VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA LPGA TEXAS CLASSIC

July 3, 2021

Min-G Kim

Old American Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. We are joined by Min-G Kim after a 4-under par 67 on moving day at the Volunteers of America Classic. It was an elongated moving day. You played, what --

MIN-G KIM: I played 34 holes.

Q. -- 34 holes today?

MIN-G KIM: Uh-huh.

Q. Take us through that and how tired you are right now.

MIN-G KIM: So for the second day I obviously didn't do very well. I had a really bad front nine. So my front nine was really bad, so it was really fun to kind of come back from that real strong.

So, yeah.

Q. How did you battle fatigue out there and at what point, if at all, did it set in?

MIN-G KIM: Honestly I feel great right now. After a couple birdies I completely forgot about fatigue.

So, yeah.

Q. You had four straight birdies on the front nine from Nos. 5 through 8. How much of a jolt did that kind of give your round?

MIN-G KIM: Oh, I think that was the major turning point of my round today. I wasn't making anything on my second round, my earlier round today, and I was struggling with that.

After that first birdie it kept coming.

Q. Nice. And then you chipped in on No. 10.

MIN-G KIM: Yes.

Q. Just offside the green. I saw your dad on TV with a major fist pump.

MIN-G KIM: Oh, yeah.

Q. How nice was it to start the back nine with that type of effort?

MIN-G KIM: It was really -- it felt really great, and what made it better was that on the start of the second round that was my first hole and I bogeyed that hole in the same conditions. I pulled my driver left, hit it off the rough, and bogeyed that.

To change that into a birdie was really great.

Q. I want to touch on something that you mentioned the other day, your conversation with Nancy Lopez at the Mission Inn.

MIN-G KIM: Yes.

Q. How much of that conversation have you been able to rely on since you had that conversation, and how much confidence have you taken from it, especially out to this event?

MIN-G KIM: I mean, I try to remind myself of that shot by shot like -- I mean, obviously I get mad, I get nervous, but I just try to replay her words in my head just to keep myself grounded and not let the nerves get the better of me, I guess.

So, yeah.

Q. Fair to say her words give you confidence?

MIN-G KIM: Oh, yeah, for sure.

Q. With the position you put yourself in, nervous for tomorrow or more excited and relying on Nancy's wisdom?

MIN-G KIM: As of now I honestly don't know because I'm so hyped right now. We'll see how the nerves kick in tomorrow.

I'm just trying not to think about it. I'm just trying to enjoy my round. Just grateful to be here.