FM CHAMPIONSHIP

August 31, 2024

Jin Young Ko

TPC Boston

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, welcome Jin Young Ko to the media center here at the FM Championship. You are in the lead once again on the LPGA Tour. How are you feeling after the round today?

JIN YOUNG KO: Yeah, I played good golf, and I had really great finish, birdie No. 17 and 18. I just wanted to play good golf this week.

Q. I have a fun stat for you. I was reading today that you have won 9 out of 12 times that you've held the lead going into the final round. What makes you so successful at just converting your lead into a win?

JIN YOUNG KO: I don't know. I'm very -- I'm trying to be very like competitive person; that's why if I like get in the leader, I think it's good motivate to me.

I don't know. This golf course is not easy, so, yeah, I think I need to focus myself and just repeat saying to myself, you can do it, you got this.

So, yeah, looking forward for tomorrow.

Q. Does playing a course that you said is not easy, does it almost make you play better, feel more focused? You like playing a course that's not easy?

JIN YOUNG KO: Yeah, I mean, I don't know. This golf course, I mean, the first round I felt like so easy but I hit it just 1-under. Yesterday and today I felt oh, it's not easy this golf course, but I made a lot of birdies.

So who knows. Golf is really, really hard. I saw Lydia interview at AIG Women's Open. She said sometimes I don't want to look at my golf club and sometimes she could kiss her putter. I feel same way.

So, yeah. Golf is really, really hard.

Q. Last question for you: You've won a lot of times obviously, but never won an inaugural event. What would it mean to be the first person ever to win the FM Championship?

JIN YOUNG KO: It's going to be great. I mean, it's my first time visiting Boston and I really love to watch baseball game. I went baseball game like on Tuesday and then I felt this is good life, I mean, such a nice life.

Because the sponsor, they took us to baseball stadium with VIP seat and playing great golf courses in the world. So I just practicing to be thankful I'm living in this world.