FOUNDERS CUP PRESENTED BY U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

February 6, 2025

Jin Young Ko

Bradenton Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, I'm here with Jin Young Ko after her first round at the Founders Cup presented by U.S. Virgin Islands. Bogey-free round today; really good. Can you just tell me what was working for you today?

JIN YOUNG KO: Yeah, I tee off in the morning, and not much wind in the front nine. After the front nine it has some wind, so it was hard to play with windy.

And overall I played really solid with Minjee and Nelly. I'm always happy to play with them. It's been a long time to playing with Nelly I guess, and, yeah, we have so much fun on the course.

So, yeah, looking forward tomorrow and the weekend.

Q. Last week you played at TOC. That was your first time playing in that event. Did it help you at all maybe be like a light start to the season, sort of a more fun start to the season than usual?

JIN YOUNG KO: Yeah, but I want to see the lighter season, and then I'm seeing the lighter of my like 2025 season. And, yeah, after this week, yeah, I can go home to Korea before Thailand. And then overall pretty good, Florida, yeah.

Q. Last question. I know you've been successful at the Founders Cup and at a lot of different places. What does it mean to have some early success at another new place to the Founders Cup?

JIN YOUNG KO: Well, my friends told me this year is 2025. You won '19, '21, '23. Like --

Q. You skip one.

JIN YOUNG KO: This is your time my friends says, so I believe makes like come true. But I will try do my best and then I will focus myself and I just want to live present, not future, not past.

Just focus right now one shot at a time and one putt at a time. Just enjoying lots of fans out there. So blessing they are come to watching us, and I'm very -- I have really, really great job I think.

Q. Great. What are your impressions of this golf course?

JIN YOUNG KO: Impression?

Q. What do you think of the golf course?

JIN YOUNG KO: It's pretty good. It's my first time to play this golf course, and it feels like baby course. Like not like wider, fairways not wide. Greens are a little narrow, a little sneaky fairways. So I feel like great.

Q. You have a new caddie on the bag. What's that adjustment been like?

JIN YOUNG KO: Well, we been together just only two weeks, and I worked with David last four -- five or six years. It's long time. Yeah, I mean, I always thankful to carry my bag, I don't care who it is.

Yeah, Dave made great job with me, is and Nate will help me a lot, so, yeah this is happen.