JM EAGLE LA CHAMPIONSHIP

April 18, 2026

Ina Yoon

Quick Quotes

Q. Joining us after the third round the JM Eagle LA Championship is Ina Yoon. You made three birdies on the back nine to stay under par today. What was going through your head?

INA YOON: I made a lot of the mistake on the front, and it was after I get mistakes and it was really hard to stay like calm and just be me. But I get back because I know we have still more chance to get back.

So try to focus again, and I think that part I did pretty well today.

Q. You're competing against some notorious names like Sei Young and Mi Hyang. How does it feel to see your name on the leaderboard with them?

INA YOON: That's great. I mean, they're really -- I respect them. I love to play -- I mean, I love to see their playing since when I was little. I'm one of them in the leaderboard between them is, that feels so good.

Q. Walter and Shirley Wang from JM Eagle raised the purse by $1 million today. What does that mean to you?

INA YOON: I heard it. Just I finished today and was surprised. One million, wow, it's big. That means like I have to -- I feel like I need to do better job on golf and feel really thankful to JM Eagle for giving us the good opportunity to like having a good competition, making good event here.

Yeah, thank you. It means a lot for us, all of the players.

Q. Do you look at the scoreboards when you're out there to see where you're at?

INA YOON: I try not to. I can't stop watch the leaderboard.

Q. So curious, at one point when you looked you probably saw you were six shots behind. Now all of a sudden you're two shots behind. So wondering how you feel about the up and down emotions of that.

INA YOON: Like when I get really mad today it was -- was it 12, 11, 12? And I couldn't see anything because I was like plaqued out.

But after I finished look at the leaderboard and I realize I was in that not bad place, so, okay, maybe I have chance to make win.

But, yeah, I try not think about it and just keep doing what I'm doing now. Yeah, try to keep composure and everything.

Q. Last thing: Your adventure I guess on the par-5, hit your approach shot and it came rolling back down the fairway. You managed to -- you made bogey, but I think that was almost a good thing to save bogey on that. How do you control your emotions when you hit a good shot seemingly and that happens?

INA YOON: Actually on that shot I couldn't control my emotion today. It was really mad. I was really pissed off on that hole. The golf is keep going, right? I can't stop it and have time on that. Okay, next, next. Okay, I can freak out after finish my round.

Okay, let's wait until the end. Yeah, that's all.