Q. All right, welcome to San Francisco. Have you ever played this course before?
A LIM KIM: No, never.
Q. No?
A LIM KIM: Yeah, first time.
Q. What do you think of Lake Merced Golf Club?
A LIM KIM: Very hard and management very hard and grass is very tight. I'm so (indiscernible) every week, San Francisco or the California, it's very tight, yeah.
Q. Before these past two weeks how much did you know about San Francisco or know about the Olympic Club and this tournament as well?
A LIM KIM: San Francisco good weather and good people and good golf course. Yeah, that's it. Yeah, very -- now very best weather and a little bit strong wind, yeah, but beautiful view here.
Q. How much did playing last week at the Olympic Club help set you up for this week at Lake Merced?
A LIM KIM: Oh, very, very help. Yeah, because last two week first grasses, but this is course same grasses. A little bit familiar, yeah.
Q. More familiar to you?
A LIM KIM: Yeah, more familiar.
Q. So last week you were a defending champion.
A LIM KIM: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Q. How much less pressure does it feel this week now that you're kind of playing your own game and there is no major championship weighing on your shoulders?
A LIM KIM: Same. No difference. It's very same. Because every week I same mind or mindset same. Not difference, yeah.
Q. What are you focusing on as you take on the weekend this week at Lake Merced?
A LIM KIM: I want to get adapted to the course.
Q. So you want to adapt more to these courses?
A LIM KIM: Yeah.
Q. So you had a great back nine, three birdies on the back nine. What was so comfortable for you as you went through the back nine today?
A LIM KIM: Not really. (Laughter.) Yeah, not really.
I have done like a 4, but not really. And I was just more focused. I don't want to regret anymore.
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