Min Woo Lee is aware of what his greatest weapon is and regardless of understanding the “juices” can be flowing on the primary tee of his first Presidents Cup, he’s eyeing off making an instantaneous impression.
Worldwide Workforce captain Mike Weir labelled Lee the “greatest driver of the ball” in world golf and the 24-year-old will get his probability to indicate that on the opening tee at Royal Montreal that’s surrounded by grandstands able to gasoline the excitement.
Lee laps up the large crowds and the eye that has come his means in more and more giant numbers over the previous couple of years, and he declared he’d deliver “aptitude” to the occasion.
However he additionally is aware of that enjoying for one thing larger than himself, as he did on the Paris Olympics when he paired up with Presidents Cup teammate Jason Day, provides an additional ingredient of nerves he’ll must comprise.
“It’s very particular to play occasions like this. It simply has like a really enjoyable really feel to it, however it’s additionally very aggressive, almost much more aggressive than enjoying individually,” Lee mentioned forward of the primary spherical on Friday morning (AEST).
“And I believe additionally having performed within the Olympics, it positively kicks in a bit of little bit of the juices and the adrenaline. You wish to play the very best that you would be able to and also you don’t wish to let folks down.
“Some folks have a tendency to make use of driver on the primary tee as a result of it’s the most important membership within the bag and have loads of religion with it.
“Clearly, it’s going to be fairly nerve-racking too. Hopefully, I can hit an amazing tee shot on each gap however the first one particularly.”
The concentrate on making a Presidents Cup group has been sturdy for Lee, a part of the following era of Australian and Asian golfers who lap up the enormity of the Ryder Rup, the biennial conflict between the USA and Europe, and are determined for their very own slice.
It has ensured the very best gamers now wish to become involved and means Lee and his teammates are going through off towards 5 of the world’s prime 10 gamers, together with world No.1 Scottie Scheffler.
“The Presidents Cup is huge. That’s simply been a part of rising up,” Lee mentioned.
“Clearly, the Ryder Cup is huge too however the Presidents Cup was on my thoughts from a younger age as a result of that’s a group occasion that I can play in.
“I believe a giant half can also be as a result of Presidents Cup having been performed in Australia beforehand and likewise fairly lately in 2019.
“The Australian crowd was so huge they usually received into it and that form of drew me into the match a lot extra and I made it a aim of mine to make this group.
“I believe will probably be very particular.”