DIO IMPLANT LA OPEN

April 19, 2022

Jin Young Ko

Wilshire Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, Jin Young, welcome back. How is it being back in L.A.?

JIN YOUNG KO: Always want to be back in L.A.

I had great off weeks last two weeks and I play many times this course, so I love this course.

Yeah, fine.

Q. What did you do in your off weeks to kind of reset for the L.A. swing?

JIN YOUNG KO: Well, I practice hard and just rest, sleep well, and eat well, don't think about golf tournament.

Just think about me. I'm trying to think about me, just not the other people.

So, yeah, my mindset is clarified right now.

Q. How important was it to take some rest and to think about the next couple of weeks that you've got coming up?

JIN YOUNG KO: Well, I have a lot of tournament after now to end of the season, so I need to small break on Monday or Tuesday during the tournament.

And, well, yeah, nothing change. Just feel happy.

Q. What did you focus on? I know you didn't want to focus on golf, but what did you work on heading into L.A. this week?

JIN YOUNG KO: Well, I didn't play well in the Chevron so I need to fix something to do my swing, so I practice hard. It was getting better and better, but I need to more practice for my swing and to perfect.

Q. What part of your swing?

JIN YOUNG KO: Well, I guess my driver wasn't -- driver distance wasn't far in the Chevron, so I need to -- I practice more downswing to the ground, like push the ground and then get the powers from the ground.

So I practiced that and it's better now.

Q. That's what you needed.

JIN YOUNG KO: Yeah.

Q. What you do like most about Wilshire? You've done really well here the past two times. What do you like most about coming back to this course?

JIN YOUNG KO: This course is narrow, the fairway. Was firm last two or three years ago, but now we can see the grass on the fairway so it doesn't much run out.

And the greens are all small and poana is always bumpy in the afternoons, so we need to check how much bounce in the afternoon to play. Greens are bumpy, so don't think about stroke or whatever. Just accept everything from the other side.

Q. Yeah.

JIN YOUNG KO: So, yeah. Greens are fast and everything condition looks good. Little windy afternoon, but it's fine.

Q. And I think I heard you have a lucky charm here. Is your lucky charm here this week?

JIN YOUNG KO: Lucky charm is my parents?

Q. Yes.

JIN YOUNG KO: Yes, my parents are here.

Q. I remember you talking about them at JTBC. It is nice that you got to spend time with them over the off weeks?

JIN YOUNG KO: Yeah. I'm trying to lucky charm is my parents. Sometimes tough, but sometimes they help me a lot, so better think they're lucky charm.

Q. Yeah. Had they enjoyed this stretch of events? Have they enjoyed watching you in person?

JIN YOUNG KO: I think so. If play well, yeah, of course. But if didn't play well, yeah, they got little stress from me, but I stress, too.

So, yeah, doesn't matter.