Min Woo Lee is in solid form at the start of 2026.
Through his first three events, he’s made the cut every time, but hasn’t challenged for his second PGA Tour victory as of yet. But this week, at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, he’s firmly in contention.
After opening rounds of 67 and 65, Lee is in T5 heading into the weekend, and three shots off the leading Akshay Bhatia and Ryo Hisatsune. He recorded seven birdies and an eagle in his second round on the Californian coast.
He’s turned his good form into great form so far, and he said that’s because he’s changed two clubs in his bag for this week, which are both on fire.
Min Woo Lee changed his driver and putter at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Lee changed both his driver and his putter heading into Pebble Beach, and those moves are working incredibly well. He credited that move for helping him contend for the victory this week.
He said after his second round of 65: “Yeah, everything really. New driver in the bag, new putter in the bag and they were all cooperating.
Putted really well, which is a big thing I needed to improve. Yeah, I think it was one of the best strokes gained putting rounds I’ve had in a long time. So that and driving it was really good.”
Lee has his S2S Jailbird for a new Odyssey prototype putter. This putter has four movable weights on the bottom that he can adjust to suit his swing path.
Meanwhile, Lee has added Callaway’s prototype Quantum TD-TD driver this week, moving from his Elyte TD Tour Draw. Both changes have worked to perfection.
Min Woo Lee’s putting and driving stats at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Looking at the numbers, Lee is gaining strokes in every single area of his game at Pebble Beach. But the key benefit these changes have made to his game is on the greens.
Lee is gaining 1.46 strokes with his putting, which might not be eye-popping, but he lost strokes on the greens in his last two events. He’s never been an elite putter on the PGA Tour, so this is a really positive sign.
The club change has had less of an impact on his play off the tee, but Lee is still gaining strokes there, too. The Australian has gained 0.79 off the tee box through two rounds.
Being able to hole putts on these difficult greens at Pebble Beach is a massive advantage for Lee, and one that could propel him to his first win of the young season.