THE AMUNDI EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

July 8, 2026

Jeeno Thitikul

Evian Resort Golf Club

Press Conference

Q. We're with Jeeno ahead of the Amundi Evian Championship. Just what is it like being back here, all the thoughts and memories after last year?

JEENO THITIKUL: Yeah, it's always nice to be back here again. And then, you know, like Evian is one of my favorite courses and one of my favorite majors for sure.

Having a really great like year finishing last year, like I knew it's came short but like if you looked up to it you're really grateful for that because like you have a chance to get in contention.

Other than that, just really happy to be back every year.

Q. Had a great finish to the season last year despite what happened here. How long did it take you to maybe put this week in the back of your mind at the end of last year?

JEENO THITIKUL: I mean, even I came back here, it's always going to be in my mind whatever is happened last year, but I feel like it's had a good and a bad like stuff that always -- and then you can't let it go.

Like you can't like, oh, I'm just going to let it go and I don't want think what happening, because if you really don't and then tell yourself not to, it's always going to be stuck in your mind.

But I feel like what it has been happening in last year or couple years later on in this tournament, it's made me who I am today, so it's just stick to the positive one then.

Q. Couple changes to the golf course, especially on No. 18. What have you made of those changes?

JEENO THITIKUL: Oh, yeah. I saw those bunkers, two bunkers on our way. I mean, like but it's same side that we don't want to but our ball to anyway. I mean, like if the bunker on -- the like fairway is on the left should be harder than on the right, because like on the right it's what we don't want to miss anyway.

So I think it should be not much, much easier for like lots of players.

Q. What kind of preparation do you take in the next stretch with Evian this week and AIG in a few weeks? What kind of preparation do you take to spend a month in Europe?

JEENO THITIKUL: Yeah, I knew I had a lot of preparations in, you know, this two month with like three majors coming, four majors.

But obviously I think just trying to do my like routine the same, the preparations. I always stick on my chipping to get it better and better. For AIG everyone knows we'll be playing some low shots into the wind and with the wind.

Q. Special thing for you this week is Birdies 4 Babies, I believe it's called, the donation at the end of the week. Just what does it mean to be a part of that?

JEENO THITIKUL: It's great. It's great. Everyone -- I think everyone really want to give it back anyway. Like everyone on the Tour, all the players.

And then to be able to get our job in a week and then be a part of little things that we can help to, you know, giving back to the communities, is great. It's just like double, double. You do your job and then you can help lots of people.

So really honors and really grateful that our job can be a part of helping people.