DOW CHAMPIONSHIP

June 12, 2026

Hyo Joo Kim

Hye-Jin Choi

Midland Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Here with Hyo Joo and Hye-Jin after the second round to the Dow Championship. Different format compared to yesterday; a lot more scoring opportunities. What worked well for both of you today?

HYE-JIN CHOI: Actually, I felt more comfortable than yesterday and I felt that Hyo Joo will make birdies and I'm just going to do pars and just look for the chance.

Q. Was that kind of the -- was that the strategy coming into today, just you were going to try an -- or whoever was going to try to make more scores versus pars or anything?

HYO JOO KIM: Yeah, this is a format of four-ball so one has to do the birdie and another has it just make the chance, too.

Q. How do you guys complement each other's games, especially in a format like this? How does Hye-Jin's game complement Hyo Joo, Hyo Joo's game complement Hye-Jin's?

HYE-JIN CHOI: Actually the distance not much different and we thought about the course similar, too, so the course management was not different, too.

And if each one of us make a good shot we try to trust each other and try to make the chance.

Q. Last one: Going back to alternate shot tomorrow. Is there a change in strategy compared to Thursday?

HYE-JIN CHOI: Trust each other.