NW ARKANSAS CHAMPIONSHIP

September 26, 2021

Jin Young Ko

Pinnacle Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. A 4-under final round to finish the tournament at T5, Top 5 for you.

JIN YOUNG KO: Yeah.

Q. How good did it feel to put a pretty good overall tournament and final solid round together?

JIN YOUNG KO: Yeah, I had great round last like three days in this week, but today wasn't good. Like greens soft or kind of slowly for me, so I couldn't get great speed on the putting green. So I had lot of putt this week, but I finished still good, so, yeah. It's okay. I'm looking forward next two weeks.

Q. Is green speeds one of the toughest things as a player to adjust to week in and week out?

JIN YOUNG KO: Yeah.

Q. Is it something everybody takes for granted how difficult it is?

JIN YOUNG KO: Yeah, yeah, because last week was really fast green speed, but this week is way different.

So it's hard to read the break and judge of the green speed, so it's tough.

Q. Are you pleased though with a Top 10 performance with having to adjust to how difficult the change was? No? You can say no.

JIN YOUNG KO: No, no. I was thinking I can finish -- I could finish Top 5, inside Top 5 because I had a lot of missed putt since last three or four holes.

So even last hole I had through putt but par was sad, but it's okay. (Laughter.)

Q. You had --

JIN YOUNG KO: Good par, good par.

Q. Yeah. You had birdies today at 1, 6, 7, 8, and then No. 11.

JIN YOUNG KO: Yeah.

Q. Did any of those, did you like any have those more, any of those a little more enjoyable to get a birdie than the others?

JIN YOUNG KO: Yes, was pretty, but I had fun, because like I don't want to say about the golf because I had a lot of stress on the course.

Yeah, it's a lot of fans out there, so I had really fun and I play with great players, so, yeah, it's fun.

Q. Did you feel like -- just talking to you the last several times I've talked to you it feel like you're in that mental state where you expect really great things from you. Do you feel like you're where your mental state is and your expectations are lined up very well with where you are on the course?

JIN YOUNG KO: Wins every tournament.

Q. Yeah? I like that.

JIN YOUNG KO: Yeah, yeah.

Q. That's kind of dangerous for everybody else, right, when Jin Young has that mentality?

JIN YOUNG KO: Yeah, because I had great like feeling of my irons or drivers, everything, so I hit greens every -- 16 greens this week.

I had to make like at least seven birdies but I couldn't.

Q. Save some for ShopRite.

JIN YOUNG KO: For next week, yes. Next week or Founders, yeah. I can't wait.

Q. Last one I have for you. When you have a three-day tournament, what is your approach? How much different is it, if at all?

JIN YOUNG KO: It's big different. I like four days, four rounds. I like four rounds tournament because we have more opportunity for birdie or just wins or whatever.

Three round is little too short, I guess. Yeah.

Q. One more round and you would've won this one, I think.

JIN YOUNG KO: I think so. (Laughter.)