LOTTE CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY HOAKALEI

November 8, 2024

A Lim Kim

Hoakalei Country Club

Quick Quotes

A LIM KIM: I feel comfortable and the confidence, but my plan same as yesterday and same as one week ago: Trust my line and hit it.

Q. You had a spectacular shot on No. 9 today. Walk me through that hole.

A LIM KIM: It's the same. Calculate number and then chose line and then hit it. I think 99% lucky. Yeah, I can make birdie, but I couldn't make (indiscernible.)

Yeah, I think so.

Q. Did you realize right away it was a hole-in-one?

A LIM KIM: Yeah. Second time. Yeah.

Q. Second time.

A LIM KIM: On the tournament.

Q. Yes. About today, you said you stuck to your process. Were there any times that you felt like you weren't sticking to your process? How do you get back to the process?

A LIM KIM: Simple. It is simple. Trust my line, just hit it.

Q. Was there a moment during the round that maybe you didn't feel like you were in your process and then you had to get back to it?

A LIM KIM: Some eat and then some talk. I think not much. Yeah, just enjoy.

Q. Do you rely on yourself?

A LIM KIM: Yeah, myself.

Q. Yourself, it's more of a self-confidence thing?

A LIM KIM: Yeah, yeah. It's more comfortable for me. Long time use that.

Q. What do you think was most successful for you today, what part of your game?

A LIM KIM: I'm just thinking about (indiscernible.) That's it.

Q. What will it take tomorrow to get back in that winner's circle?

A LIM KIM: Yeah, I think on my (indiscernible). Yeah, 9-iron (indiscernible), every club has some (indiscernible), so I focus on my job. That's it.

Q. Just in general when it comes to being in contention like this, how does that make you feel about when you're seeing the results like that happen?

A LIM KIM: No, nothing.

Q. You don't like that?

A LIM KIM: Nothing.

Q. Why not?

A LIM KIM: Because I can't control result. I can control only process. That's all.

Q. This ties into what you're talking about with process and results and on controlling what you can control.

A LIM KIM: Yeah.

Q. Lots of competition out there, even after your hole-in-one, right?

A LIM KIM: Yeah.

Q. So you have to stay the same, right?

A LIM KIM: Yeah. Same. Yeah. I make some double, I made some triple, I make some birdie, same thing. Yeah, focus on my line and then hit it. That's all.

Q. Yesterday you were doing really well until the last two holes. Today you did really good on the last two holes.

A LIM KIM: Yeah.

Q. Did you have any different mindset?

A LIM KIM: No. Same thing. Same as No. 1, No. 3, yeah.

Q. That's what they always say about golf and life in general. You just move on to the next thing. It's easier said than done though, right?

A LIM KIM: Yes.

Q. What's your secret?

A LIM KIM: No. No secret. Everybody know that. Simple.