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Houston Open winner Min Woo Lee roasts his Callaway driver. Try one for yourself

By: Jack Hirsh
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March 31, 2025
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Min Woo Lee hits a tee shot at the Houston Open.

Min Woo Lee averaged over 317 yards on all drives last week.

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Min Woo Lee’s insane power was on display this week at the Texas Children’s Houston Open. One might even say, he was cooking.

In notching his first PGA Tour win, the Aussie averaged more than 317 yards on all of his drives this week at Memorial Park Golf Course and averaged more than 190 mph ball speed with his driver. That was on a wet golf course too.

Lee also put up the impressive distance numbers after making a subtle tweak to the setup of his Callaway Elyte Triple Diamond driver this week. He actually exchanged his 9.0+ loft head for an 8.5˚ one.

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A split image of Min Woo Lee's bag and driver.
Min Woo Lee’s clubs: Inside his Texas Children’s Houston Open-winning setup
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“He worked with his coach, Ritchie Smith, last week and they wanted to shallow him out with the driver,” Callaway Tour Content Manager Johnny Thompson told GOLF. “As he shallowed out, he needed less loft because of added launch/spin from being less down on it.”

Callaway Tour Performance Rep Kellen Watson, who works directly with Lee and Smith on Lee’s setup, mentioned that Lee’s angle of attack didn’t necessarily change, but other factors necessitated the slight drop in loft so he could get into a better pattern with his swing.

In other words, Watson and Smith dropped the loft on his driver to try to get him to swing differently and it worked.

“It was more of trying to achieve a 30-meter apex with almost every club and maintaining path and face angles,” Watson said. “His AoA didn’t differ much, but the pattern of finish was changed, influencing a higher apex. The lofting down of the driver was to instinctually mislead him, creating a shallower attack and higher finish.”

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Lee’s setup aside from the loft change remained the same as it has for the last few years, despite changing head models. His Elyte Triple Diamond 8.5˚ has a 57˚lie angle, weighs 197g and has the adjustable cog setting to N/S. Lee is a longtime user of the original Fujikura Ventus Blue 6-X shaft at 45″ to the end of the grip, tipped 1″, which results in a D3 swingweight.

The Triple Diamond head is the lowest spinning model in Callaway’s 2025 Elyte lineup and is the only driver to feature a 360-degree carbon chassis and front and back movable weights.

If you think you might benefit from the low spinning Callaway Elyte model, check it out on Fairway Jockey today, or take a look at the whole Callaway Elyte family and see if it’s right for you.

Want to overhaul your bag for 2025? Find a club-fitting location near you at True Spec Golf.

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Jack Hirsh

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Jack Hirsh is the Associate Equipment Editor at GOLF. A Pennsylvania native, Jack is a 2020 graduate of Penn State University, earning degrees in broadcast journalism and political science. He was captain of his high school golf team and recently returned to the program to serve as head coach. Jack also still *tries* to remain competitive in local amateurs. Before joining GOLF, Jack spent two years working at a TV station in Bend, Oregon, primarily as a Multimedia Journalist/reporter, but also producing, anchoring and even presenting the weather. He can be reached at jack.hirsh@golf.com.

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