LOTTE CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY HOAKALEI

October 2, 2025

Akie Iwai

Q. All right, joining me after the second round of the LOTTE Championship with Akie Iwai. You opened with three birdies today. How did that set you up for your round?

AKIE IWAI: Yeah, today also I get many birdies, so I have another chance, but I couldn't make it. It's okay.

Tomorrow it's another day, yeah.

Q. You played in the afternoon today instead of the morning. How was the course different and how did you manage that?

AKIE IWAI: Feel like little difference, specific on the green. Yeah, little -- getting hard to see the line, yeah.

Q. Heading into the next two rounds, what are you going to be working on, looking at?

AKIE IWAI: Just keep going. So, yeah, I should talking my caddie, and then I have just smiling, just have fun, yeah.

Q. Talk about your relationship with your caddie a little bit.

AKIE IWAI: Oh, good relationship. Yeah, he's so funny. Yeah, sometimes make me fun, yeah. That's why good relationship.

Q. We heard that you like the food here. What have you been enjoying?

AKIE IWAI: Food? Yes. Seaweed, Kimchi, rice, everything good. Meat, yeah.

Q. More similar to Japan?

AKIE IWAI: Yes, of course. I like it.