TOTO JAPAN CLASSIC

November 5, 2023

Xiyu Lin

Taihelyo Club Minori Course

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, Janet, another really solid round out here for you in Japan. Can you take us through the final day here at the TOTO Japan Classic?

XIYU LIN: I think I've been very consistent this week. I actually just realized I had six birdie every single day. Just this weekend had a couple more bogey than the weekdays, but I think overall, yeah, it's been a very solid day.

Today it's windy. The wind is kind of gusty and it's really hard to predict, but I think I manage it pretty well, so I think overall I'm happy with the score I have today.

Q. I know you've just got one more event left on the calendar, CME. So tell us how much confidence you have given all your great starts this season going into the last event of the year.

XIYU LIN: Like I said, this last final two will be just like my final push, so I think I had a great season again.

And then I've been working the driver out and I think this week shows lots of positive. I think the last tournament is just a free run for me, so I hopefully can get some rest and stay in the same momentum, work on some little things, but then yeah, really just be aggressive for the last week.

Q. You're not playing Pelican, right?

XIYU LIN: No.

Q. For today, on you mentioned the wind. I want to know if there was anything tricky or how you adjusted to a final round when there was almost no wind this week?

XIYU LIN: It was definitely tricky, because I think the wind just swirls on the ground, so like the clouds in the sky is pretty consistent moving one direction, but you can be just like right before you hit, all of a sudden there is a gust coming from a completely opposite direction.

I got fool a couple times, but luckily didn't make many mistake because of that. I think that's why today's score it's a little bit higher than average I would say. I think that's the tricky part for Japan. Like when it's windy, I think it's little stronger than we expect it to, and then it swirls.

Q. Last question from me: How much have you enjoyed this week in Japan, the fans, the food, all of that?

XIYU LIN: I've been saying I love this week so much. Besides winning I think I got everything I wanted this week. I had some good food and then some, you know, really good weather and some really good crowds, and then playing with some really nice players. I actually have all Japanese player four days, too, so that's pretty cool to see how well the Japan tour grows, too. And then playing with them, it's pretty cool.

So I think overall this week it's pretty new to me consider I haven't played here for six, seven years besides Olympics, so I think it's a great experience and I look forward to be back next year.