HUGEL AIR PREMIA LA OPEN

April 22, 2021

Sei Young Kim

Wilshire Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. You had birdies on 1, 5, 7, if I read right.

SEI YOUNG KIM: Yeah.

Q. 13, 14, 15.

SEI YOUNG KIM: Yeah.

Q. If you can recall any of those, any of those really help you get going in the round and get your round kind of started and lead you to where you got to?

SEI YOUNG KIM: I mean, I think second shot really solid today and I made a lot of the birdie chance, especially back nine I had a -- hole 16 I had like this much, yeah, make it from the second shot.

But I missed it, yeah. I don't know why. Overall pretty solid round today. Yeah, a little bit cold out there, low temperature, but still little breezy. Yeah, but overall really nice weather, yeah.

Q. The conditions seemed to play a little more challenging than yesterday morning.

SEI YOUNG KIM: I thought so, but I thought the temperature little more -- if you get the higher temperature (indiscernible), so it's a lot of advantage. But today's similar than yesterday.

Q. So your ball wasn't traveling as far?

SEI YOUNG KIM: Not really.

Q. Obviously with the cooler temperature.

SEI YOUNG KIM: Yeah.

Q. I know you had a bogey on 18 that you probably were a little disappointed about that kept you from a bogey-free day.

SEI YOUNG KIM: Yeah.

Q. Still pleased you're within four shots of the lead? Does that still please you?

SEI YOUNG KIM: Yeah, I mean, I think I had a chance if I, yeah, keep, yeah, make a lot of birdie.

Who knows even. Yeah, who knows. I just do my best the rest of the round, so, yeah, hopefully, yeah, good result.

Q. You love birdies. I mean, I think you're one of the -- obviously everybody makes birdies out here -- but you're one of the players who makes a few more than the rest of the pack.

SEI YOUNG KIM: Yeah.

Q. Just seeing the course for a couple days and how it plays in this type of weather, are there quite a bit of birdies that can be found out there?

SEI YOUNG KIM: Yeah, I think if -- No. 10, so if you hit good tee shot you have the chance to make the birdie. And even -- and then a lot of par-5 definitely has a chance to make the birdie if you hit the, yeah, good shot. I mean, from the tee shot.

And, yeah, the back nine couple hole little short; also front nine couple hole little short. If you get the advantage of short hole, yeah, you can get the lot of birdie.

Yeah, lot of players make the birdie from there. I think this reason why, people is like birdie party.

Q. Birdie party.

SEI YOUNG KIM: Yeah. (Laughter.)

Q. How exciting is it -- I'm sure you haven't looked at a leaderboard yet. Obviously Jess is leading at 13 and Jin Young is at 10, you're at 9, and you have players like Brooke is at 8, Angela Stanford and is at 8, Inbee is at 6 I think, Austin Ernst and Ally Ewing are at 6. So you have a lot of LPGA champions that are right clumped together heading into the weekend. How exciting is that to be giving chase with such a talented group of players?

SEI YOUNG KIM: Yeah, it's very exciting to the, yeah, next two round because a lot of good players on top. Yeah, I can't wait to play.

Q. Does that push you to want to showcase your game?

SEI YOUNG KIM: But whoever I always push myself, but the good player make me more impressive and then motivate, yeah, to the push myself for the push myself.

So, yeah, I think it's going to be fun. It's going to be fun Sunday -- not Sunday sure Saturday.

Q. Saturday.

SEI YOUNG KIM: Yeah, Saturday.