LOTTE CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY HOAKALEI

April 14, 2023

Yu Jin Sung

Hoakalei Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, here with Yu Jin Sung. Really solid round out there today. Kept the card pretty clean. What was working so well and how were you able to manage your round today?

YU JIN SUNG: So it's a very difficult course and it's really windy today so I tried my best to just ease and play that way.

Q. This is obviously your third or maybe fourth -- I guess fourth LPGA Tour start. To play in the final group today, what was that like?

YU JIN SUNG: Similar to playing in Korea, but in the LPGA it's obviously my first stage, so I was a little bit nervous but I tried to play today as if I was playing in Korea.

Q. And you did that quite well. I mean, to be in this position with the lead with one more day, what would it mean to win out here? It's kind of crazy.

YU JIN SUNG: I haven't really thought about the winning part. There is still a day left in this tournament. Again, not really thinking about winning but just trying to show my best golf game.

Q. There were a couple low scores out there but in terms of all the leaders everyone was about the same. Just how tough was and how -- was it any different at all from the first two days?

YU JIN SUNG: Wouldn't say it was difficult per se today. It's just that my game -- just I didn't play my best game. I think my group today, our play kind of intertwined, like -- yeah, not the smoothest play.

Yeah, so our group there were a lot of ups and downs and wasn't the smoothest, so that was a little bit tough. But the course condition was great. Similar to yesterday.

Q. A few years ago, Sei Young Kim won this tournament as a rookie. Not this course but this tournament. Very special shots that she made. Kind of a two-part question: Do you know Sei Young and is she someone you looked up to? Because so many players are bunched near the top is it going to take something special tomorrow to win?

YU JIN SUNG: So there is a bit of an age difference between me and Sei Young so I don't know her personally. But I do know she's a great player.

And then in terms of tomorrow I think I just have to like play to my strength. Just think about the good things that really work well for me in order to like stand out of the pack.