Min Woo Lee is cooking on the Houston Open with the Australian placing on a ball putting masterclass as he leads by a whopping 4 pictures with three holes to play within the third spherical.
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Lee was -17 total after 15 holes in his third spherical, wherein he’s seven-under par, degree for the perfect spherical of the day alongside Sweden’s Jesper Svensson.
It’s a Trans—Tasman one-two at current with New Zealand’s Ryan Fox sitting within the clubhouse in second, one shot away from world No.1 Scottie Scheffler and the chasing pack.
Lee has made seven birdies thus far, and eight for the day contemplating he needed to play the final two holes of his second spherical within the morning and birdied the seventeenth to get his momentum rolling from the outset.
The 26-year-old has been excellent with the flat stick at Memorial Park, gaining extra strokes on the greens than another participant within the area throughout the three rounds, however it was his mighty ball putting that was most eye-catching on Sunday morning Australian time.
He didn’t make a birdie putt from longer than 12 toes in his first 14 holes of the third spherical as he routinely caught it shut to offer himself nice scoring alternatives.
The spotlight of his ball-striking was a near-ace on the 175-yard par 3 ninth as Lee flew it previous the opening earlier than spinning it again and the ball barely trickling by the sting of the cup.
But it surely was a trademark ‘Dr. Chipinski’ chip-in for birdie on the par 4 sixth that introduced the group to life, and gave him a spark because it was his second birdie of the day, and he went onto birdie 5 of the subsequent 9 holes.
The West Australian is but to style victory on the PGA Tour, and the timing of his spectacular type is good given The Masters is lower than two weeks away.
He has additionally performed alongside Scheffler, and outshining the perfect participant on this planet should give him an abundance of confidence.
The Tour has all the time recognized of Lee’s immense driving distance, he has been launching 25 to 30 yards previous Scheffler persistently, however taking advantage of having much less membership on his approaches has been the important thing.
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