The South Korean actually made two splashes on the 2nd hole at Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club en-route to a potentially week-ruining snowman eight on the tricky par-4.

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Thankfully Lee recovered to sign for a 73, just two over par, and isn’t out of it with the leaders, all seven of them, at -4.

Check out the footage of Lee’s “little event” here:

South Korea’s Jun Min Lee made a splash during Round 1 of #AAC2021 ? We caught up with him after his round to learn more ? pic.twitter.com/xkBqkherMA

— Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (@AAC_Golf) November 3, 2021

At least Lee could see the funny side of things afterwards.

“So I had a little event on No. 2. Fell in the water,” he said.

“It was a poor tee shot and poor layup and I was stuck behind the rocks and I was trying to get it out in the front right of the green or front right fringe and I was like, man, I’ve got a stance, I’ve got this, I’ve got this,” he explained later.

“So, I’m over it, I’m over it, getting ready, hit the shot and next thing I know, I throw my club and I’m falling back, ball is in the water.  Overall, it’s a pretty eventful start to the day on hole 2.”

Worst of all, as the coverage shows, Lee had to jump back in to retrieve his doubly un-cooperative wedge.

Interviewer: So yourself and the ball, unfortunately, went in the drink?

“And my wedge. So I get out, and the guys are like, hey, your wedge is still back in there.  I’m really wet at that point, so all I’ve got to do is get back in, grab my wedge and get back out.

“If you base your whole entire day off bad shots, you’re never going to be successful.”

Interviewer: And you walked off with?

“An eight. Big number.”

Thankfully Lee’s day got better as he eventually dried out, even if his ball kept wanting a swim.

Photo: ACC

“I was five over through three.  Went quad, bogey and rest of the day went pretty well.  Shot 2 over total.  Made a couple little mistakes.  Hit it in the water on 18 to finish.  Made a bogey there.  But other than that, I think I had like five or six birdies after that and two bogeys, two or three bogeys.  So had a decent round I guess, went from 5 over to 2 over. “

Admirably a member of life’s half glass full camp, Lee is confident he can get his title tilt back on track on Thursday.

“One hundred percent, yeah. I think you can’t really get rid of bad shots. Bad shots just kind of happen. So if you base your whole entire day off bad shots, you’re never going to be successful.

“You’ve got to look at the positives of the day, and I think I putted pretty well for the most part. Hit really good iron shots, and had one bad hole. So, I’m pretty confident.”

Confident and cunning if his answer to a question about aiming away from the water on the 2nd is any indication from here on in.

“I guess so.”

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