Min Woo Lee continues to entertain his army of fans around the world, with the Australian’s sublime ball-striking skills on full display at PGA National.
The 25-year-old West Australian opened with a 4-under-par 67 at the PGA Tour event in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
He is three shots behind first-round leaders Chad Ramey of the United States and SH Kim of South Korea.
But it was on the 13th hole when Lee, younger brother of LPGA star and world number five Minjee Lee, provided another snippet for his growing highlights reel.
Sending his drive to the right of the fairway, Lee was left with 90 metres to the pin.
He struck his second stroke perfectly, with the ball sailing into the air before bouncing twice and straight into the hole for an eagle.
Lee was even for the round at the time and jumped to 2-under, before making birdie on the next hole and adding another on the last to join an elite group that includes world number two Rory McIlroy.
The 144-player field are all in pursuit of Ramey and Kim, who both produced bogey-free rounds of 7-under.
Kim had an eagle and five birdies, including one on the finishing hole, while Ramey had seven birdies.
A group of five players — Cameron Young, Ryan Moore, Chesson Hadley, Austin Eckroat and Andrew Novak — all played in the morning wave and finished one stroke back with 6-under rounds of 65.
Aaron Baddeley, the sole other Australian in the field, opened with an even-par 71 to be tied for 95th place.
Min Woo and Minjee Lee will appear on Australian Story on Monday at 8pm AEDT on ABC TV, ABC iview and YouTube.
AAP