BANK OF MONTREAL CANADIAN WOMEN'S OPEN

August 15, 2002

Mi Hyun Kim

NEAL REID: Go ahead.

MI HYUN KIM: 11, 80 yards, middle wedge. Eight feet. One putt.

And number 15, 162 yards, 7-wood, about 10 feet.

And number 17, par-3, 181 yards, hit nine wood. Made 20 foot putt.

And number 18, 174 yards, nine wood, about four feet.

NEAL REID: No birdies on the back nine.

MI HYUN KIM: No.

NEAL REID: No. Any good pars.

MI HYUN KIM: No, we have a couple chance for birdie, but I missed the putt.

NEAL REID: Are you happy with how you played today and where you stand at 4-under?

MI HYUN KIM: You know, I just had very good shot and very good short game today. So I'm very enjoying the round. And I play with my friend, she is very friendly. So we just had fun.

NEAL REID: Questions?

Q. I just saw the five or six holes of your game and my impression is that you could have easily been 8-under. You missed a lot of birdies. Do you feel that way?

MI HYUN KIM: We just come from nine, you know, I had couple chances for birdie, but I read good and my putt stroke is very good. But just some lipouts. Like maybe bad luck.

Q. Is there a reason why Koreans are enjoying so much success this year and even last year on the LPGA?

MI HYUN KIM: I don't know. They just are hard workers. We just play golf hard and some Korean player is good, next week we practice hard more. So we just try to play best game. Like they travel with the parents. The parents who want to hard work, so.

Q. (Inaudible.)

MI HYUN KIM: Junior program?

Q. Is there any junior programs for golf in Korea?

MI HYUN KIM: I don't know. Maybe not.

Q. You said that you had some problems on the greens missing some putts. Were the greens tougher today, if we compare with yesterday?

MI HYUN KIM: I think the green is, today the green is a little softer than yesterday. The green is a little bit slower. So some putts -- I think that some putts are past the hole, but my putt is just right there. Just short of the hole or something.

NEAL REID: Okay. Thank you.

MI HYUN KIM: Thank you.

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