NW ARKANSAS CHAMPIONSHIP

September 28, 2024

Arpichaya Yubol

Pinnacle Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, here with Piano after her second round. Amazing round today, especially your back nine, the front nine. Just talk about how you played out there.

ARPICHAYA YUBOL: I feel today I'm play good. Like the green is soft like on the practice round. I think like I like this golf course. First time in here, and then, yeah, on the practice round I doing good and make me like confident for the first round.

And then until today, I think I play everything perfect; just miss the putt.

Q. What was it about your game today? Do you think you just hit the shots really close or just made long putts? Was it one of those two?

ARPICHAYA YUBOL: For today, right?

Q. Yeah, today, especially those five birdies you had.

ARPICHAYA YUBOL: I think today like I hit like close to the pin two holes and then I can made the easy putt.

And then especially hole 17, like that's like a how do you say, loud.

Q. Like a big crowd?

ARPICHAYA YUBOL: Yeah, big crowd, and I hit the first shot like over the green and I made a birdie, like chip-in the hole. And then that make me like so happy because like that hole like is a big crowd.

Q. Yeah, it's known as the loudest hole.

ARPICHAYA YUBOL: I see on the tee something like the birdie on this hole.

Q. I'm not sure, to be honest. I know there is a lot of people on that hole cheering. You chipped in on that hole?

ARPICHAYA YUBOL: Yeah.

Q. It was your first time playing here, is that what you said?

ARPICHAYA YUBOL: Yeah, first time in here because last year I skip this week. I had to play the Asian Game for the Thai team.

Q. What did you enjoy most about this tournament and being in Arkansas?

ARPICHAYA YUBOL: I think everything. Yes, like the people coming like just walking and watching around.

And the weather is perfect. Like it's not too hot, not too cold. I love it.

And especially the green is soft. It's good for me because not only I hit -- like I don't have any like too much spin the ball, so it's good for me. Like I can land on the pin and then the ball is not go too much release and I can make a birdie.

Q. Especially with those five birdies on the back nine, did you know where you stood on the leaderboard? Did you look at the leaderboard at all?

ARPICHAYA YUBOL: Actually, I look on the -- yeah, I just looking like who are the leader now. Oh, okay, maybe I have chance like on the first nine, okay. But my putt is not work on the first nine.

I hit pretty good like many hole; just the putt like is not work. Maybe tonight I will bring the putter and like sleep together. Be friend tomorrow.

Q. You've been in this position before. You were close to winning at ShopRite, correct, as well? Do you remember? You had a very good round at ShopRite I remember. You moved up the leaderboard.

ARPICHAYA YUBOL: Yes, I do in the first round. It's really good.

Q. What are your thoughts heading into tomorrow being close to the top of the leaderboard?

ARPICHAYA YUBOL: It's just two strokes, right?

Q. Yeah, two shots.

ARPICHAYA YUBOL: So it's golf. Everything happen is happen, so I will do my best tomorrow. Try to make more birdie as I can do, and then everything happen is happen.