Min Woo Lee is seeking to defend his Houston Open title this week, and he’s in a nice place to take action.
The Australian, in quest of his second PGA Tour win, is 4 pictures off the main Gary Woodland heading into the weekend at nine-under par. He shot a phenomenal second spherical 63 to thrust himself into rivalry.
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But regardless of his Friday efficiency, which featured a clear scorecard with 5 birdies and an eagle, Lee has a complaint about the golf course which he has blamed for a couple of wayward pictures.
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Min Woo Lee’s complaint about the fairways at Memorial Park
Lee mentioned after his opening spherical that he was pulling pictures together with his irons. When requested about this after his second spherical on Friday, Lee blamed the size of the grass on the fairways.
He mentioned, “I probably only pulled one or two today, and yesterday I felt like I pulled 90 percent of my shots. And they all felt like good swings, which was a bit strange so I thought there was something up there.
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“Yeah, just thought the fairway was — there’s a little bit more growth on it than the range and balls were I guess teed up a tiny bit, and for a drawer, you want the ball to start right but mine was starting a lot straighter than I wanted to.
“Yeah, just something to keep in the back of my head. Yeah, today was a bit better.”
It appears that it doesn’t matter what the challenge was, he’s on prime of it now and able to problem the prime of the leaderboard as soon as once more at this occasion.
Min Woo Lee targets one space for enchancment at the Houston Open
“Dr Chipinski” is normally scientific round the greens, however that hasn’t been the case to this point this week in Houston. Statistically, he’s performed nicely round the greens, however Lee mentioned he’s nonetheless seeking to hone in on his chipping.
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He mentioned, “I would say my chipping wasn’t actually that good yesterday so I did a bit of chipping yesterday. The lies are kind of awkward. The ball seems like it’s sitting up, but there’s a little bit of grain and a little bit of thatchiness into the grass.
“You can see like a few guys, when they — even such a simple chip, you think it’s pretty easy but it comes out with no spin and it rolls out. Maybe same as chipping, I did clean it up a little bit today, but yeah, if that can be tidy and my approach play can be solid, I think it will be fine.”
Lee gained 1.93 strokes round the inexperienced throughout his second spherical, which is way improved from Thursday, when he really misplaced 0.35 strokes.
Clearly, it took a while for him to turn into accustomed to the circumstances, however his poor play together with his wedges was unlikely to proceed together with his elite really feel round the greens.
