{"id":433979,"date":"2025-03-31T12:21:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T16:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/?p=433979"},"modified":"2025-04-23T16:40:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T16:40:06","slug":"from-social-media-star-to-pga-tour-winner-the-brand-of-min-woo-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/from-social-media-star-to-pga-tour-winner-the-brand-of-min-woo-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"From Social Media Star to PGA Tour Winner: The Brand of Min Woo Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Social media sensation and Australian golfer Min Woo Lee<\/a> held his nerves to beat Scottie Scheffler an win the Houston open<\/a>. Lee had to overcome a large wobble after he found water with an errant drive and made a bogey on the par-five 16th, which left the door open for World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.<\/p>\n

Lee carded a final round 67 for a 20-under total of 260 to par the last two holes and earn his fifth professional win across tours. This was Australia’s first win on the PGA Tour<\/a> this season, and he admitted afterwards that he was freaking out inside after it appeared his wobble could cost him.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, I played unbelievable up until that bogey, but it\u2019s hard. It\u2019s really hard,\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n

Scheffler’s Missed Opportunities<\/h2>\n

Scottie Scheffler<\/a> had two chances to birdie the last two holes and potentially force a playoff, but he came up short both times. He left a 20-foot birdie putt on No. 17 short, and his second shot on No. 18 missed the green.<\/p>\n

“I saw Scottie make par on 17, and 18’s a very tough hole so I thought two pars would do it,” he added. \u201cBut I was freaking out inside if you wanted to know. It looked like I was cool but I didn’t want him to make birdie.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old who began the day with a four-shot lead on his closest competitor became famous on social media after his \u201cLet him cook\u201d phrase went viral.<\/p>\n

\u201cScottie is a wonderful golfer, and he keeps you on your toes,\u201d Lee continued. \u201cThis was my first time being in front and trying to hold a lead, and I\u2019m glad I got it done. I\u2019m very exhausted. It was a lot of mental grind, and I\u2019m so proud of the way I handled myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

How Lee Became A Social Media Sensation<\/h2>\n

Lee is famous on social media and has close to 700,000 followers on Instagram alone. The 26-year-old started using the phrase \u201cLet him cook\u201d on Instagram in 2024. Lee revealed that the phrase came from gaming culture.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019Let him cook\u2019 is usually said when you\u2019re playing COD (Call of Duty) in a five-vs-five-person game and one person is left. If someone\u2019s in the background telling him what to do, someone else says, \u2018No, just let him cook. Let him do his thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lee\u2019s fans were out in full force to cheer him on at the WM Phoenix Open<\/a> in February 2024. The fans wore red chef hats with \u201cLet him cook\u201d written on them. The hats were supplied by Lee\u2019s clothing sponsors, Lululemon.<\/p>\n

It’s not just \u201cLet him cook\u201d that has become widely popular on social media. Lee is also widely known as \u201cThe Chef,\u201d which is related to his famous phrase. The 26-year-old is also known as Dr. Chipinski in relation to his extraordinary chipping ability around the greens.<\/p>\n

Main Photo Credit: \u00a9 Erik Williams-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Social media sensation and Australian golfer Min Woo Lee held his nerves to beat Scottie Scheffler an win the Houston open. Lee had to overcome a large wobble after he found water with an errant drive and made a bogey on the par-five 16th, which left the door open for World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4860,"featured_media":433985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,19],"tags":[325,338,154,239],"class_list":["post-433979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf","category-pga","tag-houston-open","tag-min-woo-lee","tag-scottie-scheffler","tag-wm-phoenix-open"],"modified_by":"yobodev","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4860"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}