LPGA MEDIHEAL CHAMPIONSHIP

June 12, 2021

Min Lee

Lake Merced Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Great job finishing with three birdies in the last four holes. Why did everything seem to come together so well for you today?

MIN LEE: I don't know. I just tried to play my game and tried to be smart on the golf course, because the golf course is very hard. There is some pin placement that you want to be on the fat side of the green if you miss it.

So I was very focusing on it.

Q. Describe what the last month has been like for you. You won on the Symetra Tour. You had a great finish at Pure Silk which got you reshuffled into a better position. And now you're in the lead for the first time in an LPGA event.

MIN LEE: I mean, the last month I been -- my mind has been up and down because start of the year I didn't play really well. I really think my game is good but score is not coming.

I'm very happy that in Pure Silk I did it pretty good and reshuffle up myself and win the tournament on the Symetra Tour. So that really gives me a lot of confidence and a lot of positive vibes to me telling myself that you can do it and just try to play your game and being very positive.

Q. Well, you sure played like a winner today. We hope you have another good round tomorrow.

MIN LEE: Thank you very much.

Q. Min, a 4-under 68 on day three of the MEDIHEAL Championship. That includes three birdies in your last four holes. You ended very strong. Take us through how that can propel you into the final round.

MIN LEE: I didn't really think about making a birdie on the golf course because I'm just trying to play smart and try to play my own game. I have probably five straight pars when I'm turning back, but, I mean, I just giving myself a lot of chances to make birdies.

If it goes in, it goes in. If doesn't go in, I'll just, next shot.

Q. You're chasing history tomorrow. Looking to become the first player to ever win a Symetra Tour event and then in their next start win an LPGA Tour event. What would that mean to you? Obviously you were very happy with how you performed at Pure Silk to move up the priority list. Take us through what a win would mean to you.

MIN LEE: I mean, as I said, after Pure Silk that gives me a lot of confidence and also relieves my stress a lot, and move onto the Symetra Tour and win the tournament, I was very happy and very blessed.

And, I mean, I don't really thinking about making a record or breaking a record or something. I just try to play my game. I play well, that's good and everything comes together.

Q. Is there any coincidence that the last two winners of Mission Inn Club and Resort Championship, Matilda and yourself, are in the top three heading into the final round of the MEDIHEAL Championship?

MIN LEE: Well, I didn't know that, but it's good to know that. We were having a really good group today. Me and Matilda was having fun, and also Jenny.

And it just feels like -- well, because we all play on the Symetra Tour before and just feels like Symetra Tour. But I was very relaxing and try to play my game, and I was very happy that I have this position.

Q. This is your 93rd start on the LPGA Tour and you have no Top 10s to your ledger. What let's you be so comfortable in this position this week?

MIN LEE: Definitely, like I said, after Pure Silk and the Symetra Tour, that gives me a lot of confidence and positive vibes. And, I mean, especially last week it was my birthday and I really had good time with my friends, everything just so positive and then so happy.

I just hoping this week will have a good week, too.

Q. How do you see this difference in yourself on the course with that confidence?

MIN LEE: I mean, the biggest difference that -- there was a song playing my head that I will just trying to focus on what I'm doing right now, and then while I was walking I was chatting with my caddie and then -- or playing the song in my head. So that's really the thing that I was doing on the golf course.

Q. What song were you playing in your head?

MIN LEE: It was piano song, yeah.

Q. Classical music?

MIN LEE: Yeah, classical music.

Q. Do you have a favorite classical artist?

MIN LEE: Not really. But I listen to whatever is on Spotify.

Q. That's fair. You mentioned a Symetra Tour vibe out there. You've bounced around on the Symetra Tour and the LPGA over the last several years. Is there something about when you're trying to find kind of that cohesiveness on a course with your game, but also meshing with the group you're playing and I can play with a familiar face, does that go a long way in just how you can perform?

MIN LEE: The last few years I been bumping around between LPGA and the Symetra Tour. The reason why I did that just because I want to be tougher. If you're playing both tours you're very busy obviously and you're playing Monday qualifier, if you don't make it you go to Symetra Tour. That's just a lot of travel and that really makes my mind stronger because you're very stressed about like what you going to do next -- I mean tomorrow, and then if you don't do well, what's going to be.

And I just -- I mean, that last few years has train my brain a lot and I hope it will pays off.

Q. So we mentioned your performance at Pure Silk, how it helped you reshuffle and move up the priority list.

MIN LEE: Uh-huh.

Q. But in addition to that, how much did Wei-Ling wining that motivate you?

MIN LEE: I mean, definitely that really makes my want to fight harder, I mean, because it's been how many years, like 10 years since last time Yani won the tournament.

I mean, because we grew up together, we're about the same age, and we train together when we grow up. We have been classmate all the time, and I really thinking about if she can make it I can do it, too.

So that's the thing in my mind. So I hope this week I'll have a good finish.