PORTLAND CLASSIC

September 2, 2023

Hyo Joon Jang

Columbia Edgewater Country Club

TV

Q. I'm alongside a very happy golfer. That was just an amazing performance: 11 birdies, just one bogey. As you were warming up today did you you have any idea that this kind of round was in you?

HYO JOON JANG: I had no clue, but it was just the same usual day. Just warming up for an hour and just another day, new day. It was like that.

Q. You got off to a great start: Four birdies in the first four holes. At what point did you just start feeling like golf was almost easy, or just describe what it was like out there to shoot 11 birdies and just one bogey to shoot 10-under?

HYO JOON JANG: Today first I felt it's such a nice day for golf, the weather. And Hyo Joo Kim is my role model and I was really grateful, feeling good, and my back wasn't hurting, which my back usually is in pain. I was just feeling good.

And then the ball was getting closer to the pin and then I had the chance, I made it. Boom, I made a lot of birdies, yep.

So I think that how it worked.

Q. Well, you make it look easy today. Congratulations on a spectacular round. You gave all the rest of players out there something to think about. Thanks for the time today.

HYO JOON JANG: Thank you.

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