KROGER QUEEN CITY CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY P&G

May 14, 2026

Jin Young Ko

Maketewah Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Joined by Jin Young Ko after her first round here at the Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G. Very up and down front nine but very clean on the back nine. What were some of the differences from those nines?

JIN YOUNG KO: Well, I don't know. I didn't play yesterday at the pro-am, so I practiced a lot, so I think I needed to take time to like keep momentum on the first nine.

And after first nine I have got to like -- I've got like -- found something and it's pretty worth it; play good. And then I'm so happy to play 60s.

Q. Do you know specifically maybe what you found? Something in your game? Mentally?

JIN YOUNG KO: Just small things. Just I'm not going tell, yeah.

Q. Yeah. When we come to a new course, how long does it take you to get comfortable around the course?

JIN YOUNG KO: I mean, this course feels like Korea golf courses. Like we have so many hilly courses in Korea, so it doesn't feel much like awkward, but still tired to get like hills on the course.

Q. What was the biggest challenge out there today?

JIN YOUNG KO: Greens. Very like bumpy and these greens are type of like poa I think, so it's so hard to judge good distance for putting.

Yeah, just the one, that's the biggest one thing to play well.

Q. It was pretty cool and windy here this morning. How would you describe what the conditions were like out there this afternoon?

JIN YOUNG KO: I mean, I was wearing just short and my manager brought my sleeves from the home, so it helped me I think. Well, tomorrow it will be cold again, so I'm going to wearing the thicker than today.

Q. What do you take away from this round going into the rest of the week?

JIN YOUNG KO: I'm just trying to having fun on the course. I mean, overall this year I struggle to my game play well, so I hope today is like keep momentum to get better the rest of the season.

So we'll see.