Min Woo Lee inspired by big sister Minjee's PGA Championship triumph as he details shock phone call

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Back-to-form Min Woo Lee admits it's been inspiring to see big sister Minjee walk the walk again in women's golf.
The Australian's elder sibling chalked up a third Major win of her career last weekend when triumphant at the KPMG PGA Championship.
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Lee admits he was shocked to get a call from Minjee on the eve of his outing at the Rocket Classic, but, whatever was said, it worked a treat. The 2021 Genesis Scottish Open champion and this year's Houston Open king produced a stunning 63 in Detroit to charge to the top of the leaderboards.
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Lee revealed the chat with big sis prior to teeing-off and smiled: 'Normally, she doesn't check up on me, but it was actually quite nice to get a call from her. I was like: Did you butt dial me? What's going on? She's like: No, I just wanted to check in. I was like, oh, okay. She's awesome.
'I think she had a bit of a night on Sunday with a few of her friends. I think they all had a week off this week, so it's good to see her in a nice mental space and happy on the course. She was going through a tough patch the last couple of years, so it's nice to see her have her swagger back.
'I don't think she learns that much off me. I try to learn off her. She's just a beast when she's playing good. 'She just doesn't do much wrong and you just see that step in her walk. You know she's comfortable with her game and you know she's got control. She's already a ball striker, so it's quite cool to see her walk the walk. It's a very cool thing. We're trying to play as good as we can.'
Lee has struggled for form since his win in the Houston with missed cuts at the PGA Championship and US Open on last two Majors outings.
But he was back in the zone on day one on a course that suited and said: 'You've just got to take care of what's in front of you. I think it's really easy to be like, hey, I shot nine under, I'm the best player in the world feel-wise. But you've still got to go out there and hit some shots and hit all the shots. There's a comfortability factor of yes, you've been playing well, and although I didn't have the A-plus game, you can still score around here.
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'I think it's just the confidence that you feel when you go out there, but you still need to go from A to B, which a lot of people keep telling me and that's kind of the motto of this game. It's been, honestly, very bad.
'I didn't feel great on the course, especially playing at a course where when you hit it in the rough, you've literally got to hack out. Oakmont, Memorial.
'Most of the signature events are just very, very tough, and you're nearly playing, instead of four majors, you're playing more Majors because they're trying to make it as tough as possible.
'I was really excited for this week. I wanted to get to hit it in the rough and actually hit it onto the green. It seems so close, but I don't even think I did that much different today and I score 10 times better than what I have been scoring, so at the end of the day, just got to keep your head up and keep going.
'In the long term, you want to play the signature events, you want to play those events and you want to hit it as accurate as possible, but still trying to figure it out. Driver was a big part of that, not knowing where the ball was going. Hopefully, the PGA Tour can have more courses like this. It'll be a bit more fun and less stressful!'