This handout photo taken and released by the Asian Tour on Oct 15, 2023 shows Lee Min-woo of Australia celebrating with the winner's trophy of the Macao Open at the Macao Golf and Country Club. (PHOTO / AFP)

MACAO - World number 46 Lee Min-woo of Australia recorded an exceptional two-shot wire-to-wire victory in the $1 million Macao Open golf tournament on Sunday, for his first title in two years.

Earning a cheque for $180,000, Lee once again combined power with precision at the event, skillfully adding a seven-under-par 64 to his opening 62 for a three-shot lead.

The tournament's marquee player hit crushing drives and holed putt after putt to card an eight-under-par 63 for an astonishing four-round aggregate of 30-under, a new tournament record and two short of the Asian Tour record, although preferred lies were played on the first two days.

"I love it," said the 25-year-old, who opened with rounds of 62, 64 and 65. "I played wonderful, really flawless golf for a lot of the holes. There were only a few holes that I could really look back on. But yeah, I'm really proud of the way I handled myself."

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This handout photo taken and released by the Asian Tour on Oct 15, 2023 shows Min Woo Lee of Australia playing a shot during the fourth round of the Macao Open at the Macao Golf and Country Club. (PHOTO / AFP)

Lee's score smashed the event's previous lowest winning total of 20 under, set by Australian Scott Hend in 2015 and was just two short of the Asian Tour record, which Thailand's Chapchai Nirat set at the SAIL Open in 2009 in India.

Thailand's Poom Saksansin also fired a 63, like Lee bogey-free, and finished second after a fascinating final day dual between the big-hitting Australian and the tenacious little Thai golfer, hoping to replicate one of his giant-killing acts of the past.

For Poom it was yet another fine performance coming off the back of his success in the Yeangder TPC last month and a joint third placing in last week's International Series Singapore.

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Thailand's Phachara Khongwatmai closed with a 64 to finish in sole possession of third while Chinese Taipei's Lee Chieh-po, finishing with a 63, and Miguel Tabuena from the Philippines, who shot a 65, tied for fourth.