Q. Welcome back to the interview area. Sei Young Kim, even par, current clubhouse lead. How do you feel about your round?
SEI YOUNG KIM: Oh, it's a tough golf course out there. It's windy, and then my teed off early in the morning and then temperature little cool down, so feel like a little longer the first six holes.
But I kept the patience, and even though I made a bogey mistake, I tried to keep the patience, and just waiting for the opportunity.
Yeah, the par-5s are reachable, so it's good chance to make birdies. I couldn't make birdies today, but I had a good couple shots and I was able to finish strong.
Q. Can you talk about that birdie on 17.
SEI YOUNG KIM: Oh, yeah. Right after the bogey, I was little upset. I was like then didn't think too much, and it was a little into the wind, and to the pin was 170 meter about, and I hit the 5-iron. It was like a right to left ball flight. Yeah, it was make the like four feet. Yeah, so I made it.
Q. Do you feel like the course got easier or harder as the morning progressed?
SEI YOUNG KIM: I feel like it's not easy. It's really difficult. But I played in 2015, the U.S. Open, but I feel like familiar, but I have to keep every hole like fairway, and then greens are really slopey. It's not easy. It's like a good U.S. Open.
Q. Is it hard mentally to shift from wanting a lot of birdies to being happy with a lot of pars?
SEI YOUNG KIM: Yeah, some holes, even like the pars I feel like, oh, yeah, I made the par. Some holes par is best, yeah.
Q. This is apparently going to be the question of the day. What did you do on 12?
SEI YOUNG KIM: That hole like kind of front of the group still on the teeing ground, so I can see how they play. A then couple players kind of short and they got in the water, which means it can be really strong into the wind up there.
So I tried to hit five yards extra distance, so, yeah, I was able to make the par easier.
Q. What club?
SEI YOUNG KIM: 7-iron. I was thinking about 8-iron, but after seeing what they hit in, I changed clubs. It helped.
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