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THE EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP


September 14, 2014


Hyo-Joo Kim


EVIAN-LES-BAINS, FRANCE

MODERATOR:  It is my pleasure to welcome in the 2014 Evian Championship winner, Hyo Joo Kim, into the press conference room.  Hyo Joo, congratulations.
HYO JOO KIM:  Thank you.
MODERATOR:  You looked a little shocked on the 18th green.  Did you know you won?  I think your caddie said you might not have known.  Did you know at that moment?
HYO JOO KIM:  I was very nervous, so I didn't think about winner.  On the 18 hole putting I did all my power on there.
MODERATOR:  Did you feel nervous at all starting the day today?  On the first tee you said you felt a little nervous.  Did you feel nervous in the morning?
HYO JOO KIM:  No, I'm not nervous on the first, but I'm nervous at the 18th hole tee shot.
MODERATOR:  18 hole tee shot.  Take use through that.  I know it was a tight tee shot.  What was going through your mind walking on the 18th tee?
HYO JOO KIM:  If I didn't score the birdie then I didn't win the play, so I thought that I have to do only birdie.
MODERATOR:  So you knew going in you had to make a birdie.  You kept a pretty level head on your two bogeys on the back nine, the two late bogeys.  How did you keep your composure and stay calm and regroup and go to 18?
HYO JOO KIM:  I didn't think I did a bogey, so I just concentrate and do my play and do the best.
MODERATOR:  You didn't think you had a bogey?  Just thought, Nope, didn't happen?  Yes.
HYO JOO KIM:  (Laughter.)
MODERATOR:  Let's talk about the 18th green.  What a great environment and atmosphere.  Everybody was cheering for you.  How happy were with all the cheers knowing you won your first LPGA event?
HYO JOO KIM:  I feel like the skydiving person.  I can't do that; it's too nervous.  But she feels very happy, like a bird.  I want to flying in the sky.
MODERATOR:  Pretty good.  Questions?

Q.  Could you explain what's happen on the second shot of the 17 hole, please?
MODERATOR:  Second shot on 17.
HYO JOO KIM:  The ground is too hard and dry, but when I play up there it's too soft so I (indiscernible) shot there.

Q.  What does this week mean to you?  You made history already on Thursday with 61, and now you're the third youngest winner of a major.  What does that mean to you?  Seems like you are taking everything very calmly.
HYO JOO KIM:  I feel I go back to the Korea I will be very easy because I get the winner.
In Korea my best friend got the win, too, so I will be more easy than her.
MODERATOR:  How big will this win be back in Korea?  Fans and the media, how big of a deal will that be?  A huge deal?  How important will it be back in Korea that you won a major championship?
HYO JOO KIM:  In Korea her fan made a (indiscernible) and I always keep enter the (indiscernible) and I think that the fans will very happy for her.
MODERATOR:  She thinks the fans will be very happy?
HYO JOO KIM:  Uh‑huh.
MODERATOR:  Okay.  You played well in LPGA events before, but did you think you had a chance at winning?  Did you expect to win or did you just think, I want to play well?
HYO JOO KIM:  When I came here first I feel that I have to do best, but when I saw the course it's too a little bit hard and different from last, so I just thought that I can't do cut off.
Just enjoy.
MODERATOR:  So you were able to see how different the course was from the last time you were here in 2012?  You were thrown off by that?
HYO JOO KIM:  It's two.
MODERATOR:  Two different courses.  Okay.  Now, I have to ask you, you have a $400,000 winner's check.  You're 19 years old.  What are you going to buy?  Have you thought about it?  What are you going to spend it on?
HYO JOO KIM:  I want to buy a bag for my mom.
MODERATOR:  All right.  What's the biggest thing you've bought with a winner's check?  You've been making money as a professional for a while.  What's the thing you've treated yourself to before?
HYO JOO KIM:  Nothing.
MODERATOR:  Okay.  Well I'm going to encourage you to go shopping.
Any other questions?

Q.  Congratulations.
HYO JOO KIM:  Thank you.

Q.  What do you like about playing here at Evian?
HYO JOO KIM:  I can drink a lot of water.
MODERATOR:  She loves Evian water.
HYO JOO KIM:  It's expensive in Korea.  Drinking a lot of water is good for your‑‑
MODERATOR:  ‑‑ body.
HYO JOO KIM:  And‑‑
MODERATOR:  ‑‑ for your skin.  Hydrates the skin.
Any other questions?

Q.  Could you explain why your game is such efficient on this course?
MODERATOR:  Why your game was so good on this course?  Why did you play so well?  What is it about your game?
HYO JOO KIM:  The first round score is very good, so it's expected to the win.
On that day I had very good luck, so it happens.
MODERATOR:  Was it driving?  Short game?  Putting?  What was the best thing about this week that helped you win?
HYO JOO KIM:  Putting.
MODERATOR:  Putting.  All right.  Any other questions.  All right.  Well congratulations once again.  (Applause.)

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