ISPS HANDA WOMEN'S SCOTTISH OPEN

July 26, 2026

Jenny Shin

Dundonald Links

Press Conference

Q. First victory since you won ten years ago. Can you describe your emotions of your second victory?

JENNY SHIN: There's not much going on right now. I don't think I'll really know until after the British Open. My mind is kind of on the go. I've got a four-hour drive down to Manchester after this, so my mind is on that at the moment.

One thing at a time. I can't wait to talk to my parents. I can't wait to talk to my coaches. They are actually waiting for me in Manchester. So really excited to see them. Yeah, I can't wait to work on my swing. I feel like the wind changed my swing a little bit. I really just want to practice. That's what's on my mind.

Q. With today's round, what were you trying to tell yourself?

JENNY SHIN: Just stay in it. Don't sink the ship. Don't mess up. I definitely have that over and over, and it was quite grim after my third bogey, and then to see the ball go off the green on No. 9, I was about to cry there. I was really happen see that I sunk that 7-footer.

And then to come back with a birdie on No. 10, I felt pretty comfortable. I felt like I was ready to really take on anything.

So yeah, then you hung in there.

Q. Shane has been on your bag. Saw him say a couple things to you during the broadcast today. Can you say what those things were and what's it been like for him to be on the bag?

JENNY SHIN: Yeah, he's very good at just making sure I'm calm. I've got a very chaotic mind, and he knows how to calm that down, which is really all you need from a caddie. I did ask him, like I'm panicking, like what should I do?

And he's like, just be with me. Just stay here with me and look at me. Look at the ball and just commit to what you were doing all week. So I did that, and yeah, I think that's how I hung in there.

I wasn't as nervous as yesterday. I was quite ready and ready to, yeah, take on whatever is ahead of me.

Q. Such a big feat, winning wire-to-wire, what do you think looking back at it now?

JENNY SHIN: I don't know. I've not thought of it that way. I've not thought of wire-to-wire. I'm not thinking about any of that. I just want to hit the fairway. That's all I'm thinking about. I didn't really think about that just yet.

Q. A big story line, the ten years since you last won, what's been the hardest thing in those ten years?

JENNY SHIN: I had a pretty rough patch in my career. This is my 16th and from Year 8 to probably 12, I really struggled out here. I didn't know what my goal was or motivation. So I spent a lot of my prime years searching for who I am. And I don't regret spending that time at all but I learned a lot about who I am and what I want.

And COVID really turned around my entire life. I feel like the last four years, I've kind of found a spark again to really love -- because I've always loved golf. It's just this job is so hard. This is such a difficult job. And to find love and to continue to love this job is incredibly difficult. So I found that spark after COVID, and I'm really glad I did because my No. 1 goal was win again. I'm going to do everything I can to win again.

I can't believe -- I can't believe it happened this week.

My coach called me yesterday, and he said, I don't care what happens tomorrow, I'm really proud of you for surrounding yourself with the right people and creating the team that you have right now. That is an incredible thing to be proud of. To be where you are now is amazing. You earned it. Whatever happens tomorrow, you earned it.

Q. Going back to COVID, what did you do that got you back to where you are now?

JENNY SHIN: Everything and nothing. I was doing drunken lives on Instagram. I was doing really weird stuff. But I think being jobless for six months really kind of gave me an idea what it's like to not golf professionally. Because I still golfed every day but yeah, it sucked not being able to do what I'm really good at. That was a very important -- like a turning point in my life.

Q. Looking at your whole journey, not just during COVID, what to you love most about this game you would point to? What keeps you going?

JENNY SHIN: The competition. I kept looking at the leaderboard and I hate being chased but at the same time, I think I love adrenaline. I'm definitely a junky. So I just love competing. Just the whole, you know, the mental width that I had with Pajaree, as well. She was making a bunch of birdies and I was making bogeys and I could feel her breath right next to me. It was fun. That was exhilarating.

So yeah, we're all lunatics out here, and I'm one of them.

Q. Can you talk about the emotions after you won?

JENNY SHIN: That's just so much -- my brain is moving too fast and I can't -- I think the people around me, how they just patiently waited for me and believed in me, because I never really belief in myself. That's what got me emotional.

Q. A lot of people point to their teams --

JENNY SHIN: Having a team when I first joined, we couldn't afford a team. It was a different time. I'm very fortunate to still be playing and to have the right people around me, both mentally and physically, yeah, I owe them a lot.

Q. What would you say to Jenny when she was struggling --

JENNY SHIN: Keep struggling, keep going. It's not the end of the world.

Q. Do you have wear Dundonald tee for the greenkeepers --

JENNY SHIN: Yes, thank you, I haven't had a chance to talk about that but I want to thank all the staff members outside the course and the shop, they have been pretty incredible. I'm quite far with some of the staff and they have been coming up to me and cheering me on. You know, it's really nice. Feels like a bit of a family. I want to thank everyone, all the volunteers, as well.

I never even got to say thank you to the people that were with us today because of all the champagne. I can't thank them enough. The golf course was unbelievable despite how dry it was, so thank you.