the power of Black social media support, saying it was crucial keeping attention on her case. Black social media is extremely powerful.”Social media users have also used the #SayHerName hashtag when amplifying Robinson’s story. This isn’t the first time Black social media users have used their platform to draw attention to injustice. The professor, Ijeoma Opara, wanted to support the child’s interest in science, and social media users made it possible.

☆ An Ohio man bought a laundromat off Craigslist. Now he's a millionaire.
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-24 | by ( Libertina Brandt | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

For the first decade-or-so of his life, Menz told Insider he lived in "pretty extreme poverty" in Flint, Michigan. Menz told Insider that he realized early on in his career that he wanted to be his own boss. While the income wasn't much, Menz told Insider that it was expected, and why he kept his full-time job. So he bought the laundromat business for $75,000 and the building for $170,000. In 2016, Menz bought a fourth laundromat for about $35,000.

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