DANA OPEN PRESENTED BY MARATHON

July 21, 2024

Soo Bin Joo

Highland Meadows Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, I'm here with Soo Bin Joo, our resident hole-in-oner today. Just take me through your hole-in-one this morning.

SOO BIN JOO: Start bad on the first hole but I was trying to stay focused again on the second hole. I think that help me made the hole-in-one.

I have my 6-iron in my handled and I was kind of -- I was trying to draw it in. It went perfectly and landed perfectly and went in.

Q. What was your yardage that you had?

SOO BIN JOO: 151.

Q. Did you sort of see it go in?

SOO BIN JOO: Yeah.

Q. What was the reaction like when you saw it?

SOO BIN JOO: What was his caddie's name?

Q. Who's caddie?

SOO BIN JOO: Wichanee.

Q. I'll look it up.

SOO BIN JOO: He had this dunk thing.

Q. With his fingers.

SOO BIN JOO: I looked at it and I was, oh, why not? And then the ball disappeared.

Q. So that is your first hole-in-one on tour, second overall in your life. When was the first one?

SOO BIN JOO: It was in a junior golf tournament back in Korea.

Yeah, I had the 6-iron in my hand at that time, too. I think I like my 6-iron now.

Q. Love it. Last question: With every hole-in-one this season CME Group is donating $20,000 to St. Jude's Children's Hospital. Just thoughts on that. Your hole-in-one is also going to a really good cause.

SOO BIN JOO: Yeah, that's amazing. It means if I play better I get to -- not me, but our LPGA gets to donate more. I'll try to play better.