Dana Open presented by Marathon

Sunday, July 21, 2024

Sylvania, Ohio, USA

Highland Meadows Golf Club

Soo Bin Joo

Quick Quotes


Q. All right, I'm here with Soo Bin Joo, our resident hole-in-oner today. Just take me through your hole-in-one this morning.

SOO BIN JOO: Start bad on the first hole but I was trying to stay focused again on the second hole. I think that help me made the hole-in-one.

I have my 6-iron in my handled and I was kind of -- I was trying to draw it in. It went perfectly and landed perfectly and went in.

Q. What was your yardage that you had?

SOO BIN JOO: 151.

Q. Did you sort of see it go in?

SOO BIN JOO: Yeah.

Q. What was the reaction like when you saw it?

SOO BIN JOO: What was his caddie's name?

Q. Who's caddie?

SOO BIN JOO: Wichanee.

Q. I'll look it up.

SOO BIN JOO: He had this dunk thing.

Q. With his fingers.

SOO BIN JOO: I looked at it and I was, oh, why not? And then the ball disappeared.

Q. So that is your first hole-in-one on tour, second overall in your life. When was the first one?

SOO BIN JOO: It was in a junior golf tournament back in Korea.

Yeah, I had the 6-iron in my hand at that time, too. I think I like my 6-iron now.

Q. Love it. Last question: With every hole-in-one this season CME Group is donating $20,000 to St. Jude's Children's Hospital. Just thoughts on that. Your hole-in-one is also going to a really good cause.

SOO BIN JOO: Yeah, that's amazing. It means if I play better I get to -- not me, but our LPGA gets to donate more. I'll try to play better.

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