WA PGA: Round 1 summary - PGA of Australia

WA PGA: Round 1 summary


Golf fans around the world have admired the talent of Minjee Lee but there is a new Lee to take note of, her little brother Min Woo!

Golf fans around the world have admired the talent of Minjee Lee but there is a new Lee to take note of, her little brother Min Woo!

"MinPlaying in the TX Civil and Logistics WA PGA Championship
Min Woo Lee fired a course record 8-under 64 at Kalgoorlie Golf Course to lead
after the first round.

Lee will head into the second round a shot clear of his
playing partner Jason Norris, R.J. Caracella and Daniel Nisbet.

In just his second tournament as a Professional, Antonio
Murdaca is 6-under the card after the first round as is West Australian Brody
Ninyette. The pair round out the top-5 on the leaderboard.

Tournament drawcard Brett Rumford fired 5-under 67 in his
first tournament since making the cut at The Open. He is joined by Andrew Evans
on the leaderboard in a tie for 7th.

A group of seven players round out the top-10 on 4-under the
card after the first round.

The second round will tee off at 6.30am tomorrow with Min
Woo Lee on course at 7am.

For all round 1 scores please visit pga.org.au.

For all round 2 tee times please visit pga.org.au

Key quotes:

Min Woo Lee, 8-under
64, 1st

"I am pretty excited, that is one of my lowest rounds, and
it feels awesome getting a course record."

 "I am proud of my
round I holed quite a lot of putts"

 "It’s not much of a
pressure thing, I just think of it as playing with mates. I played with Norrey,
he is a good bloke and we just played like a normal round, a practice round."

"Hopefully I win this one so I can say I have won as many
Pro tournaments as she has. Oh no, she has won a few actually."

"It’s good to play well and not be in her shadow for once."

Jason Norris, 7-under
65, T2

"It’s always good to play well and play with the young guys
who are guns, we have so many good young players in Australia, it’s good to see
them playing our events and playing well."

"He is going to be a superstar when he gets older; it was
good fun playing with Min Woo and Wrighty (Michael Wright). He must have felt like
he was struggling but he had 3-under as well, we had 18-under combined."

 "I think it’s
definitely a ball striker’s course, especially with your irons. The greens have
a few tiers and if you miss them in the wrong spot then you have some tough
shots."

 

R.J. Carracella,
7-under 65, T2

"I didn’t get off to the greatest start; I missed a few opportunities
early but had a little bit of a run and finished well."

"I will definitely take 7-under, I holed a few putts out
there so it was good."

"I just played solid golf all day and didn’t do anything
stupid like I sometimes do, just held it together."

Daniel Nisbet,
7-under 65, T2

 "My coach and I have
done a lot to make my game a little bit more consistent so hopefully the good
results are more frequent."

"It’s not a secret, it’s just a more structured plan, setting
some goals and the first one was for me to understand the dynamics of a golf
swing not just going out with a little bit of talent and relying on that alone."

"Talent combined with work ethic and knowledge about the
bio-mechanics of a golf swing as well as reactions to good and bad shots. There
is a lot to learn and he still has a lot to teach me."

Antonio Murdaca,
6-under 66, T5

"I putted well, I felt like I did some good stuff with the
putter before this tournament, a few drills and I felt like it was rolling
pretty well."

"I had 27 putts today, it wasn’t anything spectacular but I
holed all my par putts and didn’t miss anything from six to 12 feet."

"I felt comfortable out there, I was playing with Jarryd
(Felton) so it was nice to be playing my second pro event with a mate."

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Civil & Logistics WA PGA Championship please visit the PGA Media Centre.


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