BLACK DESERT CHAMPIONSHIP

May 1, 2025

Wei-Ling Hsu

Black Desert Resort

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, here with Wei-Ling after her first round here at the Black Desert Resort. Very clean scorecard for you today. What worked so well for you today, especially the eagle on 13?

WEI-LING HSU: Of course -- what's the hole, 13?

Q. The par-5, 13, yeah.

WEI-LING HSU: My second shot hit really, really well 3-wood into the green. A little to the right, but obviously my number carry the bunker and had a lucky bounce very close to the pin. It was like 10, 15 feet. So I made that putt; it was huge.

Q. You were extremely accurate today. Only missed one green, only missed one fairway. How much did that lend to some of your success on the course today?

WEI-LING HSU: I would say the past few event I've been struggle a little bit. I've been working on my golf swing and I can always see the good thing is coming but the score obviously didn't show.

So I tried to be more patient and of course still working hard. This week I think I just try to be a little bit more calm and a little bit more relaxed.

So I think I had a good mindset start of today, and a lot of approaching shot I just -- before I hit the shot just like, you can do this, Wei-Ling.

I think I just give myself a good note in my head, so I think that really worked out well today.

Q. And then obviously playing in some of the highest elevation we'll see on Tour. Has that helped you or do you have to dial back some of your numbers?

WEI-LING HSU: It's happy to see my driver really go long way, and there is a couple par-5 that we are able to reach. But also there is a couple iron today always like a little bit long and always had downhill putt, which is not easy to made the putt.

But I still like my shot into the greens, even though couple hole little too long.

But, yeah, I don't really think much, so I still like my iron today.

Q. What do you like most about this course?

WEI-LING HSU: Well, honestly with you, I really like the front nine, like the blank shot. That's the shot that you really need to commit to it and trusting the line and trusting the number and the club in your hand.

Maybe some player don't like it because you feel like not very safety. You don't know what's out there. This week I try to just trust my caddie. I know he got a number and he got my back, so I kind of just pick a line and just hit it.

Yeah, I really like this course. A lot of blank shot.

Q. Do you remember what holes on the front nine are those blank shots?

WEI-LING HSU: I will say like 2, 4, 5.

Q. Okay.

WEI-LING HSU: I mean, 4, 5 is tough, like because I played the front nine on Monday so I pretty much forget everything.

So once I get on the tee I was like, where should I go? My caddie was just like, do you see that volunteer up at the hill? Just aim right at it. I was like, okay.

So I just like trusting my caddie and trust myself and had a good shot, yeah.

Q. For you, do you remember how many drivers you hit today compared to like other clubs off the tee?

WEI-LING HSU: I don't remember. I think I hit four time 3-wood and one hybrid off the tee.

Q. Okay.

WEI-LING HSU: So, yeah.

Q. So a bit more aggressive on some of the holes with the driver?

WEI-LING HSU: Yeah, of course. Maybe on No. 4. I see another two girl in my group, they're hitting hybrid or something.

I was just hitting driver. Obviously I don't know what's out there. I kind of just aim at the volunteer and just send it.

Q. So feeling pretty confident in your driver this week?

WEI-LING HSU: Yeah, I mean my driver always been my -- I always good at it, so right now I'm just trusting it.

Q. Is there anything now that you've had a couple times around the course, any different strategy? Will you be more aggressive in some spots, conservative in others? Any change in game plan?

WEI-LING HSU: I don't see -- I don't really see a lot, but like last week when I play in Chevron I had a couple iron that I could have done better. I could have been more aggressive, more trusting myself.

And my coach was like, you actually got that shot. Why are you so afraid? I'm like, I don't know.

So that's pretty much my main goal this week. And just more aggressive. I think from the first hole to the 18 I kept the same mindset. Yeah, that really helped me out this week.

Q. When you went out there today did you think an 8-under, 9-under round was out there after seeing the course the past couple days?

WEI-LING HSU: Obviously not really. Before I teeing off, before the morning wave finish, I was like, maybe 6 or 7 because I know there is a couple hole really, really narrow.

But looks like morning shot 9-under, 8-under. I'm like, okay, maybe there is a couple hole reachable. At that moment I just like I need to keep it on the fairway and like I said just keep belief in myself.

I don't really think about how low should I shoot. I just wanted to focus on every shot.