Min Woo Lee shares 36 hole lead at Valderrama
Min Woo Lee – file photo
Perth’s Min Woo Lee has continued his recent return to form and at the halfway stage of the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters at the Real Club Valderrama in Sotogrande in Spain he shares the lead with Spaniards Adrian Otaegui and Angel Hidalgo.
Lee added a second round of 67 to his opening 66 and following his 3rd place finish in Madrid last week he appears to be finding the sort of late season form that could well see him playing his way into the lucrative season ending DP World Tour Championship next month.
Currently 62nd in the DP World Tour ranking, Lee needs to be inside the top 50 ahead of the season finale in mid-November and although he has, potentially, three more events in which to do so a strong finish to this week’s event could well get the job done.
“It was a bit of a grind at the end,” said Lee. “I made a lot of up and downs, it wasn’t easy. The greens got a little bumpy and the wind switched around. I played really good – front nine was solid, made a nice eagle on four, which was probably the highlight of the day. A lot of up and downs on the back nine.
“It’s another two days of hopefully the same thing. Hit it OK off the tee and same for approach play, and the wedges and short game have been amazing. Hopefully if that stays up, I can keep going.”
Queenslander, Maverick Antcliff, bounced back from a slow start to be 19th, his goal over the next few weeks to find a away to retain his playing privileges in Europe.
Antcliff began the week in 158th position in the rankings and need to be inside the top 117 before the Tour Championship if he is to avoid a return to the Q School later this year.
Recent winner, Ryan Fox, Jason Scrivener and Scott Hend were Australasians who missed the cut this week.
