Q. All right, joined by Ina Yoon here after her third round at the JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro. Phenomenal round from you today; nine birdies. What was working so well for you?
INA YOON: Today was really warm so my body is warm enough to hit aggressive, so I hit right at the pin. And Michael gave me a good number and then I made good shot.
Q. You were talking to me and Amy Rogers before going on the Golf Channel about how much Michael has been helping you. How long have you been working with him and what does he maybe do or say to help you out on the course?
INA YOON: We were together -- we have not that much time spend together, like three weeks, but I really trust him because he gave me a good information so I made the good shot and good putting. And I believe like 90%, almost 100%, so, yeah, he's always right, so, yeah.
Q. 8-under today. Did you see this coming in your game? Have you been getting better?
INA YOON: Yeah, my golf is getting better and better because I have good coach and good caddie. Spend time with golf a lot, and that's why my golf getting improved.
So, yeah, I can feel that my improve golf and life.
Q. There are so many low scores being shot this week. Is that because the course is shorter or because -- I mean, the greens look like they're difficult to read but you guys are making so many putts. What would you say is making the course so scorable for you?
INA YOON: I don't think this course is not easy. I think they play really good actually. Every player is so good, so they hit really low, low score, yeah.
Q. How is your putting -- you made nine birdies today. How has your putting been and did you make very many long putts today?
INA YOON: I had many short putt today. My second shot was solid. My second shot was good so I had a lot of chance. But I miss few putts but overall pretty good.
Yeah, overall make many birdies, so nine maybe, yeah.
Q. What would you say was your longest putt?
INA YOON: I'm not sure about like six meters maybe. Yeah, I can't remember them all.
Q. So you hit it really close?
INA YOON: Yeah, I did.
Q. There are a few young players like you up at the top of the leaderboard. Were you nervous at all today? Why are so many young players coming out and playing so well this week?
INA YOON: I have no idea about that but I was not nervous in the course. Yeah, in the course -- actually right now more nervous. (Laughter.)
Yeah.
Q. Can I ask you, how has it been adapting to being on the LPGA Tour, and what it's been like for you to kind of get to know the courses, get to know the other players? How has it been for you to go through that?
INA YOON: It's really fun. I love this place and I love to play golf. When I came here I was very excited to practice a lot maybe, yeah.
And I feel really free and right now I'm really focused on golf. Only golf. Nothing else. I really love this life now.
Q. Do you think you will be nervous tonight in preparation for tomorrow? You're pretty close to the lead. You're in the lead now. Do you think you'll be nervous tonight before you tee off tomorrow?
INA YOON: No. Next week is major. This is my first major in LPGA Tour, so just I want to prepare that next week and just try a lot of shot and chip shot. I'm not nervous. I'm not going to nervous tonight.
Maybe sleep well.
Q. You signed for a lot of fans out there. We saw all the fans with the Ina banners. How comforting or exciting is it to see so many people come out and support you?
INA YOON: Actually, they came from Korea so I feel very thankful. I can play well because of them, yeah. Last year many Korean fans cheering me a lot, so I can spend the good season last year, so I got energy from them.
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