Rising Australian star Min Woo Lee has been tapped on the shoulder by Tiger Woods to join his new TGL virtual golf league with the likes of Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Adam Scott in the stadium golf revolution.
Fresh off his victory in the Macau Open, Lee has declared he wants to be on Woods’ team after making the final roster for the new league, which will feature only 20 of the world’s best players with a multimillion-dollar, hi-tech stadium being built to host the tournament in Florida.
Lee, 25, will be on one of six teams and said it was hard to believe he would be mixing with major winners in the TGL, which is set to begin in January having been established by Woods and McIlroy amid the early threat from LIV Golf poaching the world’s best players.
“Oh, it’s amazing. Look at the roster, it’s crazy. It seems like everyone and then there’s me. I’m trying to do my best and compete with these guys,” Lee said.
“These guys, obviously major champions and best in the world. I guess a bit of my fun personality and hopefully I can play some good golf there, too. I really like that type of format, team event.
“I’m not sure what team I’ll be on, but I’ll be really excited. Hope I can get a couple of big boys and we can end up winning.”
Lee, who jumped to 45 on the world rankings on the back of his victory last weekend, is eyeing off full-time playing status on the US PGA Tour in 2024.
He’s set to base himself in Las Vegas and as a showman said he was excited to get in the middle of the “trash talk” set to dominated the TGL when it gets under way as a made-for-TV spectacle.
“I hope to be on (Woods’) team because I know his trash talking with him and J.T (Justin Thomas), it‘s pretty funny, all the stuff,” he said.
“I don’t know if I’ll be trash talking him because I don‘t have much to back up against his words, but maybe I can try and throw him off a little bit, but I know he’s a man of many talents, so I’m sure he’ll be fine.”
Lee is playing the PGA Tour’s ZOZO Championship in Japan this week and is locked in for an Australian return to play both the Open and PGA in November and December.
