NW ARKANSAS CHAMPIONSHIP

September 19, 2025

Minami Katsu

Pinnacle Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Here with Minami after her first round at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Presented by P&G. 8-under. 63, bogey-free. Just talk about your round today.

MINAMI KATSU: (Through translation.) Yeah, overall I think it was a perfect round. I was trying to aim for 100% on fairway keeping. Missed that on 18 so that's a little disappointing.

Felt like today was a really good round.

Q. Missed the fairway but ended up making birdie. Was that a nice consolation prize?

MINAMI KATSU: (Through translation.) Yeah, it was a nice way to finish but in my career I've never done keeping fairway all 18 holes so that was something I was aiming for.

Overall it was a good round.

Q. You also hit 16 of 18 greens today. Wasn't just the driver that was going well. It was also the iron play. Talk about how nice it is to be hitting both driver and irons so well?

MINAMI KATSU: (Through translation.) Yeah, I've been striking the ball really well since the AIG open and I think I've been keep Thanksgiving flow really well. I think that's something I've been able to keep throughout here.