HANWHA LIFEPLUS INTERNATIONAL CROWN

October 23, 2025

Minjee Lee

Stephanie Kyriacou

Q. Amazing day today; can you talk me through your round and playing together?

MINJEE LEE: Yeah, it was fun. Last time we played, I've played many matches with Steph, so it was nothing unfamiliar. We just went around telling jokes and -- I tried to give her a pep talk but I don't know if it worked.

STEPHANIE KYRIACOU: I started hitting it straight after, so it kind of worked.

Q. How did you decide to play together? Is it because you had played together before?

MINJEE LEE: Yes, and also I just made an executive decision. But I think regardless of who played with who, we would have been good -- I don't think there was like one right or wrong team that I could have made anyway. We were all happy to play with each other.

Q. What did Minjee say in your pep talk?

STEPHANIE KYRIACOU: She just tried to pump me up.

Q. Did you guys have a lot of fun out there?

STEPHANIE KYRIACOU: Yeah, we always do. Minjee is kind the auntie; Greeny is like the mom. She kind of just looks after me, makes sure I'm doing okay. But it was good fun.

Q. Do you think you guys complement each other the way you play?

MINJEE LEE: I think we have some things that we can improve on, obviously, but it's only the first match, and we're only just -- we're at a new golf course, so I think over the course of the week, we'll know the breaks a little better and just get into a little bit more of the groove so we can get a bit more momentum.

STEPHANIE KYRIACOU: We gelled a bit today. I didn't make very many birdies, but there wasn't really any holes that we both made birdies or both made bogeys.

MINJEE LEE: We kind of worked well together. On the holes that I didn't make it, she made it.

Q. Have you got any team preparations for tonight?

STEPHANIE KYRIACOU: I think I'm shopping.

MINJEE LEE: Yeah, probably going to the mall. But team bonding is shopping. We don't need more bonding.

Q. Do you think maybe what worked so well for you guys is how well you know each other and the chemistry?

STEPHANIE KYRIACOU: I think it definitely helps. Obviously we spend a lot of time together off the course, as well, not just in this event. I think knowing each other as friends, it just makes you more comfortable on the course. Sometimes Minjee might get sick of me, but she's just got to suck it up.