Rising Australian star Min Woo Lee has been tapped on the shoulder by Tiger Woods to hitch his new TGL digital golf league with the likes of Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Adam Scott within the stadium golf revolution.
Recent off his victory within the Macau Open, Lee has declared he needs to be on Woods’ staff after making the ultimate roster for the brand new league, which can function solely 20 of the world’s finest gamers with a multimillion-dollar, hi-tech stadium being constructed to host the event in Florida.
Lee, 25, can be on certainly one of six groups and mentioned it was onerous to consider he can be mixing with main winners within the TGL, which is ready to start in January having been established by Woods and McIlroy amid the early menace from LIV Golf poaching the world’s finest gamers.
“Oh, it’s superb. Have a look at the roster, it’s loopy. It looks as if everybody after which there’s me. I’m making an attempt to do my finest and compete with these guys,” Lee mentioned.
“These guys, clearly main champions and finest on the planet. I assume a little bit of my enjoyable character and hopefully I can play some good golf there, too. I actually like that sort of format, staff occasion.
“I’m undecided what staff I’ll be on, however I’ll be actually excited. Hope I can get a few large boys and we will find yourself profitable.”
Lee, who jumped to 45 on the world rankings on the again of his victory final weekend, is eyeing off full-time enjoying standing on the US PGA Tour in 2024.
He’s set to base himself in Las Vegas and as a showman mentioned he was excited to get in the midst of the “trash discuss” set to dominated the TGL when it will get beneath manner as a made-for-TV spectacle.
“I hope to be on (Woods’) staff as a result of I do know his trash speaking with him and J.T (Justin Thomas), it‘s fairly humorous, all of the stuff,” he mentioned.
“I don’t know if I’ll be trash speaking him as a result of I don‘t have a lot to again up in opposition to his phrases, however possibly I can attempt to throw him off a little bit bit, however I do know he’s a person of many abilities, so I’m positive he’ll be superb.”
Lee is enjoying the PGA Tour’s ZOZO Championship in Japan this week and is locked in for an Australian return to play each the Open and PGA in November and December.