International Crown

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

San Francisco, California, USA

Harding Park

Kay Cockerill

Mollie Marcoux Samaan

Seung Joo Yeo

Mina Harigae

So Yeon Ryu

Press Conference


KAY COCKERILL: Good morning to everybody. Welcome to TPC Harding Park. My name is Kay Cockerill. I'm a Golf Channel and NBC commentator been with Golf Channel and NBC for the last 27 years, ever since its inception. I'm a proud LPGA member. I've been a member since 1987.

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And I also am a product of northern California. I grew up about an hour south of here in the Santa Cruz mountains and have fond memories of coming up to San Francisco to go to the zoo and to go to the museum and San Francisco Giants games. And I can say for the last 11 years I've lived here in the city and have become a proud San Franciscan who has really enjoyed all the diversity of San Francisco and the great neighborhoods, the restaurants and shops, which I hope all of you had a chance to visit and the great parks, Golden Gate Park and down at Crissy Field, and of course the wonderful golf courses like TPC Harding Park.

I've had the pleasure of playing this course many, many times and it's one of my favorite courses in the world. And I'm just so proud of the fact that we're going to have a new event here at TPC Harding Park.

This course has hosted some amazing tournaments like the WGC AMEX, the Presidents Cup and most recently the PGA Championship. And I'm just really proud that the women, some of the best women in the world, are going to have a chance to walk these fairways and play this historic golf course.

As we begin, I want to introduce the four people here at the table: LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan; Seung Joo Yeo, who is the president and CEO of Hanwha Life; Mina Harigae, a native of nearby Monterey, a Norcal gal and member of last year's 2021 U.S. Solheim Cup and runner up at the U.S. Women's Open; and last but not least, So Yeon Ryu, former world No. 1, two-time major champion and member of the winning Korean team at the 2018 Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown.

There's also a few other people I'd like to introduce here and a big part of the reason we're here today: LPGA chief business officer in Asia Sean Pyun; Chris Park, president and CEO of the Hanwha Eagles. The GM of TPC Harding Park, Tom Smith.

Mark Buell, president of the Recreation and Parks Commission here in San Francisco. And last Dana Ketchum, director of permits and properties at Harding Park.

Thanks so much for your efforts to make this happen. In 2018, I had the pleasure of traveling to South Korea as part of the Golf Channel team covering the Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club in Korea. It was truly an amazing event. One of the most mazing events I've been a part of. The course was terrific. The eight teams there were strong and the competition was intense.

Thousands of fans came out to root on the home team, and it paid off when Korea won the competition.

But the pandemic, unfortunately, sidelined this event for a few years, and the LPGA Tour is now excited to bring the International Crown back to the competitive schedule thanks to a powerful partnership with the Hanwha group, a Fortune 500 company.

Please turn your attention now to the screen for a little bit more in your viewing pleasure.

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KAY COCKERILL: Nothing more exciting than team competition, I can't wait for this event next year. And to talk about the event, to talk more about the 2023 Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown, let's hear from Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan.

MOLLIE MARCOUX SAMAAN: Thank you, Kay. It's amazing you're here. Being a San Franciscan, as we said, being a biggest supporter of LPGA, you hear her voice almost every weekend. She usually has a headset on and a backpack and telling stories of our amazing players. So thank you for being here. It's been a long way to be here. Means a lot to us.

And thank you, President Yeo, who will talk a little bit more. It's amazing to meet you today. And thank you Mina and So Yeon. And thank you for being here.

I think you went through some of the people that made this happen. This type of an event doesn't happen without an enormous amount of work from a number of people. I know Sean has been working with the Hanwha group for 10 years, I think, on various projects and made a great partnership with Chris. We're so grateful that you're all here.

And Chris and I had an opportunity to meet last year, about a year ago now. And we've been really excited to be at this day today. It means a ton to us.

Thank you all for joining us today. But thank you for everyone, Gee, who is here as well from our Korean office, and Tom and Mark and Dan. It's really awesome to be among all of you.

We couldn't be more excited more honored to be here at TPC Harding Park, easily one of the most storied and historic venues in the country. I think from its early days of hosting really elite San Francisco golf, and as a host of some of the world's best male professional golfers, there's so much history here and there's so much that has taken place along the way on this very golf course, on these fairways and these beautiful greens.

Now we're thrilled to bring the next chapter to the storybook here at Harding Park. Thanks to the vision, as I said, and this tremendous partnership with our friends at Hanwha, to bring the Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown right here to TPC Harding Park May 4th through the 7th, 2023.

So in just a few short months we'll all be playing -- the very best players in the world, female golfers in the world, will be competing right here on these fairways.

COVID-19, as Kay said, was hard for many reasons. And we were obviously very heartbroken to have to cancel the 2020 International Crown.

It was obviously the right choice, and we all had to make those choices. But we took our time, and we really did our due diligence to find not just a partner to bring this event back, but to find the right partner and to find the right venue.

We were providing our incredible athletes with playing opportunities throughout the course of the year, but this is a really unique and special playing opportunity that we'll get into.

I think when Hanwha heard about this opportunity to partner with us on this world-class event that's very unique, you know, they ran with it and they were just so excited about it.

And zeroing in on Harding Park as really the perfect venue to bring this amazing tournament back to the LPGA schedule. So the 2023 Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown will have three days of four-ball play narrowing down our eight countries to four semi-finalists in an exciting event update.

This is different than what the International Crown used to be. Sunday's final day will now feature two final matches in the final round that will have a combination of four-ball and two-ball competition, singles play similar to the Davis Cup, which will be interesting and different.

I think in the past there was a little confusion on Sundays on how the championship was playing out. So we all got together and really created a new format which I think will be a little easier for you guys to manage on Sunday.

So it's really going to bring a fascinating element of strategy to the team room. So the teammates, the golfers, will have to figure out who will be playing the singles matches and who will be playing the four-ball matches and who will go out solo.

So there aren't any captains, remember. So again this is really different for golf. All the players will come together and decide how they will set up their lineups.

So I don't think any other event in golf puts all the strategy and all the planning up to the players. So we're really looking forward to that. Obviously we all love golf and we love playing the individual sport that golf is.

And it's really truly a meritocracy and tests us in every way. But it's also really fantastic.

I was a team athlete. To be able to bring team competition to golf -- I obviously love the camaraderie and the passion that comes whenever you're on a team, whether it's your family or your work team.

But the Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown blends together all of those elements of this individual game with the team concept. And it does it by giving these players the chance to compete for their flag and for their country.

You can really expect great things when people compete for their country; expect the stars and stripes for the U.S.A.; the iconic green hats for the Australians; that bright, bright yellow for the Swedes, and a vivid royal blue, maybe, for the Koreans along the way.

So Yeon, you've worn that blue in all three International Crowns, including when you had the thrill of winning. We'll hear about that later, winning the 2018 International Crown at home in Korea.

And Mina, you've won the red, white, blue representing the U.S.A. at the Solheim Cup. And I know that was a really special experience. That was my first event last year, the Solheim Cup, as the LPGA commissioner.

I can't wait to hear from you guys in a few minutes about your experience and what you're looking forward to.

So next year at Harding Park is just the first step in the partnership with Hanwha. And this multiyear partnership will bring the Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown back to Korea in 2025.

And I have no doubt that President Yeo and his whole team will welcome us with open arms and will work closely with the LPGA to make sure that we are celebrating these athletes in the very best possible way. Bringing their stories and their competitive spirits to fans all around the world.

And it will start here in San Francisco in 2023, as I said. Again, I really can't thank you enough for being here for joining us in this amazing celebration. It's an exciting time for women's golf. I know you've all been following. We're playing for $95 million this year. Next year we should be hopefully over 100 million.

The 2023 Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown here at Harding Park will be another -- I can't express my enthusiasm -- another groundbreaking moment in the history of San Francisco golf but really in the history of the LPGA and the women's game.

So you can see I'm extremely excited. I'm excited to get out and play this afternoon on this amazing golf course and just thank you all for being here. This course is not going to let you down.

KAY COCKERILL: Well said, Mollie. I have to say I think my favorite tournaments to cover are team events and match play because there's nothing like the dynamic that brings out the best in players and the emotion and intensity. It's going to be so much fun to watch.

Now let's hear from Seung Joo Yeo, president and CEO of Hanwha Life.

SO YEON RYU: Ladies and gentlemen, good morning, I'm happy to see you all. My English is a little bit not up to par for this occasion; however, I did prepare some comments with my entire heart and soul into the words.

Good morning, first, I would like to thank the LPGA commissioner, Ms. Mollie Marcoux Samaan. It is a distinct pleasure and honor to welcome everyone as the title sponsor of the International Crown in a brand-new chapter to the world's sole women's golf tournament after a five-year hiatus due to COVID.

Hanwha has been promoting professional women's golf by engaging in activities such as being the host of the KLPGA's premier major tournament, The Hanwha Classic for the past 11 years and by operating and managing the Hanwha Q Cells Golf Team where world-class golfers such as Nelly Korda, Eun-hee Ji, Inkyung Kim are club members.

As a sport that brings people of all ages, genders and raises together officials with Hanwha, a fundamental venue in that it promotes quality of life. LIFEPLUS, the Hanwha financial services brand for promoting holistic values has been searching for ways to improve and promote the quality of life of our customers. Through this tournament, we hope our brand can continue to elevate not only the quality of our customers' lives, but we hope that as a representative of Korea helps establish our firm as a global brand.

To the players attending this tournament, as representatives of all nations, I pray that this event provides ample opportunities to play your best game yet and the thrill and excitement will be shared by golf fans across the globe until the champion cup is raised and the victor is crowned. I thank you for your continued interest. Thank you.

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THE MODERATOR: Thank you, President Yeo.

Thank you and Hanwha Life for bringing this event back to life. It means everything to all of us.

Now, time for the official signing ceremony. And Mollie, we're going to have you sign first.

Before we hear from Sonja and Mina, I'd like to have this opportunity, if anyone has any questions for President Yeo or commissioner.

Q. (Indiscernible) is there any term that has been agreed to beyond 2025 as of now?

MOLLIE MARCOUX SAMAAN: We haven't picked the 2027 site yet, but we'll have two more after this for sure and hopefully for much longer beyond that. But 2025 in Korea, which we can't wait for as well.

Q. I have a question for President Yeo. Hoping you could tell us more about Hanwha and the company LIFEPLUS and why it was important for you to partner on this event.

PRESIDENT YEO: Hanwha is a company with great tradition, first established in 1952. It is currently the seventh largest conglomerate in Korea where we serve a variety of different industries such as manufacturing, finance, services and leisure.

However we always keep close to our hearts that we need to continue to be close and support our customers and we always have the spirit of being able to provide and support our fellows close to heart.

In terms of golf, we have a long history here as well. We first began supporting the game of golf 11 years ago by supporting the Hanwha Classic. We also manage the Hanwha Q CELLS golf team.

So I think it's only natural that we gravitated towards sponsoring the International Crown. And to get to your question about sharing a little bit more about the LIFEPLUS brand.

To get a little bit more about the LIFEPLUS brand. It is a brand that was created by the five subsidiaries of the Hanwha financial network, Hanwha life, Hanwha general insurance, Hanwha savings bank and Hanwha asset management. And these five companies share a common value in that we aim to increase the quality of life and also to increase the happiness of our customers. And LIFEPLUS is a symbol of that goal of achieving that dream. We sincerely hope by sponsoring the International Crown our LIFEPLUS brand will have more global presence and recognition.

Q. Mollie, why was it important to bring the International Crown and this global competition back to the LPGA tour schedule?

MOLLIE MARCOUX SAMAAN: If you think about the LPGA, we're the most global sports organization in the world, and we pride ourselves on that. We have players from all over the world. And our top players, if you look down our leaderboard, they will be from everywhere. And I think that's really part of our value system.

So the International Crown just gives an opportunity for people to play for their flag. It gets us the opportunity to really show the world how global we are and to show the world how these are the very best players in the world, not just from one country but from the entire world. And to put them against each other in a really dynamic team format, I can't think of another event that does so much so for our values as the LPGA than this event does.

It was really important to us. I know Sean and team have been doing this a long time and we found the perfect partner to bring it back and we're excited about it.

Q. There are thousands of golf courses around the world, brilliant courses in the United States, tremendous courses in California and up-and-down the state. Why was it important to come to San Francisco and Harding Park especially?

MOLLIE MARCOUX SAMAAN: First of all, we're always trying to find golf courses that are of the quality that match the talent of our players. That's first and foremost, when we go out to find a golf course, you need to find a golf course that these players -- that are worthy of these players, because as I said they're truly remarkable. So that was number one.

But San Francisco is one of the most global cities in the world. And to play here in the city in a municipal golf course like this is really important to all the diversity initiatives that President Yeo spoke about and what the LPGA stands for.

I think, again, we looked at a lot of places and there was quite a bit of interest in having this event at people's courses. And we've landed on the perfect spot right here in San Francisco. We thank everyone who helped make this dream a reality.

Q. Do you have any fond memories of working with Hanwha in the past? And if you have any kind of anticipations or expectations for the upcoming game that would be greatly appreciated.

SO YEON RYU: Yes, my history with Hanwha actually goes back a long way. When I first entered the LPGA my sponsor was Hanwha. And when I won at the U.S. Open also my history with Hanwha goes there as well.

Also, at the Hanwha Classic, where I also participated, Hanwha was a very big sponsor there, so Hanwha is not a stranger to me.

Also I sincerely share the belief that the International Crown would be a fantastic opportunity for us to raise awareness and also to continue to raise awareness. And I look forward to continue to work closely with Hanwha in the upcoming games.

KAY COCKERILL: These two talented women are great representatives of the game of golf in so many ways. Thank you for being here and having your connection to team golf and to the area. I want to start with So Yeon. You have a 9-2-1 record in this event. You've played in every match that has happened. You've won the most matches than anyone who has ever played in the International Crown. So how excited are you to have this event back?

SO YEON RYU: Yeah, when it first launched in 2014, I was very nervous to represent my country. And then it became my favorite tournament ever. And then if somebody is going to ask me what is your top three events you ever played, I think 2018 International Crown gotta be my top three.

The International Crown was just so awesome and I was a little disappointed that we couldn't play for five years. But it's so awesome to have Hanwha LIFEPLUS new sponsor. And it's going to be even amazing for the future. This tournament continues to be my favorite for all time.

Q. Can you describe the pressure you felt, you and your teammates felt, trying to win in your home country?

SO YEON RYU: I think to represent the country is really, really cool, but at the same time so much pressure. You're literally not only playing for yourself; you're playing for your country.

So I still do remember when I went to the playoff in 2014, my birdie putt was only like two feet and I literally shook my hands. That's the toughest putt I've made, short-range putt as well.

But as tough as it is, I think it's more proud and then it's more cool to represent my country. And I think if anybody is going to represent the country, I think they will know how good it is and then it's really a lifetime experience and I loved the feeling.

Q. Well, Mina, you've had experience representing your country in a variety of ways but most recently last year in the Solheim Cup. Talk about the dynamics of team competition and what it means to you to have the potential to play on the team here at TPCA Harding Park, so relatively close to where you grew up.

MINA HARIGAE: I think the cool thing about team competition, especially on LPGA Tour, we don't have the opportunity to do that very often. When you do make a team, I think you just feel even more proud, honored to play for your country because you don't have the opportunity very often.

And so when you get to play with, when you have a cool group of teammates playing amazing courses, it's just an amazing experience in itself.

So to have Hanwha Plus International Crown come back on the schedule and here at TPC Harding Park, where I only grew up two hours from here, and growing up I never had the opportunity to play so close to home. But in recent years we've been playing more and more up here. And it's just, I'm just so excited to have the potential and try to make the team for next year's competition.

Q. Both of these players have USGA championships. So Yeon, you won the U.S. Open in 2011 and Mina won the Women's Amateur Public Links Championship. And she was an amazing match player and champion as a young person, winning the California State Women's Amateur championship four years in a row, I think even before you were a teenager you won your first one, which is pretty prolific. But what is it, what is it about match play that really brings out the best in you and what are your strengths that you tap into to play match play well?

SO YEON RYU: It's definitely a bit different than stroke play. When you play stroke play you have a chance to play -- you have a chance to play like three more rounds even though you're not really starting good.

But like match play, if you lose one hole, you literally just lost another opportunity. So I think I have a love-hate relationship with match play.

I really like it but at the same time I'm a bit afraid of it. I think when you play match play you can find out that what kind of talent you have. I think you never know what you have and then I think more dramatic game could come up when you play the match play.

So like I said, I do have a love-hate relationship with it. But it's one of the most excited, the game plan to play.

Q. How about for you, Mina?

MINA HARIGAE: What I love about match play is it's one hole at a time. If you lose one hole, it's just one hole. It's not like you double if you're down by two strokes. If you don't start off the hole very well, it's fine, just dig deep and try to win the next hole.

But I think the cool thing about match play, it's also, there's a lot of gamesmanship in it as well. You just kind of watch how the other player plays the hole. You can be as aggressive as you want, as conservative as you want.

So I think it's really cool that match play is just a totally different animal out there. So it's cool to have a team competition as a match play, or match event because it's so like hole by hole. So anything can happen, really.

Q. Exactly as So Yeon said, each hole is its own tournament. You both had a chance to play TPC Harding Park. What's your impression of the golf course and what do you like about it? How do you think you need to attack this golf course to play it well?

MINA HARIGAE: It's a tough course just by looking at it anyone can see the tall trees. You've got to keep it in play. Here in Norcal the grass can be quite lush. The rough can be quite lush. You've got to keep it in the fairway.

The greens are complex. So you gotta be a good ball striker, and you've got to place your second shots onto the green in the right areas. So you just gotta play good golf. You can't fake it around here.

Q. So Yeon, your thoughts?

SO YEON RYU: I think to watch really great golf, I think the golf course needs to be really, really good. And then when I watched the 2020 PGA Championship on TV I really enjoyed it. I thought the TPC Harding Park was a wonderful venue. When we were here last year for two weeks in a row to play the U.S. (indiscernible) Open and the Mediheal Championship, I really wanted to check on this golf course.

As Mina and you know after playing a tournament, we actually don't want to play. But I really wanted to play so I actually came out here on Monday after Mediheal event to play 18 holes. I really enjoyed it.

And like Mina said, it's really amazing golf course. And then you have to have all sort of game in your bag to play great golf. I think it's going to be a wonderful venue to play the International Crown.

Q. We talked about the men and how they've played here and there seems to be a real trend, especially lately, of the women starting to play the golf courses that the men have traditionally played for a variety of tournaments. Mina, what does it mean to have the LPGA players play on a golf course that has traditionally hosted men's events in the past?

MINA HARIGAE: I think as, the last few years, we are able to play the venues that the men have been playing for years. It's amazing that women's golf has come this far where we get to play the same iconic venues.

So I just can't wait to see where women's golf goes. We just keep going to amazing venues just to show off our talent and just how good women's golf is.

Q. So Yeon, what does it mean?

SO YEON RYU: Mina said everything what I actually think. But for me, like, as a golf fan it's so amazing to have played on many of the great golf courses. We're going to play Pebble Beach next year, and we are going to come here to play Harding Park as well.

So not just as a professional golfer just as a golf fan, I'm really excited to see what's coming up next for the women's golf.

KAY COCKERILL: I think for the fans that are watching on television, they're always really curious to see venues they're used to seeing the men play and they're curious to see how the women can go out and attack the golf courses with their own special games.

Q. Mina, what's your history with Harding Park? Did you play it at all as a kid? I know it's a couple hours away. I'm curious your experience here and also the significance of having this event on a public course. If I understand, you grew up mostly on public courses. What does that mean to you?

MINA HARIGAE: Unfortunately, this TPC Harding course I didn't get to play very often. I think I've only played it twice. But I played it a couple of years ago, and I had so much fun out here.

I love Norcal golf. And to have an event close to home again, like I said growing up, I didn't have many opportunities to have tournaments around here to play in. But we get to play Mediheal at Lake Merced, U.S. Open at Olympic Club. And going down to Pebble Beach next year. And then we get to come here.

So I'm so excited to have another event close to home. Even though I don't live around the area anymore, it's still a home game to me. I have family in the city, family still in Monterey. So everyone can come out to support me and I just love the fact that I get to come home more often.

Q. It's been 15 years after you first debuted in the KLPGA. So how do you feel looking back on your 15 years about your goals? And I'm curious about what's your next goal in your player's life.

SO YEON RYU: First of all, I cannot believe it's my 15th year as a professional golfer. Time just went really quickly. Yeah, I think my career in the LPGA for the 11th year is quite a big different than the four years in the KLPGA because it's different and I just travel around the world for 11 years. And I always felt like golf was not my everything but if I look back, I feel like golf was my everything.

But right now, at the age of 32, I feel like I just need to make better balance than that. So I really try hard to find the what's a good balance to enjoy my life as just a person, as So Yeon Ryu, and doing my best as a professional golf, So Yeon Ryu.

And to be honest, it's not really easy, but I'm sure I'm going to get there. And then I still feel very fortunate to be a professional golfer.

So as long as I love my job, I think I can manage it really well as well. I don't really have a goal -- I don't really have a goal like winning a U.S. Women's Open or win multiple times of year or anything. Right now my biggest goal is to enjoy my life and enjoy my career.

KAY COCKERILL: So Yeon has accomplished so much in her career already. Just let it happen, right?

Q. I wanted to ask you both, you're LPGA Tour veterans, the growth we've seen on the tour over the last few years with companies like Hanwha and organizations, how fulfilling is it to have these larger events coming more and more frequently to the LPGA schedule?

MINA HARIGAE: I think it's amazing. Just I've been on tour since 2010. And just to see the growth of the tour, especially over the last like five, six, seven years, and to have companies like Hanwha step up for our tour they keep stepping up and supporting our tour multiple times for us.

So it's great that they set examples for other companies to do the same thing for us in women's golf. Just want to thank all the companies, like Hanwha, who have been huge supporters of the LPGA over the years.

SO YEON RYU: Mina said everything I wanted to say as well. But like I said, I actually think -- I still love my job. One of the reasons I love my job is I'm actually doing what I love to do. And it's so fortunate just like so many people just helping us out to just make my dream even bigger and then make my job more enjoyable. I'd like to say thank you to all the people who just make this possible.

DAN DILLON: I'm not a city representative or whatever but I'm very involved in the stuff, on behalf of Commissioner Mark Buell and Tom Smith. And I just want everybody here to know how proud we are as San Franciscans to be able to bring this event to TPC Harding Park. Got a proud history here. It's going to be a fantastic event. We will adopt this, embrace it and do everything we can.

Thank you to Hanwha and all the people that are involved on your side. Thank you to the LPGA. We're going to make this thing, like just knock it out of the park, promise that. But this course, this property has had a troubled history and it was brought back about 20 years ago. And the things that have happened since then, was it 25 years ago, Ron, it has just been amazing.

We are so excited to have the LPGA and the best players in the world to exhibit their game here at TPC Harding Park. It's going to be fantastic. And we are just -- I lay awake at night turning and tossing about how we're going to make this thing better and better and better. It's going to be fantastic.

The two of you, thank you for being here today and thank you for helping us to promote the event. It's going to be fantastic. We're so excited to have this thing back.

And Mollie, thank you. Thank you for including us.

And to Hanwha and the chairman, I don't know where he went -- over here -- thank you, sir. Thank you for embracing San Francisco. Thank you for bringing it here. And thank you for investing in women's golf and investing in San Francisco.

We're happy to have you here and anything we can do to make it work for you and work for Hanwha and work for the LPGA, we're there for you. So thank you for being here.

THE MODERATOR: Thank you, Dan Dillon. Well said you've been an integral part of the great golf events that have been here in the city. Thanks for those words. With that, we're going to end our program.

Q. A question jumped in on the Zoom. This comes from Golfweek for So Yeon. Would you describe the atmosphere at Crown in 2018? Those were some incredibly iconic pictures.

SO YEON RYU: Yes, I don't think I ever had that experience -- I don't think I ever can create that kind of feel of game for the future. It was so special. To be honest, I was a little worried about it because golf is huge. Especially women's golf is huge in Korea.

And then we were going to be there as like a team competition. I was worried, what if my home fans only rooting for Republic of Korea instead of other countries as well. Ended up all of my friends, players who played International Crown in 2018 were so pleased to see all the golf fans. And then obviously they were so nice and they were rooting for everyone, but a little more like for us.

It was just crazy. Like I said that's my top three memory as professional golfers. And then I'm so honored and that I am so proud of myself to be able to create that kind of thing that I was a witness of how big of love we were able to get in Korea.

But I'm sure it's going to be like that in San Francisco here in 2023 as well.

THE MODERATOR: So Yeon went undefeated that year, and you paired nicely with In Gee Chun. You guys made a formidable duo, beat everybody that you came across.

So if any of you have any further questions about the event, please connect with Christina Lance or Gee Han (phonetic) from the LPGA team. And mark down May 4th through 7th next year down in your calendars for the Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown at TPC Harding Park. Put that in bold. Can't wait to see you all then. I'm really excited to be back here and be walking the fairways and calling the golf.

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