At all times the entertainer, Min Woo Lee stayed true to his model proper till the very finish of his maiden PGA Tour victory with a hilarious second on the ultimate gap.
After a shocking putt from off the 18th inexperienced assured Lee would win the Houston Open by one shot over world No.1 Scottie Scheffler, all that was left was for the Australian to tap-in from six inches.
These six inches, nonetheless, had been nonetheless sufficient for Lee to take advantage of out the closing second on Monday morning.
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As an alternative of merely tapping within the minuscule stroke, Lee opted to face over the putt and faux to learn any break utilizing the divisive AimPoint methodology.
Lee stood over the ball as if he was feeling for the slope — one thing which American Scheffler may see the humour in.
Sitting within the scorers’ hut ready to see if he would go to a playoff in opposition to Lee, Scheffler was seen laughing at Lee’s remaining successful putt.
The act was additionally a final giggle of kinds to enjoying accomplice Alejandro Tosti, who earlier within the spherical took situation with the Australian’s tempo of play as he contemplated taking an unplayable on the twelfth gap.
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Lee turning to AimPoint — which has been probably the most contentious matters on the PGA Tour this 12 months — would’ve performed nothing to vary Tosti’s temper.
Nonetheless, the pair shook palms after the spherical with Tosti congratulating Lee on his win, which noticed him pocket $2.7 million.
Questioned in regards to the second on the Dan on Golf Present, Lee defined he was “doing it for the individuals, only for fun”.
“I considered it, and I stated, ‘Hey ought to I do that?’ And so they had been like, ‘Yeah, it’s fairly humorous, you need to do it.’ So I did it,” Lee stated.
‘It was cool second. It was good to have a bit of tap-in to win a event
Lee’s AimPoint antics grew to become the discuss of the Twitter world.
“An entertainer to the top,” wrote Australian commentator Luke Elvy, whereas PGA Tour insider Dan Rapaport described Lee because the “Content material King”.