JM EAGLE LA CHAMPIONSHIP MEDIA CONFERENCE

April 30, 2023

Ruoning Yin

Quick Quotes

Q. Not the finish you were looking for, but another really solid week here in LA. Take me through your round out there. You finished with a 4-under 67. What was working so well?

RUONING YIN: I hit 14 fairways and 14 greens. Like I said a couple days ago, my long game is in a really solid spot right now. Today I gave myself a lot of chances to make birdie, and just the last two holes didn't go well.

Q. That kind of effort on a Sunday, I know you were in the mix, a couple back, but how proud are you of digging deep and fighting back to finish in the top 5?

RUONING YIN: When I was on hole 2, my caddie just talked to me, he said, hey, do you want me to tell you the score? I was like, um, no. We're just having fun here.

Finally I found out he was talking about the Warriors versus the Kings, the score.

Like I said, my mindset for today is just having fun here.

Q. You had a lot of fun out there. Did any of those birdies really stand out? I see two back-to-back on 14 and 15.

RUONING YIN: Yeah, I think 14 I missed a short birdie on 13, so 14, yeah, I just told myself, just make another one. 15 was a short par-5, two on the green and just two-putt.

Q. What is it that you like so much about LA? Obviously got that first win at DIO a few weeks ago and now another top 5 here.

RUONING YIN: I used to live in LA last year for a couple months, and I really like it. Yeah, I think LA is my lucky city.

Q. Do you like this style of golf in particular? These kind of greens aren't always easy for people to figure out.

RUONING YIN: I mean, the greens, I think in the afternoon it's not that easy to figure out because it gets really bumpy and it's got footprints everywhere.

Q. Looking ahead to next week, playing so well here, how excited are you to take all of that to that team competition coming up?

RUONING YIN: I think it actually is my first time playing team match play, so I'm kind of new for this. But yeah, just kind of play my game and play with my teammates and just try to score as much as I can.