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Min Woo Lee broke finger while working out in gym Aussie golf star will still play in the Masters anyway Is bidding to join his sister Minjee as a major winner

By Darren Walton For Australian Associated Press

Published: 06:18 BST, 10 April 2024 | Updated: 06:18 BST, 10 April 2024

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Australian golf star Min Woo Lee has revealed he will play the Masters with a broken finger after suffering the freak injury in the gym last week.

Lee is also entering the year's first major with an untimely bout of the flu but is remaining upbeat after detailing exactly how he fractured the wedding finger in his right hand.

'I dropped a dumbbell on my hand,' he said after managing nine holes around Augusta National on Tuesday with countrymen Adam Scott, Jason Day and Cameron Smith.

'I was in the gym Saturday last week. I was just doing like a side bridge glute thing and it was literally my last rep, last set thing, and I threw the dumbbell down and somehow clipped my right ring finger. Broke it.

'So I went to the doctor and I thought it was OK because I could move it. It was just red. I thought it would be fine. Then they came in and said, 'you've broken it'.

Min Woo Lee (pictured) says he will play the Masters