KROGER QUEEN CITY CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY P&G

September 12, 2025

Sei Young Kim

TPC River’s Bend

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, joined by Sei Young Kim after her second round at the Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G. Very solid finish for you today; good round overall. Just take us through it.

SEI YOUNG KIM: I play solid front nine but the back nine I miss tee shot the hole 13. I pulled it, so I had to layup so I made a bogey. Bogey is a good up and down, so I almost make the double bogey.

So, yeah, after that my tee shot wasn't consistently, so little miss. And then last couple holes I play pretty good, so I'm very satisfied with the last two holes.

Q. 13 birdies through 36 holes. How were you able to put yourself in those scoring opportunities?

SEI YOUNG KIM: I mean, just stay calm, and every single shot focus as much as I can do. Yeah, sometimes lose focus it can be -- it's not the highs to low score, so, yeah, I just want to focus until the end. Yeah, that's what I want to do.

Q. That flop shot you hit on 18 was so impressive. Can you just walk me through that golf shot and what it felt like to get a birdie on the last?

SEI YOUNG KIM: Yeah, from the second shot I miss it a little, push it. So Jeeno said, oh, your ball is safe; it's under the tree. So, okay, I have still a chance. I try to just land on the green because where my ball spot is not easy to up and down.

Yeah, I got the good luck from there.

Q. What's been hitting different in your game or what's been different for you recently? Seems like you've been on a pretty good stretch of golf. Is it something mentally or physically that you've found in your game?

SEI YOUNG KIM: Yeah, mentally is kind of more focus instead of the skill, yeah. I used to like more the focus on the my skill, but now I'm mentally keep the focus and stay, yeah, present. Yeah, that's my good spot.

Q. Have you struggled with that recently, trying to stay present and in the moment?

SEI YOUNG KIM: Yeah, many -- that's always a grind myself with that, because sometimes if I lose focus I'm still -- I'm think about the future. Oh, I'm going to make the finish like that. But that's not help my play, so just keep it focus. But it's not easy. Keep, push myself there.

Q. How do you do that when you feel like your mind is starting to drift off? How do you come back?

SEI YOUNG KIM: It's frustrating. It's not easy. I'll just keep relax and then when I walking I just focus on the breathe, yeah, and keep the breathe and then count myself. That kind of helps, yeah.

Q. You mentioned yesterday playing with the world No. 1. You two were obviously together again today; both played really well. What was the atmosphere like and what was it like playing alongside her today?

SEI YOUNG KIM: She's a really good player. I play couple times with her this year, especially I'm very surprise her the second shot, the distance. Every hole like really consistently distance. So in the 100 yard she made automatic birdie, so I was very surprised with that.

Yeah, it's very fun to play with good player, to feed each other, so I have more challenging. Yeah, it's good.

She's also good person.

Q. Are you still trying to be like Scottie?

SEI YOUNG KIM: Sometimes but not every day. (Smiling.) Yeah, sometime.

Q. How well were you acting like Scottie today?

SEI YOUNG KIM: I try as much as -- he's a really strong mental. When I watching him, he's more focus what I thought. Yeah, I want to copy him.