Min Woo Lee

2022 - 7 - 14

Post cover — Image courtesy of "Australian Golf Digest"

Min Woo Lee starts hot at Open Championship after funny Tiger ... (Australian Golf Digest)

Major winner Webb Simpson has backed Min Woo Lee remain high on the leaderboard throughout the Open Championship after playing the first round at St Andrews ...

“It was a good recovery, a great recovery,” he said. “It was a good wake-up call, I guess.” There’s something about the Majors I really enjoy.” “I was watching Tiger in 2000 St Andrews before I closed the laptop at 8.30pm and fell asleep, but it was playing when it was closed somehow. “The one thing I haven’t been good at is bouncing back from bad shots. With three more good rounds like he had today I certainly think he’s got what it takes (to win).”

Cameron Smith makes best-ever British Open start to sit three shots ... (ABC News)

The Australian shot a stylish five-under par 67 to finish the first round in third spot, three strokes short of American leader Cameron Young.

"Standing on the first tee at St Andrews in an Open is something that I've only dreamt of doing as a kid, and for it to all come real and to have the support I did out there today was pretty cool." - Smith is just three shots off the lead after his best-ever start to The Open with a three-under-par 67 Cameron Smith is hoping to parlay his best start at a British Open into a long-overdue first Australian triumph at St Andrews in more than 60 years.

Star's bizarre 4.30am Tiger wake-up, Mickelson ends 11-year feud ... (Fox Sports)

Star's bizarre 4.30am Tiger wake-up, Mickelson ends 11-year feud with Aussie gun: Oz Open Wrap.

His round featured eight birdies and four bogeys in a rollercoaster start to his tournament. In the video, Phil Mickelson denies the youngster an autograph on course. It woke me up at 4am; it was a good wake-up call I guess. But his 4am wake-up was more than a little bizarre, with Lee revealing he was woken by video of Tiger Woods’ victory at the 2000 Open at St Andrews on his laptop. “I was watching Tiger in 2000 St Andrews before I closed the laptop at 8.30pm and fell asleep, but it was playing when it was closed somehow. I’ll probably watch five or six episodes of that this afternoon.

Min Woo Lee nabs early Open clubhouse lead (Bega District News)

Lee was the first Australian out on Thursday, teeing off in the opening group at 6.35am with Scotland's 1999 champion Paul Lawrie and American Webb Simpson.

Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement "It was a good recovery, a great recovery," Lee said. "So nice to get out there and shoot a number and get myself well under par." "I'm fine now but it just felt like I got a little bit of a hyper extension in the back of my knee," he said.

Min Woo Lee in blazing British Open start (The West Australian)

West Australian golf star Min Woo Lee has buried the demons of last year's missed cut on debut to fire an impressive British Open first round at St Andrews.

It was funny and it was a good wake-up call, I guess." "It's a long way to go. So I'm trying." "I haven't made many cuts this year. It was like Tiger holing a putt or something. "For some reason, the laptop started playing when it was closed.

2000 British Open: Thanks to Tiger Woods' 2000 Open win, Min Woo ... (Golf Channel)

Tiger Woods helped wake up Lee ahead of his early tee time in Round 1 of the 150th Open Championship.

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