How Min Woo Lee’s subtle driver swing change unlocked his best golf
Min Woo Lee, defending champion at the Houston Open, discusses how he adjusted his game after struggling in PGA Tour signature events.
HOUSTON — Min Woo Lee believed he was good enough to be on the PGA Tour. It's the place he had worked his entire life to get to. When he arrived, it was a realization of his dreams.
But being on the PGA Tour and being able to contend on the PGA Tour are two different things. And Lee learned that the hard way last year. Lee is the defending champion at this week's 2026 Texas Children's Houston Open , where he held off Scottie Scheffler and Gary Woodland to win by a shot last year.
It was a week that marked his arrival on Tour, a win that proved he was ready for the brightest of lights. Or so he thought. "I thought that I was good enough to be out here and play, but the Signature Events beat me up last year," Lee said Tuesday in a pre-tournament news conference at Memorial Park.
"I needed to get a lot better and a lot more stable. A lot stronger, too. " Lee's win was one that elevated his own expectations, but he struggled in the PGA Tour's biggest events.