Min Woo Lee's hopes of a blistering finish to his successful European tour season have been boosted in Dubai by sinking a monster putt that secured him an under-par start to the DP World Tour Championship.
The Western Australian star had suffered a largely disappointing round on Thursday with plenty of scrambling after a double bogey at the opening hole, but battled back to level par before sinking a 49-footer at the short 17th on the Greg Norman-designed Earth Course.
The welcome, out-of-the-blue birdie enabled him to end with a 71 and join almost half the 50-strong field by finishing under par in the season-ending championship with a $US 3million ($A4.6 million) winner's cheque on the line.
