2026 Tour Championship: Min Woo Lee ties career-low with 62 in East Lake debut
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Min Woo Lee took on East Lake Golf Club on Thursday with the expertise of a seasoned veteran — only thing is the 28-year-old Aussie was playing his first competitive round at the course.
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The lack of familiarity never showed itself during the opening round for Lee, who tied a career low with a bogey-free, 8-under 62 to take the clubhouse lead into the second round.
Lee, who was playing by himself after J.J. Spaun withdrew in the middle of the round with a right shoulder injury, is one of six players making their debut at the Tour Championship this week. The other players include Americans Ryan Gerard and Alex Smalley, Tour rookies Alex Fitzpatrick and Kristoffer Reitan and 2026 Open champ Ryan Fox.
Something about Oceanic players is fitting the course's conditions this week. Like Lee, Fox is near the top of the leaderboard after carding a 4-under 66 and showing no signs of discomfort at East Lake.
Gerard is also holding his own, 4 under through 16 holes.
liveTOUR Championship - Rd 1The TOUR Championship brings this season’s top players to East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta to crown the 2026 FedExCup champion.On the opposite side of the experience spectrum, Tour veteran and Australian native Adam Scott also got in to the clubhouse with a 66. The 46-year old Scott is making his 11th Tour Championship — and is the oldest player in the field, ahead of Justin Rose by just 14 days.
Another veteran in contention is Viktor Hovland, who won the 2023 Tour Championship in a runaway over Xander Schauffle. Hovland got in with a 6-under 64 that was highlighted by a bogey-free front nine and a clutch birdie putt at No. 18 to finish off the round.
Scottie Scheffler and Matt Fitzpatrick, the final pairing of the first round, are still on their front nine in Atlanta.