Just days after qualifying to represent Australia at the Paris 2024 Games in August, Lee is on debut in Detroit for the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

Currently ranked No.64 in the FedEx Cup points list, Lee needs to play his way inside the top 50 by the time of the Tour Championship to be guaranteed a spot in the $US20 million Signature Events in season 2025.

He played his way into the Arnold Palmer Invitational this year by virtue of a runner-up finish at the Cognizant Classic but has missed out on all seven of the other Signature Events played this season.

It’s a situation he intends to change in the coming weeks.

“I’m not the one to moan about it, but I guess I played every major, which is awesome and amazing. I played into them,” said Lee, who is in his first year as a full member of the PGA TOUR.

“To not like play most of the Signature Events, it was kind of hard to take a little bit.

“I know I’ve got to play better and make the cut-off line at the end of the year and get to play next year.

“Obviously it’s a new thing and all of us are trying to get into those events.”

Adding to Lee’s motivation with just six events left in the before the FedEx Cup Playoffs is a maiden Presidents Cup appearance in Canada in September.

The 25-year-old is currently one spot out of the top six automatic qualifiers for the International Team and is desperate to be part of a team he narrowly missed out on in 2022.

“I felt like I missed out last time by a small margin,” said Lee.

“I’ve been playing a lot better since not making that team two years ago.

“I know the American team is very strong and we’ve got to play very well to beat them but I’m really excited, especially the team aspect.

“I really love playing match play; being with a partner is cool.”

Another Aussie making a debut of sorts this week is Mathew Goggin.

Mat Goggin will put green building and grass coverage at @7milegolf aside this week as he makes his senior golf debut at the @USGA Senior Open.

Hear his thoughts on his game, and potential opening date in Tassie, via @JimmyEmanuel4 below.https://t.co/TftL91vfRH

— PGA of Australia (@PGAofAustralia) June 26, 2024

The Tasmanian recently celebrated his 50th birthday by qualifying for the US Senior Open, joining a burgeoning group of Aussies in the senior ranks.

Goggin is among eight Aussies at Newport Country Club this week along with the Kiwi trio of Steven Alker, Michael Long and Richard Lee.

Top-10 a year ago, Sarah Kemp teams up again with Canadian Alena Sharp at the LPGA Tour’s Dow Championship, one of six Aussies in the field with teammates from a wide array of other countries.

Photo: Alex Slitz/Getty Images

Round 1 tee times AEST

PGA TOUR
Rocket Mortgage Classic
Detroit Golf Club, Detroit, Michigan
8:56pm            Aaron Baddeley
9:51pm            Tim Wilkinson (NZ)
2:32am            Ryan Fox (NZ)
2:43am            Min Woo Lee
3:05am            Cam Davis
4:22am            Harrison Endycott

Defending champion: Rickie Fowler
Past Aussie winners: Cam Davis (2021)
Prize money: $US9.2 million
TV times: Live 10pm-8am Thursday; Live 2am-8am Saturday, Sunday; Live 1:30am-8am Monday on Fox Sports 503 and Kayo.

PGA TOUR Champions
US Senior Open
Newport Country Club, Newport, Rhode Island
9:31pm*          Michael Long (NZ)
9:52pm*          Mark Hensby
10:03pm*         Stuart Appleby
10:34pm          Richard Green
10:55pm          Richard Lee (NZ)
2:51am*           Greg Chalmers, Michael Wright
3:22am            Rod Pampling
3:33am*           Vijay Singh (FI)
3:43am*           Cameron Percy
4:04am*           Steven Alker (NZ)
4:15am*           Mathew Goggin

Defending champion: Bernhard Langer
Past Aussie winners: Graham Marsh (1997)
Prize money: $US4 million
TV times: Live 2am-7am Friday, Saturday, Sunday on Fox Sports 505; Live 2:30am-7:30am Monday on Fox Sports 506 and Kayo.

LPGA Tour
Dow Championship
Midland Country Club, Midland, Michigan
9:15pm             Robyn Choi/Minji Kang
10:10pm          Gabriela Ruffels/Esther Henseleit
10:32pm          Lydia Ko (NZ)/Danielle Kang
1:52am            Stephanie Kyriacou/Olivia Cowan
2:14am            Hira Naveed/Sofia Garcia
2:14am*           Grace Kim/Auston Kim
2:25am            Sarah Kemp/Alena Sharp

Defending champion: Elizabeth Szokol/Cheyenne Knight
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prize money: $US3 million
TV times: 12:30pm-2pm Friday on Fox Sports 503; Live 7am-9am Sunday; Live 2am-5am Monday on Fox Sports 505 and Kayo.

DP World Tour
Italian Open
Adriatic Golf Club Cervia, Milano Marittima, Italy
5pm                 Daniel Hillier (NZ)
8:50pm*          Jason Scrivener
9:50pm*          Haydn Barron
10:10pm          David Micheluzzi
10:30pm*         Sam Jones (NZ)

Defending champion: Adrian Meronk
Past Aussie winners: Greg Norman (1988), Craig Parry (1991)
Prize money: $US3.25 million
TV times: Live 9pm-2am Thursday on Fox Sports 505; Live 9pm-2am Friday; Live 10:30pm-2am Saturday; Live 8:30pm-1:30am Sunday on Fox Sports 503 and Kayo.

Ladies European Tour
VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open
Golfpark Holzhausern, Switzerland
Australasians in the field: Whitney Hillier, Kirsten Rudgeley, Momoka Kobori (NZ), Kelsey Bennett, Amy Walsh

Defending champion: Alexandra Forsterling
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prize money: €300,000
TV times: 10am-12pm Saturday; 9am-11am Sunday on Fox Sports 505; 8am-10am Monday on Fox Sports 503.

Korn Ferry Tour
Memorial Health Championship
Panther Creek Country Club, Springfield, Illinois
3:22am            Rhein Gibson
3:44am            Brett Drewitt

Defending champion: Paul Barjon
Past Aussie winners: Brett Drewitt (2020)
Prize money: $US1 million

Korean PGA Tour
Biz Play-Wonder Club Open
Club 72 Country Club (Sky Cse), Korea
1pm*            Kevin Chun (NZ)
1:30pm            Sungjin Yeo (NZ)
2pm Junseok Lee

Defending champion: Inaugural event
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prize money: KRW700 million

Challenge Tour
Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge
Golf PGA France du Vaudreuil, Le Vaudreuil, France
4pm                 Jeff Guan
9pm*               Andrew Martin
9:10pm            Tom Power Horan
10:30pm          Hayden Hopewell
10:40pm*         Connor McKinney

Defending champion: Darren Fichardt
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prize money: €270,000

Epson Tour
Dream First Bank Charity Classic
Buffalo Dunes Golf Course, Garden City, Kansas
Australasians in the field: Amelia Garvey (NZ), Cassie Porter, Maddison Hinson-Tolchard, Amy Chu, Soo Jin Lee

Defending champion: Gabriela Ruffels
Past Aussie winners: Gabriela Ruffels (2023)
Prize money: $US237,500

PGA TOUR Americas
ATB Classic
Northern Bear Golf Club, Strathcona County, Alberta
12:50am          Karl Vilips
1:30am*           Charlie Hillier (NZ)
5:10am*           Grant Booth
5:50am*           Harry Hillier (NZ)

Defending champion: Inaugural event
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prize money: $US225,000

LET Access Series
MoreGolf Mastercard Open
Varbergs Golf Klubb, Sweden
5:17pm          Belinda Ji (a)
9:41pm          Hanee Song (NZ)
11:09pm        Munchin Keh (NZ)
11:31pm        Wenyung Keh (NZ)

Defending champion: Emily Price
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prize money: €40,000