On the PGA Tour, or golf in general, victory is difficult to come by. Golf fans around the globe can pinpoint many different memories which exemplify how tough it is for even the greatest golfers in the world to win. Not just majors, but the weekly tournaments which encapsulate the PGA Tour schedule.

For young phenom Min Woo Lee, victory had escaped him, but that was before the Texas Children’s Houston Open this past weekend. At Memorial Park the course set up well for Lee’s length, and tendency to hit wayward tee shots. It isn’t as if Lee had a perfect tournament without any hiccups. In fact, it was the polar opposite, and no hiccup was worse than watching Lee hit a shot nearly 60-yards to the right into a lake on No. 16. He managed to salvage the hole, but his once dominant lead shrank to only one.

Suddenly the name below him on the leaderboard started to loom larger, and that name was Scottie Scheffler. Nonetheless, when Lee went to the 17th amphitheater hole, he was still able to take in the fact he was leading at a PGA Tour event and victory was withing sight.

“For a second there you just have to stop and look at the crowd,” Lee said after the win. “You’re here for a reason. That was probably the most people I’ve ever seen on one hole, on 17, so it was pretty cool.”

With both Scheffler and Gary Woodland already in the clubhouse one stroke behind Lee heading to the 18th hole, you had to wonder if the young Australian would have what it takes to execute the shots necessary to claim his first victory on tour. As Lee approached the final hole, he realized it would take a level of focus and determination he hadn’t felt since his time on the DP World Tour.

“They always say the six inches between your ears, I think that was a big part of this week,” Lee said later with a smile. “I always felt like I had the assets to win, it was just, can you do it mentally?”

Up until that moment, Lee had a career which saw him delivering four top-10s and rising to become the 22nd-ranked player in the world. Quite the career, but at some point the player wants to shed the thoughts of someone who can’t close.

After Lee’s drive went hard left, Memorial Park’s lack of high rough made his approach shot manageable. Nerves, and maybe his lie in the rough, caused a flier which landed on the back side of the green and rolled just off the fringe. Mr. Chipinski, as he calls himself to his over 700 thousand Instagram followers, was left with an up-and-down to win the tournament.

Instead of chipping the ball, Lee chose the flat blade and put the putt to within six inches to secure his victory. After his playing partners finished the 18th hole, Lee jokingly did the “aim point” method for reading putts before finishing his round. In case you missed it:

Min Woo Lee using AimPoint on the winning tap-in is hands down the funniest ending to a golf tournament ever 💯

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It was a well-received joke, and Lee took care of the putt to win the Houston Open. After the round, it was his mental approach, and toughness, which he credited for his first career win.

“I didn’t feel doubt for most of it,” Lee said. “For some reason, this week I just wanted to be as mentally strong as I can. Now I know that’s what it takes, it is a grind.”

Players like Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, who also was in the field, will now be off until The Masters tournament in just over a week in Augusta, Georgia. Lee will try to focus on the first major of the season, but don’t mind him if he wants to bask in the glow of his first career victory since joining the PGA Tour.

Jeff Hartman is the host of the Fairways & Dreams podcast, and his latest podcast on the news and notes in the game of golf, can be heard in the player below.