PORTLAND CLASSIC

August 16, 2025

Haeran Ryu

Columbia Edgewater Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Okay, here with Haeran after her third round at the The Standard Portland Classic. Hole-in-one on 16. Talk about the shot.

HAERAN RYU: Yeah, I used meter so that hole was 161 meters and was slightly hurting wind, so I just tried little higher 5-iron. First it's perfectly going so wow, it looks good. And I don't see the ball, but the greenside -- the people start yelling us, wow, it's inside the hole.

So yeah, it was so incredible.

Q. What did you say after you realized you got a hole-in-one? The video shows your arms going up in the air and I think you said wow or something.

HAERAN RYU: Yeah, I thought, is that true, because this hole-in-one, it's third one in my life. Before twice it's not prize something to give, but this is any first one.

Q. With the prize?

HAERAN RYU: Yeah. And before I hit all of them pitching wedge, but this one is 5-iron, so longest club in my life, so it was amazing.

Q. Were the other two in competition?

HAERAN RYU: In competition in Korea. Just minus-2.

Q. So with your hole-in-one there is money donated to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.

HAERAN RYU: Uh-huh.

Q. Did you know that?

HAERAN RYU: No, because always I don't thinking for the hole-in-one because all the (indiscernible) is a little bit tricky for the players, so I just want to keep playing green and make some easy par, we wish.

But it's incredible again.

Q. Yeah. And what's it like to hear that there will be money donated to the children's on your behalf?

HAERAN RYU: It was good thing, so so happy.

Q. The hole-in-one prize will be money toward a Toyota car.

HAERAN RYU: Yeah.

Q. Have you thought about what car you would want?

HAERAN RYU: So now I don't have a U.S. driver license. I just have a Korean one.

Now I have what I need that, so maybe I will figure. Maybe offseason I will try to figure driver license in U.S.