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BUICK LPGA SHANGHAIOctober 18, 2018Yu LiuShanghai, China Q. Who do you work with? Who is your coach? YU LIU: I have my swing coach is in San Diego. Q. His name? YU LIU: Chris Mason. Q. Oh, you work Chris Mason? YU LIU: Yeah, I have a couple of people. Q. Do you work with anybody on the mental side of the game? YU LIU: Mental side? Yeah, I do have a mental. Mr. Feng. Q. Mr. Feng. Has he always been with you? YU LIU: Yes. He was the one that helped me get on tour. Q. Mr. Feng? YU LIU: Yes. Q. Is he here this week? YU LIU: No, his daughter is playing on the LPGA, Cindy Feng. Q. He's been a big help to you? YU LIU: Yeah, everything, overall game, putting, just like mental game. Q. Mental game? YU LIU: Yeah, swing. Q. Great. You work with Chris Mason now but he's been a mentor to you to get you to where you are today? YU LIU: Yeah. Q. Do you talk to him much? YU LIU: Used to every day. Turn in my homework. Q. You used to turn your homework in to him? YU LIU: Yeah. Q. Okay. In what way? Would you write down? YU LIU: Yeah, write down my notes and everything. Q. And he would come back and say, This is good? YU LIU: Even right now whenever I have questions about my swing he's always there to help. Q. And now you stay in touch on Wii Chat? YU LIU: Yeah, Wii Chat. Q. Where are you living? YU LIU: I live in Champion's Gate. Q. How do you like living in America compared to China? Big difference do you find? YU LIU: Obviously the culture is different. Q. Sure. Anything in particular? It's so different over here. YU LIU: A lot less people, yeah, especially in Champion's Gate. Q. Anything else you like about living in America? YU LIU: I'm really enjoying it. It's really great for a golfer. Q. Loads of golf courses? YU LIU: Yeah, very like good quality facilities and everything. Q. And you hit the ball very hard. You're long. There's nothing of you, and you've got flight. Do you work out a lot? YU LIU: Yeah, I work out quite a bit. Q. What kind of exercise do you do? Weights? YU LIU: Weights and some cardio once a week. Q. Just once a week? YU LIU: During tournament week. So, yeah, I just plan my own work out. Q. Okay. YU LIU: I don't have really have a trainer. I used to be pretty into working out, but now it's just like I need to keep my ball in play. I spend more time on the game and techniques. Q. Okay. What's the best club in the bag for you? Which club do you use that you go, I feel very confident with this one. YU LIU: Driver. Q. Driver? YU LIU: Yeah, because I practice a lot. Q. Do you? Okay. Driver is the best club. Okay. Awesome. Have you got any family with you this week? YU LIU: My parents, both my parents. Q. Do they play golf? YU LIU: They used to. Not anymore. Q. Not anymore. How did you get into it? YU LIU: Because they both played. Then they thought it's really fun so wanted me to play as well. Q. Okay. Did you follow Shanshan when you were younger? YU LIU: Oh, yeah of course. She's a role model for every golfer. Q. Was there a time when you first saw her, a tournament you saw her at and you said, I want to be like her? YU LIU: Probably when she won her first major. Q. First major. Were you watching? YU LIU: I was watching on TV. It was 2012 Wegman's. Q. Yeah, the Wegman's, when she won that in 2012. Where were you, at home? YU LIU: Yeah, I was home. I used to like watching LPGA a lot because the Golf Channel in China, they have coverage every week. I used to be the one sitting in front of the TV. Q. Practicing your swing and... YU LIU: Oh, yeah. Q. ...doing all that. Now six years later you're playing in the same tournament. That's quick. YU LIU: Yeah, not too bad. Q. What do you love about being a professional golfer? What's good? YU LIU: Well being an athlete, it was childhood dream of mine. I think just to play a sport, travel around the world, even though I'm not really into traveling. I just feel like I'm really passionate about the game and can be really good at it. Q. You played here before, right? YU LIU: I played the LET event. Q. Both years that it was here? YU LIU: Two years ago. Q. Just in 2016? YU LIU: Yes. Q. Got you. YU LIU: I came here to practice a little bit during the three weeks off. Q. This year? YU LIU: Yeah. So a month, three weeks ago. Q. Like after Evian? YU LIU: Yeah, so I know the course pretty well. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports   |
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