BLACK DESERT CHAMPIONSHIP

May 4, 2025

Grace Kim

Black Desert Resort

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, joined by Grace Kim after her final round here at the Black Desert Resort. Great finish for you today. Just take us through the round.

GRACE KIM: Yeah, it got cold and windy and rainy out there the front nine. Despite that, I tried my best to just keep it in play.

Yeah, had some good strokes to my putts and a lot of the putts went in. They were quite mid-range lengths as well, so it was nice to see them go in. Missed a lot of them yesterday, so it was a payoff I guess, which is nice.

And, yeah, back nine I guess didn't quite get my tee ball going, but, again, wouldn't say the putter went cold. It is just like awkward numbers and made a lot of up and downs. And if I did miss the green, I knew my short game was good enough to back my par, so that was that. Nice to birdie the last.

Q. We had such varying conditions the first two days versus the last two. How different was it out there?

GRACE KIM: Yeah, you've got the first two days which was quite hot; ball was going far. Then days like today where it's half and half.

Just kind of adjusting to all those conditions, really talking it out with your caddie, taking your time, and really just taking note on the previous shots and club selection as well was quite crucial.

Q. You talked earlier in the week about wanting to get off to a great start. How good does it feel to have a great start and now a great finish?

GRACE KIM: Yeah, it's really nice to have a top 10 finish. Been a while since I've had a top 10. Yeah, just to really see myself improve slowly but surely I guess, so it's quite nice.

Just in a good position for the coming weeks.

Q. I was going to say, we have a couple tournaments before U.S. Women's Open. What will you maybe work on or take away from this round and the tournaments leading up to that event?

GRACE KIM: Yeah, I think my game is technically quite sound. Obviously a few tweakings we can do. Probably still work on a little bit of putting. Yeah, other than that there is not much I am going to do differently. Just going to stick to my plan, yeah, keep going what I'm doing.