LPGA QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT STAGE II

October 24, 2021

Yu-Sang Hou

Plantation Golf and Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Great playing today.

YU-SANG HOU: Thank you.

Q. You played your way in. What are the emotions right now?

YU-SANG HOU: I'm glad it's done. Yeah, I was in a really stressful position, but my caddie helped me a lot to go through today. And then yesterday I just been waiting for putts to go in, and keep telling myself to stay patient and my caddie helped me to made a lot of good decisions, so it worked out really well.

Q. 4-under 68 on the final date Stage II is impressive because of the stress. Walk us through your round.

YU-SANG HOU: Yes. Today it was pretty, not boring, but really stressful and like really down at the front nine because I had a lot of birdie chances and just didn't go in any.

Then to go into the final nine holes I kept telling myself and my caddie kept telling me, You just have to wait. You have to keep patient. It might sound crazy, but it's really important, yeah.

Q. Talked to Viv earlier and she explained how much this means to her. How much does this mean to you?

YU-SANG HOU: It means a lot to me. And then actually we planning to play the Q-School last year but it got cancel, and we know that a lot of good players will be here.

Then just give myself a lot of confidence and going too the last stage is going to be fun, yeah.

Q. What's it like to grow up with a sister that's doing the exact same things, has the exact same dreams as you do?

YU-SANG HOU: It's amazing, especially how good she is. So we keep pushing each other and make sure we are on track.

And then having her here with me and share all the emotions together is just really amazing, yeah.

Q. She told me she caddied for you at Q-School Stage I.

YU-SANG HOU: Yeah.

Q. That had some good juju. How did that go?

YU-SANG HOU: Actually did really good. Always make me feel so much comfortable when she's around, and then that week it was really well. Yeah, it was a fun week for both of us.

Q. Seems that she's a little more calm, cooler, and collected; you seem more a little bit more emotional.

YU-SANG HOU: Uh-huh.

Q. Do you all balance each other when you're in those kind of situations?

YU-SANG HOU: Yeah, she's the one that calming down and she's the one giving all the pep talks when I'm not. Yeah, so she sometimes is more like a big sister to me, yeah.

Q. Obviously playing at Arizona together it's been a really special experience. What has that been like for the two of you?

YU-SANG HOU: I'm so glad she's there with me and then sharing all the fun college events and all the experience together.

Just we spend most of our lifetime together, and just it never get bored. Yeah, we fight but it's like, it happens. I'm just glad that she's there, yeah.

Q. Your personal experience playing on a team that's that stout and that stacked, how did that help prepare you for the grind that is Q-School?

YU-SANG HOU: Yeah, I'm really glad I still stay on the team because we have a lot of really competitive tournaments that go into before the Stage II, and then our team is really strong.

Then just be around with all the good players, it make me feel -- I just need to make sure that I'm getting better, better every day, yeah.

Q. What's your plan to celebrate with her tonight?

YU-SANG HOU: We're just going to chill and then talk probably. Just it's a lot of stress going on this week. Yeah, probably call our parents. They probably been up. Yeah.

Q. Heading into Q Series in a month and a half, what's your prep going to look like? I know she told me you have some events coming up.

YU-SANG HOU: Yeah, we still have one events coming up, and then, of course, keep practicing and try to find somewhere that's really similar to the condition that we going to have in Alabama.

So, yeah.

Q. Being a college player, you're kind of used to two weeks in a row, but is it more of a grind when there is so much more on the line?

YU-SANG HOU: Yeah, and then especially with the field is so good and then a lot of cut lines going on over there. It's a different pressure, yeah. So definitely prepare for that, yeah.