KROGER QUEEN CITY CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY P&G

September 20, 2024

Lydia Ko

TPC River’s Bend

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, here now with Lydia Ko after her second round at the Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G. Another phenomenal round for you; bogey-free round. Just what went into today?

LYDIA KO: Yeah, you know, I had played a lot of solid golf yesterday up gave myself a lot of looks for birdies, and especially in my front nine yesterday I felt like I wasn't able to capitalize on the good iron shots that I had been hitting.

So I just wanted to kind of make sure that I was giving myself lots of looks for birdies again today. I think you see some low scores so you feel like you need to make a bunch of birdies. I know that if I just keep giving myself chances, then one point it's going to fall.

Yeah, you know, I didn't really make that many mistakes. Obviously that's crucial around a golf course like this when people are shooting 5-, 6-under throughout the field.

Q. Just take us through the eagle on No. 8. What went into that hole?

LYDIA KO: Yeah, I kind of felt left out because Charley hit it to like 15 feet for eagle; Rose hit it to like two feet; and I had missed the green.

So I was like, man, I want to at least make up and down for a birdie. I hit it exactly the way that I was envisioning. As soon as it came off the club face and landed Charley said, good shot, and like five seconds later it went in the hole.

Yeah, I feel like those are an extra bonus. Some of those par-5s that are a little shorter, you do have to take advantage of them because there are some longer par-4s, too.

Q. What's going to be the key to the weekend, especially, as you said, everyone is shooting 5-, 6-under? What's going to be the key to success this weekend to hopefully finish this out?

LYDIA KO: Yeah, focus on my game, the strategy that I kind of set. The golf course is getting firmer just because it is pretty warm out here.

Being smart with the club selection off the tee and just knowing which ones I should be aggressive and which ones I should be a little bit more conservative.

But, yeah, just I feel like I set myself a good plan going into the week so that's what I'm going to stick to. I know there is still a lot of golf to be played so just focus on me and I think that's the biggest thing that I've been doing well these past month or so.

So just stick to that.