HSBC WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

February 28, 2026

Minjee Lee

Sentosa Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Can you just talk about how you're managing the course out there?

MINJEE LEE: Yeah, I felt like it was playing a little more trickier today for some reason, maybe the pin placements were a little bit tougher. I know a few of the tees were up but it just felt like they were a little bit harder than the last two days.

So I think that's what a great championship should be like, anyways. Just trying to play the best that I can and manage the heat the best that I can.

Q. You've been on tour now for 12 years. So there anything you've learned along the way to manage conditions like this and also just traveling all around?

MINJEE LEE: I think because I kind of know what to expect when I come here, I know it's going to be hot but once you're playing, it's just try and have as much fluids as you can and keep hydrated and have good recovery and rest.

I think because I'm not as young as I used to be, so just recovery is more the key now than anything.

Q. You're at the top of the leaderboard with a fellow Australian. Speaking to hand in a, it appears you haven't played in a final round together. What do you think about that?

MINJEE LEE: I don't actually feel like we've played that much over years together. We played a few practise rounds, or a few rounds back at home in the off-season but yeah, I think it will be a fun challenge tomorrow. I'm sure we'll have a good time, anyway.

Q. Did you play this winter together?

MINJEE LEE: We did.

Q. How do you prepare for Sunday?

MINJEE LEE: Just maybe go and have a good sleep. Have some good food while I'm here in Singapore. I'm not sure how much practice I'll do because I'm melting away right now. But yeah, just go and have a nice afternoon, maybe get some treatment and try and be right for tomorrow.

Q. You mentioned earlier that you took the longest off-season for you. What did you do in the off-season, and how did that help you come back so sharp?

MINJEE LEE: Yeah, I put the clubs away for quite a while. I think probably the longest time I've had away from the clubs since I turned pro.

Went on holiday. Did some gym work and just kind of started training like a month before this event. So yeah, I felt like the time went really quickly but also very slowly, if that makes sense.

Q. Where did you go on holiday?

MINJEE LEE: I went to Korea. Went to see my friends, my family. Extended family.

Q. How long did you take off?

MINJEE LEE: Oh, I don't even know. Since the last event, and I didn't really touch my clubs until a month before this event. So since CME.

Q. And was that a conscious decision or were you waiting to feel ready?

MINJEE LEE: I feel like I'm always taking a bit longer breaks throughout the years. Before it was two or three weeks, and now it's like seven. You know, just depends how much time I've got and depends what I may pat the end of the LPGA season, as well.

This time just worked out that I wasn't playing.

Q. Did you do anything new in your preparation? Because obviously to hit the ground running in your first event is very impressive.

MINJEE LEE: Not really. I didn't do anything that different. I just kind of did what I liked, did what I enjoyed. I think I kind of have -- I deserve that time -- well, I feel like I do. Yeah, just kind of did what I enjoy. Catch up with my friends. Had a drink here and there.

Q. You've recently just signed with Callaway again. Clubs?

MINJEE LEE: No, same already.

Q. They are the same?

MINJEE LEE: Yes.

Q. What your favourite club in the bag?

MINJEE LEE: Probably my putter.

Q. Looking good with that putter.

MINJEE LEE: Yeah, probably my putter. All my Quantum clubs are good and my Callaway irons are good. Wedges are great. So yeah, it's more the person on the other side of the stick. But, yeah, all my clubs are all good.