THE CHEVRON CHAMPIONSHIP

April 26, 2025

Haeran Ryu

The Club at Carlton Woods

Quick Quotes

Q. Here with Haeran Ryu after her third round of the Chevron Championship. Really great round today, four birdies in a row. Can you just talk through that?

HAERAN RYU: Yeah, today another good day in this week. Yesterday I learned golf is tough. Today I was just trying for the good spots for the easy putts, and I want to try to make some birdies for that, and then, yeah, that's good for me.

Q. You played really well here last year, as well. What's it like to be at the top of the leaderboard again heading into Sunday?

HAERAN RYU: Yeah, I try, again, to play in the final round because last year final round I remember is not good. But I learned for the more calm and more comfortable and more slow, and everything go to the more challenge for golf.

But this year I want to -- I wish more enjoying the course.

Q. Just in your short time you've been in a lot of final groups and you've been chasing a lot. What have you learned playing in those final groups over time?

HAERAN RYU: Yeah, I think golf is hard, and every day is different, and every day is so hard. That's the key for the golf. But that is a good key to enjoy the golf, I think.

Q. When you're trying to stay calm and be patient, is there anything that you tell yourself or things that you do to take your mind off of what you're trying to accomplish and the pressure?

HAERAN RYU: I think so, more just focus for the golf. My eyes is too tired and I cannot see anything because I was so nervous, and more comfortable for the golf. But I want to see more hazard or the kind of trees or kind of cloud and think about except for the golf. That's a good key for that.

Q. What were you feeling in that stretch of birdies late on the front nine? What was working so well in that stretch?

HAERAN RYU: Just amazing because this course is too challenge for the golfers, so I just want to go the easy par. But I make four birdies there, so I just think, wow, is amazing.

Q. Was it a case of you just playing really well, because the golf course is difficult, correct?

HAERAN RYU: For sure, definitely hard. The greens was so hilly and grainy, strong, and the distance is long and everything is tough for the golfers.

Q. Have you put a lot of pressure on yourself or have you felt outside pressure to win a major?

HAERAN RYU: Yes. But I think that's a good pressure for me because I don't have a major trophy in my home, so that's a goal for my life and in golf. Then I want to just try to keep going.

Q. Is most of the pressure coming from within or from the outside?

HAERAN RYU: Both of them.