RIVIERA MAYA OPEN

May 22, 2025

Hye-Jin Choi

El Camaleón Golf Course

Quick Quotes

Q. Here with Hye-Jin Choi. Just tell me a little bit about your round today. 3-under; near the top of the leaderboard. What went good today?

HYE-JIN CHOI: Today was really tough day because my shot wasn't really great, so I feel uncomfortable.

But I kept trying like to just make the par, try to par. And I had one eagle on par-5, so it's really help to me.

So, I like today, yeah. It was good.

Q. Yeah, okay. What was maybe the best part of your game? Was your putting good today? What was good about today?

HYE-JIN CHOI: I think putting was good because I had lots of long putt, but I make lots of -- I make like few par and long birdie putt, so I think putting was good, yeah.

Q. What about this course is challenging?

HYE-JIN CHOI: Fairways really narrow and then rough is really deep and it's feel really tricky one. If I missed fairway it's really tough course I feel, so that's why I think really hard course.

Q. The weather is really hot here in Mexico. How have you been managing that?

HYE-JIN CHOI: I feel like I can't play today. I feel really hot and, I mean, not really great condition today.

So like front nine was I felt like I can't focusing on the -- I just play. Like I just hit it.

And then I make some birdie and I make some score and, okay, I do play now. I do play like back nine, so I think tomorrow is same. Really hot all week.

Q. Yeah.

HYE-JIN CHOI: So just keep like with umbrella and drinking water and that's it. I just, yeah, really...

Q. What was the best birdie you had today? Or the eagle. Tell me about the eagle, too.

HYE-JIN CHOI: First birdie was number -- my first hole. I start 10 tee so...

Q. Made birdie there?

HYE-JIN CHOI: Yeah, start birdie and then eagle was back --

Q. 5 probably.

HYE-JIN CHOI: Yeah, it was short one, yeah.

Q. So you hit the green in two?

HYE-JIN CHOI: Yeah. I had 4-iron and make like three meter, three, four meter.