LPGA DRIVE ON CHAMPIONSHIP

March 24, 2023

Xiaowen Yin

Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Here with Xiaowen Yin. What a round. Played really good golf out there. I know 9 wasn't what you wanted, but two eagles on your back nine today, which was the front nine. Just tell me about your round and tell me about those two eagles.

XIAOWEN YIN: I gave myself like 99 today except for the last hole. But was pretty good. The two eagles, it was all par-5. I hit my hybrid like perfect and the first eagle was like seven yards. It's all at the edge of the green.

And then I make it, so it's like a seven yards for eagle and also the second one, yeah, it was at the edge and then it was also like seven yards and I made it, yeah.

Q. I know you played in a few LPGA events in the past, but the first one in the States, first full season as a member. How cool is that to play so well in your second round really on tour?

XIAOWEN YIN: Yeah, it's like amazing. I never thought that I could like play that well. Like for me, my goal is to make the cut this week, but, yeah, I had an awesome two rounds.

I hope I will keep playing good last two days.

Q. Talk about the 18th hole. Eagle and birdie so far. Tons of birdies on 18. How is that hole going to fit into the weekend in terms of strategy? Are you going to feel like you have to birdie that hole every day?

XIAOWEN YIN: 18?

Q. 18, yeah.

XIAOWEN YIN: Oh, 18, yeah. For me, that hole I can reach by two, so like if my first shot was on the fairway I think I get a big chance to get a birdie.

So, yeah, for that hole my goal is birdie, yeah.

Q. Do you feel like if you don't birdie that hole it's sort of...

XIAOWEN YIN: No, it's okay. I have a lot of chance. Yeah, it's okay.

Q. I'm just curious how you're feeling right now. First career start and you're near the top of the leaderboard. What's going through your mind right now?

XIAOWEN YIN: Like it's unbelievable, amazing. Yeah, and I was a little nervous at the last hole. Yeah, but it's okay. I take it.

Q. And you've had a friend of yours, one of our rookies last year, Ruoning Yin. I remember you and Q-Series a couple years ago. Really close. Did you talk to her at all before starting this season? Did she give you any advice that you've taken that's helped you?

XIAOWEN YIN: Yeah, we are good friends. We play together in China. We play together in the off-season, so I kind of like ask her how is it feeling or how is LPGA.

Yeah, we talked a lot, yeah.

Q. And you had was it three wins on the Epson Tour last year?

XIAOWEN YIN: Two.

Q. Two wins. Back-to-back if I remember correctly.

XIAOWEN YIN: Yeah.

Q. What did that do for your confidence? Obviously out here now, but what did that do winning professionally like that do for you, especially as you look ahead to the season and what you have in store for your career?

XIAOWEN YIN: Like it gives me a lot of confidence that my hard work pays off. Yeah, like when I start the season last year it's kind of like hard for me, but, yeah, I fight back.

So, yeah, give me a lot of confidence.

Q. Just what's your mindset heading into the next two days? Only got two rounds left and the first one is done.

XIAOWEN YIN: Just keep it up. Like, yeah, keep it up. Like no pressures, just play my golf.