Min Woo Lee makes Tour Championship debut by matching his career best with 62
Lee matched his PGA Tour low with eight birdies and no bogeys, while rain-softened conditions helped produce low scores across the field.
- On Thursday, Australian golfer Min Woo Lee carded an 8-under 62 at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, establishing a two-stroke lead after the opening round of the 2026 Tour Championship.
- Rain-Softened conditions at East Lake allowed for low scoring across the field, though J.J. Spaun withdrew after five holes due to a shoulder injury, leaving Lee to complete his round playing solo.
- Collin Morikawa, Chris Gotterup, and Viktor Hovland sit two strokes back at 6-under par, while Rory McIlroy remains in contention at 2-under after recovering from a difficult start.
- Playing the final 13 holes solo, Lee remarked, "It was a little rattling on that first hole that I was solo," despite recording eight birdies and no bogeys.
- With a $10 million prize on the line, Friday's second round will determine leaderboard positioning for the season-ending PGA Tour event as 29 golfers start Round 2 under par.
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Min Woo Lee fires first-round 62 to lead Tour Championship
ATLANTA -- Min Woo Lee doesn't need to be sad anymore. He is headed back in the right direction -- and in a big way. Lee turned in a bogey-free round of 8-under 62 to take a two-shot, first-round lead at the Tour Championship, the FedEx Cup playoffs finale, on Thursday. Lee, who tied his
Australia's Lee leads PGA Tour Championship
With a $10 million top prize up for grabs at East Lake in Atlanta, Georgia, Collin Morikawa, Chris Gotterup and Norway's Viktor Hovland were two strokes behind the 28-year-old leader. World number one Scottie Scheffler was among a group trailing Lee by three, after a bogey-free 65, with six-time Major winner Rory McIlroy six shots adrift on two-under par. The opening-day heroics from Lee, ranked 31st in the world, were at stark odds with his pla…
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