Riviera Maya Open

Sunday, 3 May 2026

Mayakoba, Quintana Roo, Mexico

El Camaleón Golf Course

Chella Choi

Quick Quotes


Q. Here with Chella Choi after the final round of the Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba. Awesome round today. Saw your greens in regulation was up today. Do you think that is what stood out most to you?

CHELLA CHOI: Yeah, I feel like wind is a little less than last couple days so I have a confidence in my swing. So I missed a lot yesterday, so I think about positive thing and I trying to for myself and do my best, yeah.

Q. And can you talk about being out here? You've made a handful of starts this year. Last year played at BMW. What's it like to be out here on Tour again?

CHELLA CHOI: I didn't play last couple year but I feel like only offseason, like only two months and I come back. Like I feel pretty same. But people really change, but feel like same rule and same golf course and I very excited to play, come back to here.

Q. What's it been like coming back to things with a kid? How have you felt like you adjusted?

CHELLA CHOI: I really want to (indiscernible) with my baby, but, you know, age two start academy, so he's so busy than me. So, yeah, sometime like when he got time like come to here, but not now.

Q. Have you been keeping in touch with him, I'm sure, while be have been traveling?

CHELLA CHOI: Because when I play here, when I with (indiscernible) with like my whole family support for me, and manager, caddie everybody is support to me. But if I (indiscernible) with my baby, it's very tough. Only focus for my baby. I think (indiscernible) to him, so that's why I (indiscernible) myself and my baby stay with his father and he staying Korea.

Q. Do you think you approach golf any differently since becoming a mom?

CHELLA CHOI: One second. (Through translation.) You know, I feel a lot of different, you know. Like more positive think than before. Before like bad shot I stress for a lot, but now when I hit miss, it's okay because after play I can see my baby and I can trying to positive think myself. So it's little different, yeah.

FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports
167038-1-5464 2026-05-03 20:38:00 GMT

ASAP sports

tech 129