"It was pretty garbage"- Min Woo Lee on starting 2024 Paris Olympics campaign in last place after round 1
Min Woo Lee has referred to his first-round performance at the 2024 Olympics as "garbage." He said that it was unfortunate that the results were disappointing and also termed Le Golf National as tough and penalizing.
On Thursday, August 1, Min Woo Lee had a tough outing in his first-ever Olympics start. He carded a 5-over 76 and finished 13 strokes back after the first round. He made three bogeys and two double bogeys while picking up just two birdies.
Following the first round, Min Woo Lee expressed disappointment in the post-round interview while reflecting on his performance.
"It was pretty garbage," he said. "But I was saying in the other interview that sometimes you're going to go a little bit backwards to go forwards. I was working on a couple things and there was a lot of good out there. But it's just unfortunate as a player."
"You always want to play your best but sometimes the results don't show that, especially at a course like this where it's pretty tough and penalising. I felt like I was in all the penalties today. Didn't drive it anywhere near as good I normally do. Normally I'm striping it lately. Hitting it pretty good off the tee but lots of water and lots of balls missing," he added.
The 26-year-old Australian had a bad start as he found the water on his first shot of the day, which eventually led to a double bogey. Lee said he was "fighting" a few things in his swing.
"I striped it yesterday," he continued. "You'd thought I could shoot 10-under yesterday. It's just a sport where that happens. It's not like I was nervous or anything to produce those swings but just not comfortable when I was out there."
How has Min Woo Lee performed in the second round of the 2024 Olympics?
Min Woo Lee started hot in the second round of the 2024 Olympics, but a couple of bogeys on the latter holes have held him back a bit.
After shooting four birdies in the first six holes, Min Woo Lee quickly went 4-under for the day. However, he then added two bogeys and one birdie over the next four holes and was at 3-under at the time of writing this article.
Lee is still 13 strokes behind the leaders, Hideki Matsuyama and Xander Schauffele. The defending gold medalist, Schauffele, carded a 5-under 66 in the second round to jump to the top of the leaderboard. Hideki Matsuyama was 3-under for the second round with six more holes to go.