10 Things You Didn't Know About Min Woo Lee

10 Things You Didn't Know About Min Woo Lee

1. Min Woo Lee was born on the 27th July 1998

2. He was born in Perth, Western Australia and he still calls it home.

3. Lee's older sister, Minjee Lee, is also an extremely successful golfer, winning the 2021 Evian Championship, one of the five Majors on the women's circuit. She also won the 2022 US Women's Open as well by four strokes.

There was a bit of rivalry when they were young, but in later years Minjee has become a mentor since turning professional. The important thing that she taught her younger brother was the work ethic that is needed to play well.

4. He holds a Guinness World Record for the ‘Fastest hole of golf by a team of four’ achieved a Valderrama in 2021

5. A promising amateur golfer, Lee won the 2016 US Junior Amateur, defeating Noah Goodwin 2&1 in the final

6. With the win, both Min Woo and Minjee became the first brother/sister pair to win the USGA's junior championships, Minjee Lee having won the US Girls' Junior in 2012

7. In 2021, Lee played with Rick Shiels at the Old Course at St Andrews, what was special about the video is that the duo played the course in reverse and with hickory clubs

8. He has been dating his partner, Gracie Drennan, since 2019.

9. Turning professional at the start of 2019, his first professional win came at the 2020 ISPS Handa Vic Open

10. In July 2021, Lee defeated Thomas Detry and Matt Fitzpatrick in a playoff at the Abrdn Scottish Open. With the win, he earned entry into the 2021 Open Championship.

Learn more about his caddie Stuart Davidson as well.