AIG WOMEN'S OPEN

August 1, 2025

Sei Young Kim

Mixed Zone

Q. Six birdies on the day is great during a major at a links course. How do you feel about your play today?

SEI YOUNG KIM: I play quite solid today because I made a lot of par, but some holes I mistake same as yesterday. I made my tee shot got in the bunker. In the bunker can be automatic bogey or if I miss can be double bogey, so I try to just stop that happening today.

So keep the very focus every shot, but some hole like hole 10 I -- my distance wasn't right from the second shot and a little long left. My ball in the rough, so I hit twice from there.

So it's big mistake but I try to keep calm and reset again. I try to make on the green and then made a putt. Yeah, so...

Q. Seemed like there might have been a couple more holes that were downwind today.

SEI YOUNG KIM: Oh, yeah.

Q. Roll-out was really affecting a lot of people.

SEI YOUNG KIM: Yeah.

Q. What holes were there?

SEI YOUNG KIM: Hole 13 and the par-5. To the pin -- from the second shot to the pin about 190 meter, but I try to pitch 130 meter. Even that it's over the green. It's at least 60 meters release though.

And the same happen 17 and 18. So yeah, it's kind of links course. It's not easy. You need total different golf style.

Q. Do you consider the back nine a harder nine than the front?

SEI YOUNG KIM: Last four hole is really tough because hole 15 into the wind you have to take the 5-wood the second shot.

And then 14 is not easy because I don't like to hit the driver from the 14 because I want to keep the fairway. So I hit hybrid from there and I have to hid another hybrid from the second shot.

Starting 14 until 17 it's not easy.

Q. With the lead at 11-under par, are you too far away or is there still a chance for to you maybe put up a good number tomorrow?

SEI YOUNG KIM: We'll see. I just -- what I can do is I just focus every shot and I really need (indiscernible.)

I don't know what's going to happen future. I just want really strong focus on my pace.