Via the primary two rounds of the Gamers Championship it has been the Min Woo Lee present.
The 26-year-old from Australia is tied for the lead, with Akshay Bhatia, at 11-under-par, after carding a advantageous spherical of 66 within the second spherical at Sawgrass.
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Nonetheless, it has been Lee’s magician-like potential to flee a few jams which have been the discuss of the occasion up to now.
Lee spoke to the media after his second spherical, citing his 2-iron as why he has shot so properly and feels so comfy at TPC Sawgrass.
“I believe, I am undecided why, however I believe my 2-iron, I am utilizing that lots and it is a fairly good weapon of mine,” Lee mentioned.
“So I can type of draw it and hit it straight and it goes a great distance.
“Once I hit it good, it goes, finally ends up going a great distance. That helps.
“Then you will have brief golf equipment into holes, so yeah, I’d like to hit a 2-iron all over the place however clearly you may’t.”
Lee’s opening spherical of 67 additionally noticed him discover himself in a few precarious conditions.
However he was in a position to work his method out of them and credited a particular facet of his sport that obtained him out of hassle – and it was no shock that it was the identical that paved the best way for his second spherical masterclass.
“I simply had a sense that if I hit an excellent two-iron, which I’ve been all day, I may have a brief wedge in, Lee mentioned.
“Managed to provide the worst swing of the day about 40 yards proper of the place I wished to hit it.
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“I used to be simply very comfortable to have a par putt. I actually had no shot.
“I had a chance to type of go over the grandstand, and if it ended up within the grandstand I’d get a drop, however that was nonetheless a tricky shot pitching it again this fashion…
“That third shot may have simply gone within the water had I simply pulled it,” Lee mentioned on Thursday.
“However used a little bit of magic and tried to chop up a pitching wedge out of the tough and — out of the pine straw, and it was completely good.”
Lee joins an unique membership after his efficiency over the opening two days.
Previous to this 12 months, solely Scottie Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau – of gamers with not less than 10 profession spherical at Sawgrass – had a sub-70 scoring common, per Underdog Golf.
Lee now joins their illustrious firm, however in contrast to the confirmed main champions, the Aussie remains to be in search of his first PGA Tour win.
But when the following two days are something like his first two, Lee could possibly be strolling house with $4.5 million in his pocket.