"My back really wasn't up for it but I'd booked into a spa hotel so I thought I'll just go for a holiday. I had a couple of massages and that freed the back off a wee bit. I found a game where I could chip it forward so, had it been any other venue rather than a links course, I would have struggled because I was barely carrying it at 250. But I could kind of cheat the system and run it to maybe 270 and I didn't miss many fairways," Lee explained.
"It was a bit of a surprise to be that far in front after Day One but you can never relax on a links course. I had never played Conwy before and I really enjoyed it. It was a very fair links course and the whole area just gave off a really good vibe.
"The condition of it was phenomenal and it had everything from being able to open the shoulders as well as a few holes you had to play it safe. It also had every direction of the compass so you had to contend dealing with every wind direction so it was a great test."
Ireland's Paul McKechnie would actually close the gap to three approaching the turn but he would eventually tie for third, with James Ruth moving into second spot. Lee would post a closing 72 for what remains the stand-out moment of an impressive career.
