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KPMG WOMEN'S PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

June 28, 2018

Danielle Kang

Kildeer, Illinois

Q. How are you feeling? We saw you doubled over in pain.
DANIELLE KANG: Well, yeah, I tried to keep it really under wraps the whole day, but I had a really bad stomachache before I even teed off. I don't know what caused it. But I'm thinking it was the waffles. But I threw up after 9. I just kept trying to like not feel it, but I just -- just stayed as steady as possible. But it was okay. I'm hitting the ball great, so I hope I feel better for the next three days.

Q. You said you're hitting the golf ball well. What do you take from today to help you tomorrow?
DANIELLE KANG: I mean, I'm definitely striking it really well. My putting speed is great, so there's nothing about my game at the end of the day to be disappointed about. I played solid golf. I mean, who knows, even if I felt great, I don't know what I would have shot. But yeah, it's just funny, you practice and you're ready for the week and you come and you like get a stomachache. I'm like, come on, what is it? But I hung in there, so it's okay.

Q. You're feeling poorly?
DANIELLE KANG: Before I even teed off. But then I teed off and I didn't really have time to like -- because we had the camera following us all day. I didn't want to throw up on camera. I went to the Port-a-Potty a couple times to do it, but Port-a-Potties are so gross. I mean, what are you going to do? But it's just constant, that like contraction, your stomach contracting. So I'm putting, and if I contract too much -- I smashed one on 10. I go, whoops. But I should feel better by tomorrow. I think it's just some crap that I ate this morning.

Q. Does this sort of thing happen to you often?
DANIELLE KANG: No, I watch what I eat really well, but this morning I ate -- I was hesitant about it, and then I still went for it. I shouldn't have done it, but chocolate chip and all that looked really good. I mean, it was good when I ate it. I hate half of it, and I was like, stop after half, and I ate the whole thing, and I go, okay. Then you have an hour -- it's okay, what are you going to do.

Q. So you overindulged?
DANIELLE KANG: It's not the food, it's me. Like I'm just really sensitive. I don't eat eggs, I don't eat sausages, stuff like that, because I've gotten food poisoning off of those, and I just don't feel good. I was telling my caddie, hey, I'm hitting it great. Then on 18, I just couldn't contract, and I just kind of mis-hit it. But stuff like that. At the end of the day -- I played really good, though. I'll take 1-over. I mean, I hit it good, played good, and the golf course is playing hard, so I just wasn't able to capitalize today is all.

Q. What are you going to eat tomorrow morning?
DANIELLE KANG: I'm going to stick with oatmeal and cereal.

I can handle any pain. I cannot handle stomach pain. Like stomachaches are like my worst enemies, man.

Q. Were you still feeling it on 16?
DANIELLE KANG: Yeah. Like it comes and goes. So I tried to like just stand there and just take my time. I don't want to take forever, but I'm just kind of standing there hoping it goes away and just watching a bug or something, and then I back off and everyone is probably wondering why is she not hitting. But when it comes starts, this feeling, and I go, oh, and I back off and I'm standing there, like please go away.

Yeah, 16 I was feeling it over it, and I tried to just hit through it and I hit it way too hard. I hit my rescue like 190. I thought that was really far. Oh, well. What are you going to do? That was a good double, I guess. If it went in the water and it dropped, who knows, it could have been a triple.

Q. How do you feel about your position, though?
DANIELLE KANG: I mean, it's a major. No one is really taking it that low. If you look at the scoreboard -- I watched the scoreboard all day. There are a couple low scores here and there, but everyone is consistently 2-, 3-under par, but no one is going to take it that low, and I feel really good about my position because we have 72 holes, and we've got 54 holes left. That's a lot of golf left. I think I made the best out of what I could have made today, so I was really happy about that. I know I made some mistakes here and there, but I made some good putts, and yeah, set myself up there.

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