DOW CHAMPIONSHIP

June 28, 2024

Hinako Shibuno

Minami Katsu

Midland Country Club

Quick Quotes

THE MODERATOR: Here with Hinako and Minami after the second round of the Dow Championship. Talk about how it felt out there today.

HINAKO SHIBUNO: It was really fun. So much fun.

Q. Talk about the hole-in-one, Hinako, and what your emotions were as you hit the shot and saw it go in.

HINAKO SHIBUNO: I was just shaking.

Q. What was it like to see her ball go in, and what were you feeling when it went in?

MINAMI KATSU: Yeah, I was really happy about it, and until that time, we had a really tough time, until then, and we missed a birdie putt by a little, so it made a change a lot.

Q. Hinako, is this your first hole-in-one, or have you had other ones before?

HINAKO SHIBUNO: I had one at BMW in Korea two years ago. Second one on the LPGA.

Q. With your hole-in-one, there will be a $20,000 donation to St. Jude's Children's Hospital, so I don't know if you knew that, but if you have a reaction to that...

HINAKO SHIBUNO: I'm honored to have that.

Q. With the hole-in-one and a lot of the birdies today, you're inside the cut line headed into the weekend. What does that mean to be able to do that together?

MINAMI KATSU: We're going to have very much fun. We don't really have those opportunities to play together, so we're just going to have fun.