“61 off the tips” – Min Woo Lee shoots ‘personal best’ in practice, tags Collin Morikawa as ‘witness’

Min Woo Lee shot 61, his personal best score in the practice round he played on Thursday, May 30. To verify his claim, he had Collin Morikawa as a witness.

Lee and Morikawa are on break this week, as they are not competing in the RBC Canadian Open. However, they didn't take a break from practice, as they were preparing together ahead of the Memorial Tournament, the next signature event on the PGA Tour.

On Thursday, Lee posted an Instagram story saying that that he had fired an 11-under-61 in the practice round, and this was his personal best. He also tagged Morikawa as a witness to his achievement.

"Personal best today," he wrote. "61 off the tips. -11. Started out hot"

As per the scorecard he posted, he sank 11 birdies and one eagle in his round. The lone bogey came on the par-4, tenth hole.

Morikawa also reposted the story, citing that Min Woo Lee didn't want to play more than three holes initially but ended up coming quite close to shooting 59. The two-time major champion also posted a bogey-free 8-under 64 with the help of six birdies and one eagle.

Min Woo Lee and Collin Morikawa played a practice round together (image 1 via https://www.instagram.com/stories/minwoo27lee, image 2 via https://www.instagram.com/stories/collin_morikawa)

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What's next for Min Woo Lee and Collin Morikawa?

Min Woo Lee and Collin Morikawa are most likely to compete at the Memorial Tournament. This signature event on the PGA Tour will take place from Thursday, June 6, to Sunday, June 9, at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio.

The Memorial Tournament will be the third signature event, after the Genesis Invitational and the Arnold Palmer Invitational, to have a 36-hole cut to the top 50 and ties, along with players finishing within 10 shots of the lead.

Min Woo Lee is having a decent rookie season. In 11 starts this season, he has missed just one cut. He also recorded a runner-up finish at the Cognizant Classic in Palm Beaches. He finished T22 and T26 at the Masters Tournament and the PGA Championship, respectively.

Collin Morikawa has played in 13 events and missed just two weekends. He has also had five top-10 finishes, including a T3 finish at the Augusta National and a T4 at the Valhalla Golf Club. He has been in great rhythm recently and has made three top-10s in his past five starts.