WOMEN'S AMATEUR ASIA-PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIP

February 1, 2024

Zi Fu Foong

Quick Quotes

Q. Zi Fu, well played today. 3-under for your first round. Are you happy with your performance?

ZI YU FOONG: Actually, I'm quite pleased with my performance. It's been quite a while since I actually was physically allowed to play on a golf course due to the weather back in the States, so I'm quite pleased with it.

Hopefully, I'll be able to maintain it for the next three days.

Q. You've not been able to practice because of the weather? It's been too cold?

ZI YU FOONG: Yes. So I study in Nashville, Tennessee, and right now we just finished -- we're just recovering from a snowstorm. I've been having to practice and hitting nets and something like that.

Having to make the best of each practice is what I set my mind to, and I think that's one of the key things I took away and brought to the course today.

Q. Certainly seems to be paying some dividends. What about your game has been particularly great today?

ZI YU FOONG: Well, I would say -- I'm not too sure about that. I would say most of it has been fairly consistent overall. Like there isn't a certain part of my game that stands out today, but I would say it's all really manageable.

And so that's kind of the thing that I feel I'm much more satisfied with compared to just having one part of my game being exceptional. So I think I'm quite pleased with how I've been practicing.

Q. Is there any hole out there that stood out as a highlight for you today?

ZI YU FOONG: Well, I would say hole 16 because I kind of calculated the yardages wrong, and I ended up over-shooting and kind of almost went into the bushes in the penalty area on the left.

Thankfully I managed to hit quite a good flop shot out of the rough, put it to a foot, and managed to make a good par.

That is probably going to be my key takeaway. I'm going to celebrate that.

Q. Nicely placed on the leaderboard. What are the ambitions then heading into tomorrow?

ZI YU FOONG: To be honest, there are no expectations even before coming here. I guess it's just more towards just being grateful that I'm able to be here, able to enjoy such lovely weather.

And the course conditions are superb, so I think that's probably going to be the biggest focus for tomorrow. Try to enjoy what I can do for now and then probably head on and focus on some other things also.