F-16: The top player on the 2023 Race to Dubai Rankings as of May 22, 2023, who is not otherwise exempt

Lee joined sister Minjee as the only siblings to have captured USGA Junior titles; Minjee accomplishing the feat in 2012 and Min Woo in 2016 at The Honors Course, where he defeated Noah Goodwin in the 36-hole championship match. Min Woo turned professional in 2019 and has claimed a pair of DP World Tour (formerly European Tour) titles. His first came in the 2020 ISPS Handa Vic Open, an event co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia and the European Tour. In 2021, he captured the Aberdeen Scottish Open in a playoff over Thomas Detry and Matthew Fitzpatrick. In April 2022, he tied for 14th in his first Masters Tournament, and second major championship start. This wll be his second U.S. Open.