Min Woo Lee concedes his injured knee is “simply hanging in there” for his Australian Open tilt however gained’t want additional remedy earlier than he joins the ”massive canine” in January as a part of the Tiger Woods-led enviornment golf collection set to shake up the game.
Lee, who rose to a career-high rating of 31 in 2024, was requested to affix one of many six groups for the TGL, becoming a member of the likes of Woods, Rory McIlroy and fellow Aussie Adam Scott who will play matches towards one another in a purpose-built stadium on Monday nights in 2025 as a part of the made-for-TV occasion.
Given a tour of the venue in Florida, nonetheless being accomplished, main winner Justin Thomas mentioned he was “blown away” when confronted by screens the dimensions of buildings and transferring greens.
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The dimensions of the brand new endeavour, seen as a transfer to rival the emergence of LIV Golf, with matches to be proven on ESPN, was not misplaced on Lee, who was completely satisfied so as to add it to his 2025 schedule understanding the work he’ll need to do with a purpose to preserve his PGA Tour card after score his rookie yr “across the B space”.
“It’s very cool, you see all of the gamers going there and the screens and it’s a stadium … it’s going to be thrilling,” he mentioned.
“It’s a little bit of enjoyable. It’s on the Monday of the week, I’ll need to journey, but it surely’s artwork of an funding. You might not do it, however I needed to.
“A whole lot of massive canine are enjoying, it’s going to be cool.”
Lee harm his knee “in mattress” and will solely play 9 holes at Kingston Heath on Wednesday having struggled to bend over to select up his ball at Royal Queensland final week.
However he tried to downplay simply how dangerous it was and mentioned he’d haven’t any excuses in his quest to win the Australian Open after falling brief within the defence of his Australian PGA Championship crown.
“It’s simply a type of issues … it’s hanging in there,” he mentioned of his knee.
“I performed 9 holes and felt fairly good for many of it. It’s like a day-by-day factor. It’s simply scary, I haven’t had many accidents. I didn’t do something too dangerous to it however psychologically, you don’t wish to push it.
“It’s a really mini harm. It’s been a protracted yr and I simply wish to ensure that I’m good for the event.”
Lee will get some further relaxation, with a day tee time for the opening spherical, paired alongside defending champ Joaquin Niemann, who got here excessive of him ultimately yr’s occasion in Sydney.