MEN'S OLYMPIC GOLF COMPETITION

August 4, 2024

Min Woo Lee

Le Golf National

Quick Quotes

Q. How is it playing the Olympics compared to all the other tournaments?

MIN WOO LEE: It's special. Obviously representing your cup try, there's a little bit of pressure. Obviously the first day, I felt devastated. Felt like I let the country down. But made sure I bounced back and I thought I did a pretty good job the next three days.

Yeah, I'm looking forward to the next couple tournaments. I'm excited for the next Olympics and I'll try my best to make it.

Q. You'll come again if possible.

MIN WOO LEE: Of course, I would definitely want to be back.

Q. Is it different vibe than playing in the regular tournaments?

MIN WOO LEE: Golf-wise, not too much. I think the crowds are really special this week. Every stand-out hole, there was a lot of people, or they couldn't get more people on that hole. It was special. It was cool. I was very surprised at how big it turned out. But it's great for golf.

Q. Do you sense the Australian support?

MIN WOO LEE: Yeah, of course, just seeing the green and gold, and then the flags, it was very special. It kept me going. Of course first day, they were still trying to get me to make birdies but it was obviously a tough day.

Different tournament because there's no cut, and I just kind of hung in there and thought I did really good.

Q. Do you think the qualification works at the moment with obviously LIV and the PGA in the rankings? Do you think that will change if there's no deal struck between the two?

MIN WOO LEE: Yeah, we'll see what happens. Obviously, yeah, it's just a tough one. I mean, it is what it is, of course. People think other people get in but we know that there was obviously a risk of going to a different tour and not getting World Ranking points.

So it is what it is. But yeah, I think -- I'm a competitor. If it obviously joins up, it would probably be more accurate with everyone playing, and yeah, that's about it. I just try to play as good as I can. I made the team and I was very honored.

Q. We have potentially got a LIV winner, three shots ahead. Could you just talk a little about him, he's had a hard time of it since the transition but coming through when he can, winning last week.

MIN WOO LEE: Obviously we know Jon is an amazing golfer. Every time I play with him and I think he's one of the best players I've ever played with. So he's obviously got everything going for him. He won last week. Probably one of the favourites to win this tournament. So he's not short of experience. And obviously like his results weren't showing. They don't play as much golf but I think he's a spectacular golfer. I think a lot of the guys that went over, they are good golfers. I played with David. He was very special today. Obviously finish was very rough but there was a lot of really good stuff.

Q. Is it a good feeling to have everyone back together?

MIN WOO LEE: Yeah, I loved seeing my old friends. There's no beef or anything like that, especially to me. I just play golf. I don't really get involved with that. It was good to see all those guys over here and playing and yeah, I mean, hopefully one day we all join up together.