WEBVTT - Minjee Lee's coach reveals the star was tentative before clinching her third major.

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<v Speaker 1>Minji Lee has won her third major championship with a

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<v Speaker 1>three shot victory, a comfortable victory in the end at

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<v Speaker 1>the PGA Champs in Texas. Here's the audio of Minji's win.

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<v Speaker 2>Minjii battles the Texas.

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<v Speaker 1>Wrong and he and she's a three time leads to

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<v Speaker 1>a chat and Richie Smith, Minji's coach, joins us. Now

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<v Speaker 1>get a Richie congratulations, well done.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks Simon, nice to speak to you.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, she I heard some audio from this morning. She

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<v Speaker 1>felt felt like she played kept an eye on the

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<v Speaker 1>leader board, but played within herself. What did you see

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<v Speaker 1>as her long term coach?

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<v Speaker 2>I saw someone who's pretty nervous on the front nine,

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<v Speaker 2>if I'm honest, very tentative, and she had had some

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<v Speaker 2>history of blind leeds, and I think that she got

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<v Speaker 2>challenged a little bit on that front line, and then

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<v Speaker 2>I think she got angry with herself actually and just

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<v Speaker 2>decided that she was going to win. I think once

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<v Speaker 2>she decided that she was going to win, no one

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<v Speaker 2>was going to beat her.

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<v Speaker 1>Got the game, hasn't she? And that's that's the thing

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<v Speaker 1>at the top end with her and and with Woozy

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<v Speaker 1>and all of you, all of your crew they've got

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<v Speaker 1>the game. It's just that the day and how they

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<v Speaker 1>how they approach. You need a bit of luck too,

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<v Speaker 1>don't you.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you do. And the golf course over there is

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<v Speaker 2>pretty tough, and it was blowing pretty hard for the

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<v Speaker 2>last two days. And I think it was advantageous for

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<v Speaker 2>us because you know, obviously we have a windy city

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<v Speaker 2>that we've we've developed these players in and yeah, it's

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<v Speaker 2>been It was helpful that it was, And I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think there was any lucky breaks. I think she played

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<v Speaker 2>well within herself and she kept it on the fair

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<v Speaker 2>way most of the time and hit great shots and

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<v Speaker 2>hold the puts when needed. So I think she deserved it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Oh, we're stoked for it, and for and for

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<v Speaker 1>you and for the whole gang. Is she you talked

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<v Speaker 1>about sometimes blowing your lead. In your view, you've got

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<v Speaker 1>to train for all the scenarios, don't you been the

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<v Speaker 1>hunted one or chasing? It's it's different every day and

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<v Speaker 1>on each course, isn't it, Richie?

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<v Speaker 2>It is? But I mean we'd very much decided that

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<v Speaker 2>we were going to play the way that we wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to play, and we weren't going to get sucked in

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<v Speaker 2>to what the opposition was doing. So we'd set at

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<v Speaker 2>the goal of just trying to be one under for

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<v Speaker 2>each six hole segment, and we were going to play

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<v Speaker 2>match play game against ourselves, and actually we lost the

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<v Speaker 2>match to ourselves, but we ended up winning the tournament,

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<v Speaker 2>So that's that's all that mattered.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you Richie? For those people who haven't heard you

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<v Speaker 1>on this station before, or haven't perhaps heard our chats,

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<v Speaker 1>to just remind us how you do this remotely with

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<v Speaker 1>this great gang of golfers that you have.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I use the Internet a fair bit. We do

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of video lessons and just a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>video conversations. But I was actually in Dallas till Wednesday,

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<v Speaker 2>so all her prep was done in front of me,

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<v Speaker 2>and yeah, and then I just arrived back in Perth

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<v Speaker 2>on Friday and enjoyed the jet lag and watched the

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<v Speaker 2>golf at night.

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<v Speaker 1>Pretty good, isn't it?

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<v Speaker 2>Did you?

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<v Speaker 1>Did you have a celebratory this morning? A little Pims

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<v Speaker 1>and lemonade, which he.

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<v Speaker 2>Not as yet. I've got to do. I've got to

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<v Speaker 2>do an interview, a TV interview, and I don't really

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<v Speaker 2>want to do that, so maybe tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, all right, No, we well deserve. I thought of you,

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<v Speaker 1>and I know every now and then we try to

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<v Speaker 1>chat that you're all over the place on and off planes.

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<v Speaker 1>Min wou Lee, how's he traveling after the big one?

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<v Speaker 2>Since his win? I think he's suffered a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>with expectation. I think now that he knows that he

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<v Speaker 2>can win, that he's expecting to do it every week,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think that's going to be his like next

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<v Speaker 2>sort of development stage. We're getting there. He's just it's

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit hard at the moment because he's not

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<v Speaker 2>really performing the way he would like. And Hannah Green,

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<v Speaker 2>you didn't mention her, but I will's going. She's going

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<v Speaker 2>really well. She's you know, still top ten in the world.

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<v Speaker 2>And yeah, probably hasn't played as much, hasn't a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of continuity this year yet, but that's going to come

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm pretty confident that she's going to have a

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<v Speaker 2>good end of the year.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well done to you' she was the next round

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<v Speaker 1>of questions. I remember talking to you after Min Wu

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<v Speaker 1>played so well in Australia a couple of years ago,

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<v Speaker 1>and I said, when can I buy a hat? When

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<v Speaker 1>can I buy a bail and the T shirt? He said, no,

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<v Speaker 1>we're trying to keep a lid on him, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>that's still the case with him, isn't he Because he's

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<v Speaker 1>a gung ho player in person, But you still want

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<v Speaker 1>him to to get the trophies before you really launch

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<v Speaker 1>him in terms of merchant and profile and personality.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, Well, he has one and now you can and

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<v Speaker 2>you can buy a hat and a shirt. Yeah, there's

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<v Speaker 2>no shortage of merchandise that you can buy that says

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<v Speaker 2>let him cook yah or Chapinski or some other thing

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<v Speaker 2>that he's got going on. I don't know, but yeah, Look,

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<v Speaker 2>first and foremost is a golfer, and first and foremost

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<v Speaker 2>we want him to perform on the world stage. And

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<v Speaker 2>I think he's developing really nicely. Probably it has been

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<v Speaker 2>a tough period because that win, you know, this expectation

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<v Speaker 2>that you do get from winning is really hard to balance.

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<v Speaker 2>And but we're getting there. I think. Yeah, it might

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<v Speaker 2>be a little bit of a up and down ride

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<v Speaker 2>for a couple of couple of months, but I think

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<v Speaker 2>we'll we'll see some real improvement by the end of

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<v Speaker 2>the year.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well done. Well on to you mate too, Very

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<v Speaker 1>proud of you and all you've achieved with Hannah, Minji,

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<v Speaker 1>min Wull, all of your gang, Maddie, it's it's not

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<v Speaker 1>a bad thing to have on your on your CV.

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<v Speaker 1>Is it that Minji gets a third title?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I don't know that's I'm not in it for

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<v Speaker 2>the for the recognition. I just want them to win,

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<v Speaker 2>win events, and so at the moment we're doing it,

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<v Speaker 2>and hopefully we continue to do so in the future.

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<v Speaker 1>Understated as always, good on your Richie. Thanks for the chat.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks Ann,