RECIPE FOR SUCCESS

Blessed with a likable personality to match his impressive golf game, big-hitting Min Woo Lee looks set to be a fan favourite for many years to come on and off the course

- David Facey

There was more than a hint of irony in the fact that the golfer they call 'The Chef' had to take down the real Scheff to prove he has the recipe for PGA Tour success.

The man with the culinary nickname is, of course, Min Woo Lee. And the popular Australian acknowledges it as a career-defining moment when he proved that he could handle the heat as Scottie Scheffler caught fire in his own kitchen.

Lee, who was in danger of becoming better known for his social media prowess rather than his golf, held his nerve for a dramatic one-shot victory at the Texas Children's Houston Open.

The Aussie hotshot, whose catchphrase is 'let him cook' - a line borrowed from the popular video game Call Of Duty, and one which his army of fans yells out with increasing regularity - proved he had plenty of game himself.

Lee, 26, admits the old accusation that he was 'all show, and not much go' was certain to resurface if he failed to close the deal in Houston.

But if you are going to prove a point, you might as well do it by showing you have the bottle to withstand a late onslaught from the best player on the planet.

Former US Open champion Gary Woodland had earlier burst out of the pack in Houston with a stunning 62, and was eager to take advantage if Lee faltered.

But Woodland had finished long before Lee saw a three-shot cushion with three to play become a precarious one-shot lead, as he bogeyed the 16th and Scheffler bagged his fourth consecutive birdie to ramp up the pressure.

● GETTING THE JOB DONE

It did not help Lee’s cause that the memories of how he folded in alarming fashion after claiming a share of the halfway lead at the Players Championship two weeks earlier were still raw.