FORD CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY KCC

March 28, 2024

Robyn Choi

Seville Golf and Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, here with Robyn Choi after her first round at the Ford Championship. You had a 6-under round today. Just talk about your round and how your game felt out there.

ROBYN CHOI: I think my game, I was actually -- I felt quite confident. It's been a while since I felt that way. Didn't really have very good rounds the last couple weeks, but glad to have my swing back, just hitting the ball a little bit more solid.

I think like today's round I think I just took advantage of the par-5s a little bit better than the other weeks. There was definitely a lot more reachable par-5s with I can hit it on for two, and just I think the goal was hit it on for two safely and then have to lag a long putt and just tap-in birdie. I was quite thankful for that. I think that was kind of the plan.

But overall, like my putting was a little bit better as well. A lot of putts dropped from inside 15 feet, which I'm quite grateful for, because the putter doesn't always drop every time.

Q. And some of those rounds that you had recently that you weren't too happy about, going back to the drawing board after those rounds and tournaments, what are you looking at to kind of get better for this tournament?

ROBYN CHOI: You know, I was kind of looking for a lot of different things. I think the biggest thing was I got new clubs. I think there was a little bit of adjustment going in there.

Luckily, this week I kind of did a little bit of fine tuning with my irons, and I think that's kind of how I got my game a little bit back. Also the confidence followed that along, so...

Q. How do you get in tune when you're on site? I'm assuming you don't practice here, but how do you get tuned in to the weather and different conditions in Arizona?

ROBYN CHOI: Well, I feel like Arizona, it's definitely desert but with the altitude, I went to college in Colorado so I have a little bit of an advantage knowing what the altitude is going to do.

Overall every week we just try to get the green speed on pointe. And then, you know, if there is altitude, we just kind of have to dial in and see what our actual carry distances are.

It goes from there, and then I think it's just play your own game and try to manage the course well. I think that's how it goes.

Q. You mentioned feeling really confident today and not feeling that way in a while. Can you pinpoint the last time you felt similar to your round today? I know I saw you at Q-Series and you lit it up there.

ROBYN CHOI: Yeah, I think I was feeling quite confident going from Q-Series to maybe DriveOn. I think I had a few good rounds at DriveOn just kind of playing solid, and then after -- I think after that week, but after the last round with the wind and everything, kind of like struggled the last round.

I was just kind of blaming the wind being a little bit too breezy for me, and then I think my swing was kind of adjusting to the wind and everything and kind of screwed me up a little bit there.

I think coming into this week I think I got a little bit more used to my irons and my clubs, just hitting them more solidly and like knowing where my ball is going gives great confidence. Just being able to strike the ball a little bit better, yeah.