HERO DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC

January 24, 2023

Min Woo Lee

Majlis Course at Emirates Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. You certainly seemed to pick up where you left off from last season. Tell us how you feel in this incredible turn of form you've had since Madrid?

MIN WOO LEE: It's been awesome. Had a nice year last year, especially finishing like that, and started off on the right foot this year. Close call last week, and no, it's been an amazing start in the last year. The form has been just out of nowhere and I think putting less pressure on myself and doing the best I can on each shot. So no, it's nice.

Q. The last seven tournaments you've had, you had a 12th at the DP World Tour champs, you had a tied 8th at Nedbank, and the other five were Top 5s. There's got to be something that you attribute to this, maybe a bit more relaxed?

MIN WOO LEE: I think it's just not caring about winning too much, and it's funny, because it's just the realisation, if I didn't play good in the Spain events, I would have taken time off and not made it to DP World Tour Championship because I think I just didn't really care how I went.

I ended up playing well, and yeah, strung a lot of Top 5s and my worst is Top-12 in the last seven events. So I think it's a bit of both technical and a bit of mental approach I guess.

Q. You've got another Rolex Series week this week. How do you find the course? How does it suit your eye?

MIN WOO LEE: I don't think I've played here that much. I think I played here once or twice, and I haven't seen the course yet, so I'm going to go out there today and do nine holes in the Pro-Am tomorrow.

So I think it's a course where it suits longer hitters, which is nice, but I've heard the rough is up, so I need to hit it somewhat straight.

Q. Tell us about the season, potentially an incredible year ahead of you. Where do you have your sights set?

MIN WOO LEE: Definitely getting into the majors and definitely getting into the Masters. That's obviously World Ranking Top-50 and I'm slowly creeping up to that Top-50 stage. I think that's one of my goals for the first half of the year, and I guess World Ranking-wise, just get as low as I can and try to get to the top 30, Top-25 by the end of the year.