Min Woo Lee has packed a lot into his first 24 years. At the age of 17, he became the first Aussie to win the US Junior Amateur, four years after his sister, Minjee, had done the same. He’s also hit balls in front of his hero Tiger Woods, played the Old Course backwards, won a Rolex Series event on the DP World Tour and shot 30 on the front nine on his debut at Augusta. In March of this year at The Players Championship, he teed off in the final group alongside eventual winner Scottie Scheffler and was tied for the lead with 15 holes to play.
The general rule of thumb is that most interviews take place later than the arranged time, if at all. I’m speaking to Lee in Abu Dhabi an hour ahead of our scheduled chat as he’s waiting for his shoes to turn up. There’s not a lot of fuss about Lee and