FM CHAMPIONSHIP

September 1, 2024

Jin Young Ko

TPC Boston

Quick Quotes

Q. Here with Jin Young Ko after the FM Championship, just wrapped up. We just walked off the green there. Just talk about this week as a whole and what the golf has been like for you.

JIN YOUNG KO: Yeah, I played really, really good this week. Unfortunately just the last shot wasn't good and I lose. But overall, I played really solid, and congrats to Hae Ran. Maybe next time I will have a chance to win maybe.

Q. You were in the last group today, too. What were those emotions like teeing off and playing today watching the leaderboard?

JIN YOUNG KO: I mean, I didn't watch the leaderboard, but when we suspended I checked the leaderboard, and I saw the other players' scores. They shoot like 8- or 9-under today. I'm surprised.

I made two eagles on the front nine. Through five holes, I was 4-under. I felt like, wow, what happened today.

I just wanted to continue the good advice, but overall I played really solid.

Q. Just talk about that rain delay, kind of the break. What was going through your head during that break?

JIN YOUNG KO: I mean, I don't know, I was cold, and I took a rest in the car with my manager, just listening to music, just trying to be really, really calm. Yeah, it was good.

Q. How much did the weather change the way the course played, and how much was it hard to keep any kind of momentum during that break?

JIN YOUNG KO: It's not much different, but the course will be more, like, wet, so not much release from the tee to fairways. Greens, as well, and green speed getting, like, slow. But overall this golf course was so nice and so pure, so it doesn't much change. If it rains, it rains.

Q. Your eagle putt on 2, how far was that, and did you --

JIN YOUNG KO: I don't know. I was almost, like, back edge. Pin was just five on. Maybe 25 to 30 meters. Maybe 80 feet? I don't know. I can't count.

Q. Did you get a read off Lauren's because hers was almost the same?

JIN YOUNG KO: Yeah. She picked a really good line but was a little firm speed, so I just hit it with less speed than her.

Q. The eagle on 4 from about 74 yards, what club did you use there?

JIN YOUNG KO: I used a 58, three-quarter 58.

Q. Just talk about your play this week, seeing this finish, how it motivates you for the next stretch of events.

JIN YOUNG KO: Yeah, I was so disappointing from last week. I really, really wanted to play on the weekend with a great golf course, but I missed the cut, and I just watched the other players play.

Yeah, I mean, I thought this week -- I mean, I could miss the cut this week, as well. My confidence going really, really low after last week. But who knows; missed the cut last week, I finished second, almost win. Yeah, I will take a lot of good positive things from this week in Boston.

Q. Do you have a two-week break here coming up?

JIN YOUNG KO: Yep.

Q. What are your plans for those two weeks?

JIN YOUNG KO: I mean, I hit fairways just four or five today, so I think I need to practice from tee shot with pressure. Putting was so nice. I think I made a good decision to change my putter this week, and also I changed the ball type, type of ball this week.

I think it's pretty good.

Q. What was the putter you changed to and the ball you changed to?

JIN YOUNG KO: I used a Scotty last week. I changed, obviously, this week. I think the Scotty was a good putter, but my body condition is not good from last week. Yeah, both putters are good.

I changed the ball to Pro V1x.

Q. And you were Pro V1 before?

JIN YOUNG KO: Yeah.