Golf legend’s advice to Min Woo Lee, everything you need to know ahead of the Masters 2025

Jason Day knew it might resonate higher coming from Karrie Webb.

So he ensured Min Woo Lee was listening when the Australian {golfing} nice delivered a Paris Olympics pep speak Day hopes spurred on a expertise he expects would be the nation’s subsequent world primary.

Lee arrived at Augusta Nationwide forward of the Masters from Thursday (Friday AEST) among the many headline acts, hand-picked with match fancies Collin Morikawa and Joaquin Niemann in one in every of two function first-round morning teams.

It comes after his PGA Tour breakthrough on the Houston Open final month, a victory that prompted congratulations from the likes of Justin Bieber and Steph Curry.

Former world primary and main champion Day has recognized Lee for nearly a decade and performed alongside him for Australia finally yr’s Olympics.

Blessed with unbelievable {golfing} items, Day mentioned Lee wanted a “way of life change” to completely exploit them.

“Min is unquestionably a type of guys … he does all of the attractive stuff, all of the stuff that individuals like to see, he does that actually, very well,” he mentioned.

“It is a way of life change he has to grasp.

“I do know that he has the instruments and the psychological aspect to do it as a result of he loves the second, and that is one thing you can’t train golfers generally, to like being in that second and underneath probably the most stress.”

Webb, a seven-time main winner and golf hall-of-famer, captained Australia’s golfers in Paris.

“In my thoughts I am like, OK, if I can chat to Karrie — an all-time nice — about these things,” Day mentioned.

“Simply listening to how she went about issues, her mentality, and it rubbing off.

“Though it wasn’t directed in direction of him, I wished to let him hear, ‘Hey, that is what she did, that is what I did’.

“Figuring out that could be a way of life change … every thing needs to be so as. Sure sacrifices have to occur.

“Simply feeding it to him somewhat bit … (as a result of) he is acquired the world at his toes proper now.”

Lee final yr shifted his US headquarters to Las Vegas, the place he performs commonly with Morikawa.

The 26-year-old, now Australia’s top-ranked male at quantity 23 on the earth, admitted it was arduous to change off after his Houston triumph.

“It truly was very arduous to maintain sleeping; I simply wished to be up and checking my cellphone and was buzzing for the entire week,” Lee mentioned after taking part in 9 holes with Cameron Smith and Day on Tuesday.

“I am getting extra snug right here — my fourth (Masters) now and so they (Smith, Day) have put me underneath their wing and we’ve got some Aussie banter.”

He and Morikawa share a physiotherapist, Lee joking they’d should jostle for precedence on Thursday morning.

The American is a two-time main winner and in his previous three Masters begins has completed third, tenth and fifth.

Chilean Niemann can be among the many favourites after his sizzling kind on the LIV Golf tour netted two victories.

World primary Scottie Scheffler will launch his Masters title defence on Thursday alongside Justin Thomas and Spanish newbie Jose Luis Ballester within the different morning function group.

Day will accomplice three-time champion Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley within the group instantly following Lee’s.

Australia’s 2013 winner Adam Scott would be the final of the nation’s five-man contingent to start in a day group with world quantity three Xander Schauffele — a two-time main winner final yr — and Norway’s Viktor Hovland.

Irish world quantity two Rory McIlroy, searching for to change into the sixth participant to finish the profession grand slam and first since Tiger Woods in 2000, will tee off alongside 2024 runner-up Ludvig Aberg and Akshay Bhatia.

Masters debutant Davis Riley will hit the primary aggressive shot of the week at 7.40am native time after honorary starters Gary Participant, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson hit photographs off the primary tee.

What are the Masters groupings and tee occasions?

8.52am (10.52pm, Thursday AEST) — Cameron Smith, JT Poston, Aaron Rai

9.47am (11.47pm, Thursday) — Collin Morikawa, Joaquin Niemann, Min Woo Lee

9.58am (11.58pm, Thursday) — Phil Mickelsen, Jason Day, Keegan Bradley

10.48am (12.48am, Friday) — Cameron Davis, Rafael Campos, Austin Eckroat

1.01pm (3.01am, Friday) — Adam Scott, Xander Schauffele, Viktor Hovland.

How can followers watch the Masters in Australia?

This yr, the Masters shall be broadcast completely on Fox Sports activities, out there on each Kayo Sports activities and Foxtel.

AAP