MIZUHO AMERICAS OPEN

May 8, 2025

Ssu-Chia Cheng

Liberty National Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, here with Ssu-Chia after her first round here at the Mizuho Americas Open. Very solid round for you today; five birdies. Just take us through the round.

SSU-CHIA CHENG: Yeah, it was a great day. You know, everything is kind of been going pretty good. Especially my putting. Made a lot of putts. Got a little lucky too on 16. Made my long par putt.

Overall, like solid day, yeah.

Q. Are you hitting your approach shots close? You only had 25 putts. Was it you're hitting your approach shot or you were just rolling it pretty well?

SSU-CHIA CHENG: A little bit of both. I hit a lot my approach shot pretty good, but like I said, putting has been pretty good, too.

Me and my caddie read the putt pretty well today.

Q. What do you like about Liberty National? How does it suit your strengths?

SSU-CHIA CHENG: I like it a lot here. It's so cool to see the skyline on the course and see the Liberty statue.

But the course is good. I think it kind of suits my game. A little bit like target golf. You got to be pretty good off the tee and then just got to be pretty good with everything. Yeah, I really enjoy my time here.

Q. Obviously very unique tournament this week with the AJGA players here. How cool is it to see them get this opportunity, and have you got to connect with any of them?

SSU-CHIA CHENG: Yeah, I haven't talked with any of the juniors. I was thinking about that on 18. Like this is a really will cool opportunity for the junior player. I was thinking back when I was in their age. I never really got this kind of opportunity to play like the LPGA course, just LPGA tournament.

I think it's good for them. I think they are hopefully having a lot of fun they can learn something from this week.