PORTLAND CLASSIC

August 13, 2026

Arpichaya Yubol

Columbia Edgewater Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, joining us after the first round of the Standard Portland Classic is Arpichaya Yubol. You went 6-under today. What was going well for you on this course?

ARPICHAYA YUBOL: All right, it's kind of solid day for me, and then especially my putter. Today it's just like 23 putt so that's incredible. Like this is my first -- I think that's my first time I got to like 23 putt per round.

And then, yeah, so it's kind of consistent. Like fairway, mostly I can put the ball on the fairway, and then I can make like, how you say, consistent like with the par-4 second on, par-5 three on, and then can make a putt.

And also it's pretty good short game, too. I can save my life many hole too with my putter and short game.

Q. Is putting something you have been working on or did your putter just feel really good today?

ARPICHAYA YUBOL: All right, I think I'm play pro-am on Monday and Wednesday, so is that mean like I'm learning a lot how to make one putt with the (indiscernible) on the course when I play.

So is that kind of like, how you, say it's like teach me like you have to focus how much to one putt. You know, like we play four scramble and then sometime it's going to be a little bit pressure, like put pressure on you a little bit you have to make one putt for them.

All right, then I learn from that and then I spend more time on the putting green before I'm go on the course and it's kind of work, yeah.

Q. Ever since you finished second in Mexico you have been playing really well. Do you feel like that was a turning point in your season?

ARPICHAYA YUBOL: You mean like -- sorry? Like...

Q. After Mexico do you feel like it made you more confident or set you up better...

ARPICHAYA YUBOL: All right, I see. After Mexico and also ShopRite I'm finish pretty good, finish second, and then it's have many meaning for me. Like can bring my confident come back, and I don't have to how do you say like stress with my ranking right now.

So I'm safe now, and then I just try to learn like how to make positive, like every shot when you play on the course. Even like you hit bad but you can like come back any time. Yeah, now after I'm finish second Mexico and ShopRite it's, how you say, I'm learn from them a lot.