HSBC WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

February 27, 2025

Miranda Wang

Sentosa Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Here with Miranda Wang after the first round, you're a sponsor invite this week. How excited to make your first start as a rookie this year and also be here at the HSBC Women's World Championship?

MIRANDA WANG: It's just amazing that I'm able to play my first LPGA event and to be playing in the HSBC Women's World Championship, that's really amazing. I mean, it's really meaningful. It's Asia's Major, a major tournament in Asia, right. I'm really excited.

Q. So was it more of a relief to get your first round out of the way?

MIRANDA WANG: Yes. So at the beginning of the round, I was a little bit rusty but I'm happy that I was able to get my game and my tempo back quick on the front nine. My front nine, was golf course No. 18, I was really happy I made a birdie there.

Q. And the closing nine was just a case of working your way through it a little bit?

MIRANDA WANG: Yes, definitely getting warmed up and hopefully tomorrow I can play a little better.

Q. Do you set yourself any goals for this week?

MIRANDA WANG: Not a specific goal. Like not the ranking or the score. I do want to shoot under par every day, but yeah, today, sorry. But goal is to stay under par.

Q. Obviously there's a lot of women golfers that keep coming out of China, and you're following a lot of other people. What does it say about the way the game is growing?

MIRANDA WANG: I'm very proud of the girls from China. There's more players than ever (from China) on the LPGA Tour and I know most of them since junior golf. I'm just really proud of being part of this group, and we're working really hard. I think the future, we will have more players coming out, and hopefully there are place on tour pulling myself and we can breakthrough this year.

Q. Is it still harder to play the piano right now than golf?

MIRANDA WANG: Right now, for me playing piano in front of people would be harder than playing golf in front of people.

Q. Do you still get a chance to do that?

MIRANDA WANG: Yeah, I do a little music. I do enjoy music when I'm not practicing.

Q. To wind down?

MIRANDA WANG: Yeah, I think it helps me with relaxing and with tempo.

Q. Where is your hometown?

MIRANDA WANG: I was born in Beijing. I should put Beijing as my hometown.

But I was playing for Tianjin team for a long time.

Q. Will you play in the National Games; do you know?

MIRANDA WANG: We had some change this year, so it's a little bit complicated. But we did have some changes.