ARAMCO CHAMPIONSHIP

April 2, 2026

Jing Yan

Shadow Creek

Quick Quotes

Q. Here with Jing Yan after her first round of the Aramco Championship. Wild scorecard from you today, especially the six birdies in a row. Take us through it, especially the long stretch for you.

JING YAN: Yeah, I started off really well. Two really short birdie putts, so two good approaches.

And then kind of like a little hiccup on a par-3, a short save that I didn't make. And then a double on 14 which is -- I think it's one the tougher holes on the course so a little disappointed at that point to kind of make an unforced errors with a double.

But then just try to like hit good shots, stay positive. I wasn't expecting to make six birdies. I was just trying to hit one good shot at a time and go one hole at a time; ended up working out pretty good.

So, yeah, it was a nice stretch to end.

Q. Is there anything in particular that was working well for you during that stretch?

JING YAN: I think I was hitting it really good today and playing with a bit of freedom, which is a nice change from the last few years, so, yeah.

Q. What's the mindset in that kind of stretch seeing birdie after birdie drop?

JING YAN: I think it was really nice because sometimes you're really trying to press and make a lot of birdies. In that stretch I was happy with make the birdies but almost wasn't aware of how many I was making.

So that's nice.

I know sometimes like you can make really like get up to, oh, my record is five or six and you start hitting the brakes, and I was trying not to do that.

Q. How much confidence does a round like this give you knowing you can score on this course and in bunches, especially with how tough it is?

JING YAN: Yeah, definitely gives me some confidence because it's a really, really nice track and the conditions can be really challenging depending on how you're playing and where you put things.

So, yeah, I really enjoy being back here so it's nice to be under par for sure.

Q. How different do you play this course match play versus stroke play?

JING YAN: I think match play you can be a lot more aggressive and really take some fun lines and like try and ram some putts in when you have to; stroke play you really have to consider the consequences of all your actions.

So, yeah, definitely you have to be maybe a little bit more guarded.