LPGA Corning Classic
Corning Country Club
Corning, N.Y.
May 27, 2007

Final-round leader quotes: Young Kim | Paula Creamer | Mi Hyun Kim

Young Kim Becomes Fifth Rolex First-Time Winner this season with Corning Classic Victory
Kim wins career-first title by a three-stroke margin over Creamer and M.H. Kim

The road one takes to her first victory on the LPGA Tour is not always an easy one, but in the case of five-year veteran Young Kim, it was definitely worth the wait. South Korea's Kim (68-64-68-68=268) claimed a three-stroke victory over fellow South Korean Mi Hyun Kim (68-67-66-70=271) and California's Paula Creamer (66-68-66-71=271) Sunday afternoon at the LPGA Corning Classic in Corning, N.Y., becoming the Tour's fifth Rolex First-Time Winner this season.

Kim's first victory was something that she had long waited for, but when the moment finally arrived, she was so overcome by emotion that she was blind to her fellow South Korean players who were sneaking up behind her with congratulatory showers of soda.

“I was crying at the time, so I couldn't see them,” Kim said. “If I saw them I will run out.”

However, running wasn't something Kim could do from M.H. Kim and playing partners Creamer and Beth Bader (65-66-69-72=272), who battled for the $195,000 winner's check all day long. Kim, Creamer and Bader entered Sunday's finale at the Corning Country Club in a three-way tie for the lead, with both Kim and Bader seeking their first wins on Tour. After carding four birdies in her first seven holes, it appeared that Kim was ready to runaway with the lead, as she held a one-stroke lead over Creamer before teeing off on Corning's eighth hole. Until the that particular, a par-4, 363-yard hole on Sunday afternoon, Kim had recorded just two bogeys through 61 holes, but back-to-back bogeys on eight and nine put Kim in a two-way tie for the lead with Creamer.

“After that, I thought, oh, maybe win not to me this time. I just try to keep calm, but I couldn't calm down. After that I try to make a birdie just to make two birdie,” Kim said.

After M. H. Kim took a two-stroke lead with birdies on 10 and 12, Creamer snuck into sole possession of second with a birdie on 12. Kim waited four holes after making the turn before notching her fifth birdie of the day on the par-5, 510-yard 14th holes, which M. H. Kim and Creamer each bogeyed. M.H. Kim went on to bogey the 16th hole, and with Kim's final birdie at 17 and Creamer ending her round with a bogey on 18, Kim found herself at the top of the leaderboard following 72 holes of golf for the first time in her five-year LPGA career.

“I feel really great, and actually I cannot believe it. Unbelievable. Feeling like I cannot say anything because too much good,” Kim said. “After win everything is more confident to me. It really give me more confident. So I think everything is better because I now have victory.”

Bader lingered near the top three positions on the leaderboard all afternoon long, flirting with her first victory as well. A double bogey on hole 18 cost her a three-way tie for second place with Creamer and M.H. Kim, but was enough to tie her for fourth place and mark a career-best finish.

Creamer and M.H. Kim were both looking to become the Tour's second multiple winner this season, after world number one player Lorena Ochoa captured the Sybase Classic Presented by ShopRite last week in New Jersey. Creamer won the LPGA's first official event of the season, the SBS Open at Turtle Bay, and M.H. Kim won more recently at the SemGroup Championship Presented by John Q. Hammons.

“It's obviously very disappointing,” Creamer said. “I felt like I had been playing good all week, and today it was just a very interesting day. It's just unfortunate, but I learned a lot. I wish we could play this round over again, but I grinded the whole way through. That's the biggest thing. I fought through it and I stayed strong.”

M.H. Kim, who crossed the $7 million mark ($7,019,785) in career earnings with her runner-up paycheck, agreed with Creamer.

“Second is still good, but I feel a little sad, upset about that. Young Kim, she's number one practice hard player, even Korean. She was here maybe six years but she never win even when practice hard. So I'm very – I'm upset with my putter, but I'm happy that she win this tournament.”

Final-round leader quotes: Young Kim | Paula Creamer | Mi Hyun Kim

Final-round notes

Kim is season's fifth Rolex First-Time Winner. Young Kim carded all rounds in the 60s to record a three-shot victory over three-time Tour winner Paula Creamer and eight-time Tour winner Mi Hyun Kim to become the season's fifth Rolex First-Time Winner. Kim joins Silvia Cavalleri (Corona Championship), Meaghan Francella (MasterCard Classic Honoring Alejo Peralta), Suzann Pettersen (Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill) and Morgan Pressel (Kraft Nabisco Championship) in notching their first career victories on the LPGA Tour in 2007.

Davies crosses $8 million mark in career earnings. Laura Davies became the eighth player in LPGA Tour history to surpass the $8 million mark in career earnings when she tied for 11th at the LPGA Corning Classic. Davies took home a paycheck worth $21,514, and her current career earnings total $8,021,446.

Janice Moodie also notched a milestone on the LPGA career money list, as her T-19th finish ($14,725) propelled her over the $3 mark ($3,009,313).

In-Kyung Kim moves into second in rookie race with career-best finish. Rookie In-Kyung Kim shot all rounds in the 60s at the LPGA Corning Classic to record a career-best tie for fourth. Kim (67-69-68-68=272) moved up one spot into second place on the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year race with 180 points. Na On Min, who was in second place until this week, currently ranks third with 137 points after tying for 26th in Corning. Jin Joo Hong (80) and Irene Cho (69) round out the top-five spots, respectively.

D'Alessio and Hurst record final-round lows at Corning Classic. Diana D'Alessio (67-69-72-65=273) and Pat Hurst (75-66-68-65=274) recorded strong finishes at the LPGA Corning Classic, as both led the field by firing final-round lows of 65. For D'Alessio, the 7-under performance marked a career-low, after previously carding a 66 in last year's State Farm Classic.

In addition to carding a season low during Sunday's final round, Hurst also became just the fourth player on Tour this year to record multiple eagles in a single round, joining the likes of Lorena Ochoa, Laura Davies and Brittany Lincicome. Hurst recorded her eagles on the second and fifth holes of the Corning Country Club, both with lengths of nearly 450 yards.

Creamer leads U.S. points for Solheim Cup team. With her second-place finish at last week's LPGA Corning Classic, Paula Creamer climbed into the leader position for the U.S. Team Solheim Cup standings. Entering the 72-hole affair in Corning, N.Y., Creamer trailed leader Cristie Kerr (518.50) by just 2.5 points. Creamer's performance added 30 points to her Solheim Cup total, and she now leads all U.S. players with 546.00 points. The 2007 edition of the Solheim Cup will be contested in Sweden from Sept. 14-16. Rounding out the top five on the U.S. points list are Juli Inkster (450.50), Stacy Prammanasudh (417.50) and Pat Hurst (413.00).

Creamer, M.H. Kim move into top four in ADT Points race. With the first half of the LPGA Tour season coming to a close in just under a month, Paula Creamer and Mi Hyun Kim moved up the ADT Points list in hopes to qualify for the ADT Championship via the LPGA Playoffs 2007. Creamer and Kim each earned 102,669 points with their tie for second which moved Creamer into third with 496,405 points and Kim into fifth with 438,557 points. World number one Lorena Ochoa still sits at the top of the ADT Points list with 965,714 points while Stacy Prammanasudh ranks in second with 525,782 points. Both players did not compete in Corning. South Korean Jee Young Lee, who also didn't play in Corning this week, rounds out the top-five with 436,397 points.

Kim earns stay at Canyon Ranch. Young Kim is the 10th LPGA Tour member this season to earn an all-inclusive stay for two at a Canyon Ranch resort, after her win at the LPGA Corning Classic. In a combined effort to promote health and overall well-being among Tour players, Canyon Ranch will provide every winner of an LPGA event with one all-inclusive stay at one of Canyon Ranch's two destination resorts.

Final-round leader quotes: Young Kim | Paula Creamer | Mi Hyun Kim

Young Kim, 68-64-68-68=268 (-20)
Scorecard: Hole 2, 446-yard par 5: birdie – driver, 6-iron to 30 feet, two-putt
Hole 4, 355-yard par 4: birdie – driver, 52-degree wedge to 6 feet
Hole 5, 449-yard par 5: birdie – driver, 7-iron to 20 feet, two-putt
Hole 7, 152-yard par 3: birdie – 6-iron to 25 feet
Hole 8, 363-yard par 4: bogey – driver to left, pitching wedge into bunker, chip shot, two-putt
Hole 9, 364-yard par 4: bogey – 7-wood, pitching wedge over green, chip to 15 feet, two-putt
Hole 14, 510-yard par 5: birdie – driver, 6-iron, 52-degree wedge to 1 foot
Hole 17, 336-yard par 4: birdie – 3-wood, 8-iron to 2 feet

ASHLEY CUSHMAN: Young Kim, congratulations on your first win on the LPGA tour. You became the 5th Rolex first time winner this year, and you played four rounds in the 60s. How are you feeling right now?
YOUNG KIM: Well, feel really great, and actually I cannot believe it. Unbelievable. Feeling like I cannot say anything because too much good.

Q. Just everything was going pretty smoothly, and then you get to 8 and 9 with the two bogeys. Talk about your mental state there and just recovering and bouncing back.
YOUNG KIM: Well, beginning of the game everything was really perfect. Made 4 birdie and everything feeling comfortable. Then suddenly, birdie shot coming to me, then 2 bogey. After that, I thought, oh, maybe wind not to me this time.

I just try to keep calm, but I couldn't calm. Then finally I trying so saw Kimmy's score because I was tied second on No. 14, 13? Kimmy was first, so I thought, Oh, maybe if I get 2 more birdie I can have chance to win.

Then after that I try to make a birdie just to make 2 birdie. Then I had a birdie on No. 13, then I watch again scoreboard. Kimmy gets down and Paula was tied with I mean Paula first and then me and then Kimmy, and I second, so I try to just make 2 more birdie. I didn't think of Paula. I just trying to get birdie.

Q. What did you feel like after the birdie on 17? Did you know that you had pretty much clinched it at that point?
YOUNG KIM: Well, actually I didn't try to get the birdie on No. 17, because it was too windy and it's not easy shot.
My second shot was 183 yards left and wind was into us, into me. So I just trying to make 2 putt, but my second shot was really solid shot. I thought it was going into the hole, then easy birdie. That gave my easy birdie. After that, I can't do anything.

Q. Talk about your reaction from your countrymen when you did win and got the shower afterwards.
YOUNG KIM: Well, actually I was crying at the time, so I couldn't see them. That's why everything is to me showering. If I saw them I will run out.

Q. Why do you wear your hat so low?
YOUNG KIM: Hat so low?

Q. We can't see your face. Is there a reason?
YOUNG KIM: Why do I wear

Q. Low.
YOUNG KIM: Oh, low. Well, I just trying to normal, not trying to be well, actually, my hat is trying to protect from too much sun, because I don't want to old too early.

Q. When you look at the final leaderboard, you ended up winning by 3 strokes over Paula and Mi Hyun. But it obviously was, you know that's pretty deceptive. It was a lot closer than that. Were you surprised in the very end how relaxed the win was and that it was a pretty simple putt you had a 2 stroke lead there?
YOUNG KIM: Well, after knew 2 stroke with me I wasn't comfortable, because I knew this course everybody can make birdie easy and everybody can make easy double. Even on No. 18 tee box, actually, I didn't comfortable, because I just need birdie or par again, then make I mean, it's going to make so actually before the putting I trying to make a par. I mean, I'm not lose my everything thinking, keep concentrate.

Q. Just a follow up on an earlier question. Your South Korean players showered you. Talk about the camaraderie among the players here. The same thing happened to Mi Hyun a few weeks ago. Talk about the camaraderie among the Korean players here on Tour.
YOUNG KIM: Yeah. Well, when Kimmy win I wasn't there, because I played there so I go home early. Other players do same thing. So I think if Korean player win, other player every time shower of champagne or every time same thing, do that.

Q. Getting your first win, does that take a lot pressure off going into the rest of the season?
YOUNG KIM: Not really, because, well, every game I did well. I mean, some of the player after the win or before win play like missed cut and made cut and too much up and down.

But my game was consistently the same line, so I think it's after win everything is more confident to me. It really give me more confident. So I think everything is better because I now have victory.

Q. Does to make it any more special that you were able to hold off a couple of Tour's better players in Paula and Mi Hyun? To be able to hold them off and get the victory, does that bolster your confidence a little bit?
ASHLEY CUSHMAN: Do you want to rephrase it?

Q. Yeah. Paula Creamer and Mi Hyun are among two of the better players in this field. Does it help your confidence to go in kind of a final round showdown with them and you were the one that came out victorious? Does that help your confidence?
YOUNG KIM: Fortunately I play with Paula day one and day two, then I beat her. Then I know I can do that I can beat everybody, because Paula is one of the top player in the LPGA.

Then after round two I have a lot of confidence and, yes, I have a lot confidence. And then round three, well, many players names at the top. After that round, I mean I play well even third round, so and then I okay, I did well after third round and I knew play with Paula and Beth and I thought, Oh, I play with Paula before and I beat her, so I can beat her again.
So I was confident and I was a little bit comfortable with play Paula, even Kimmy, because they before I was No. 1.

Q. Did the growing crowds today add any nervousness to yourself?
YOUNG KIM: Actually too much concentrate. I didn't see crowd and I didn't heard any crowd. And then nice Corning people because somewhere if I play with Paula, or I mean American player, they just cheer for the American. But this Corning cheer up me, so it's help me a lot.

Q. How are you going to celebrate today?
YOUNG KIM: Big break. Calling to my mom and my friends and everybody thanks.

Q. What did they shower you with, champagne or soda?
YOUNG KIM: I think it's Coke, champagne.
ASHLEY CUSHMAN: I saw Diet Coke and Powerade.

Q. On 9 there was no penalty, right, incurred on that shot? You didn't get a stroke penalty. You were able to drop the ball.
YOUNG KIM: Yeah, yeah, it was a free drop.

Q. Did you feel that that might have helped you win this tournament, because if you had gotten a penalty there and gotten a double bogey that would have knocked you out of tournament?
YOUNG KIM: Yeah, I worry about penalty, that's why I call in ruler and I just follow him, so now clear. No penalty, ever.

Paula Creamer, 66-68-66-71=271 (-17)
Scorecard: Hole 2, 446-yard par 5: birdie – drive into right rough, 5-iron to front edge of green, made three-foot putt
Hole 3, 191-yard par 3: birdie – 4-iron to four feet
Hole 5, 449-yard par 5: birdie – driver went right and hit tree, 3-wood into right bunker, chip to six feet
Hole 6, 307-yard par 4: double bogey – 4-iron through fairway and hit tree and went right, 7-iron right, chip into fairway, missed seven-foot bogey putt
Hole 8, 363-yard par 4: birdie – 9-iron to 10 feet
Hole 12, 545-yard par 5: birdie – 58-degree wedge to five feet
Hole 14, 510-yard par 5: bogey – drive, second shot into right rough, 9-iron to back edge of green (45 feet), missed 10-foot par putt
Hole 18, 377-yard par 4: bogey – drive into left rough, punch to front of green, chip to five feet, missed putt

PAM WARNER: Paula, thanks for joining us again today. You started out with birdies early on and went back and forth with Young all day, but had some bogeys on the back nine and shot 1 under today and Young Kim came out with a win. Can you talk about how you played?

PAULA CREAMER: Well, it's obviously very disappointing. I felt like I had been playing good all week, and today it was just a very interesting day. I didn't really do anything good. I mean, I made some really good saving putts and good birdies at the beginning, but I just couldn't hit a fairway. Everything was right the whole day. I don't think I missed one shot left, left and if I did was it on accident.

It's just unfortunate, but I learned a lot, that's for sure. I want to come back again. I wish we could play this round over again, but I grinded the whole way through. That's the biggest thing. I fought through it and I stayed strong.

Unfortunately the biggest turning point of the day was on 14.

Q. Just talk about the roller coaster ride that was today. You and Young Kim were trading punches it seemed like all day.
PAULA CREAMER: Yeah, I know. Nobody was leading. Somebody would make a bogey and the other person would make a bogey and it would be like a flip flop.

It was just, you know, I really don't know what happened out there. I tried talking it over with Colin, my golf swing, with my caddie, and just couldn't get that confidence back after the second hole. I hit it to the right on that hole and ever since then it was just not happening.

But Young did play consistent, I have to give her that. She made maybe two bogeys. 8 and 9 were her only bogeys. That was a huge swing in that little section. But overall she just played a lot more consistent than I did today.

You can't make all the putts coming down the stretch. I was trying. I was grinding. It was a roller coaster ride, but I was definitely gutting everything out there.

Q. Two holes that probably cost you the tournament were 6 and 14. Were those mental mistakes?
PAULA CREAMER: Well, 14, that's just, you know, you don't miss laying up, you know, that's terrible. Missing the lay up shot with a 6 iron, that's no good on 14. But 6, I don't know what happened with 6. I hit 4 iron off that tee, and I did hit 4 iron off it two other days and I hit four rescue. That thing just went so far through the fairway. I wanted to hit an 8 iron but I went to a 7 iron and I probably didn't trust it and hit a tree. Lucky it stayed in bounds, but that's what happens.

Q. Did you have something in your swing that was causing it to go left?
PAUL CREAMER: Something is going on. Something is moving around. I mean, I tried. I tried everything I could out there. But, you know, just I kept thinking to my swing thoughts and nothing really clicked.

But to take second or tie for second after the way I played today, and being in contention a lot of the whole round, for me that's good confidence wise just knowing that my horrible day went that bad.

Q. On 17 you were only one back. Young Kim laid up. Yours took a bad bounce into the rough and she stiffed it two and a half feet. How demoralizing was that standing on 18?
PAULA CREAMER: That was hard after that hole. Because I had about I thought I hit a great wedge out of that was rough, and I guess I flew it too far and it went over. I made a great putt. That thing was almost in the hole.

I don't know how it didn't go in, but it was good. But that was difficult. You know, I mean, it's one of those things you probably hit 3 wood off that tee today but I hit driver because I felt like we have to give it a go one more time just for confidence wise.

But that was difficult. I mean, it's not over till it's over, but it was pretty hard right there.

Q. Second place on a course you've never played before is not too bad. Do you feel like you're set up for a return trip and making things happen next year?
PAULA CREAMER: Definitely. I'm going to come back. I want to win this tournament. I really do. All the fans are just so wonderful here. I think it's so nice playing in front of people who just want you to do so well and who are pulling for you.
It's difficult for me to have lost this tournament because of all the support from everyone. I think that's the hardest thing.

Q. What are the things that you liked about the course and about the community?
PAULA CREAMER: The course is in great shape. I mean, you missed the fairway and I learned fast that the rough is very thick and it's hard to, you know, work the ball from there.

It's not very long so you're not having 5 irons or chip outs out of it, but I just think that the community here is so supportive. They just love watching their golf and they love presenting such a great showcase this week. It was a great event, and hopefully I can come back many more years.

Q. Seemed to be setting up for a fantastic finish. You had 3, 4 players right in there, and then the last two holes could you believe that, you know, the way to finished, that it was a 3 stroke finish? Because obviously it's a little disappointing.
PAULA CREAMER: Sure, I feel like that. No, it didn't feel like a 3 shot win there. But, 17, I she hit an awesome shot there. That's a difficult pin and she was 150 out, so that's a pretty good birdie from back there.

But, I mean it's unfortunate. I mean, obviously I really wish I could have won this, but I just couldn't happen out there today.

Q. I'm not sure you're aware, but yourself and Mi Hyun are the only players in the field this week that have won this year and are on the Top 10 in earnings. Does that say where this Tour is, that, you know, a first time winner comes out on top and you two have to settle for second, I guess?
PAULA CREAMER: Yeah, I mean, there's been I mean, I think a couple times a double winner. I think only Lorena has done it twice this year. That's showing there's a lot of great players out there, and the depth of the LPGA is getting deeper and deeper. That's what we want to see, like the men's Tour. It just goes so deep.

Overall I think Kimmy and I were expected to do well, and I think when you have that little extra pressure self consciously you're not thinking about it but it's in the back of your mind.

I talked to her afterwards and she was saying, I couldn't putt. I said, I couldn't hit a fairway. So I was like, between the two of us we could do it. That's the way golf is going right now.

Q. When Young made bogey on 8 and 9 did you think that was a turning point since she didn't make many bogeys all week?
PAULA CREAMER: Oh, that was 8 and 9 was big. I mean, she made birdie on 7, and I swear, I told Colin I would have bet my life on that putt going in on 7.

From there I was 3 shots back. No, I was 2 and then 3 going into 8, and then we make the turn and we're right there.
But I think that was a very big swing besides the hole, 14. That was the other one.

Q. You seemed to like, right after 14 with your bogey, you came back and had a birdie putt attempt on 15 and lipped out. Was that a big moment for you in terms of your chances to get back into the lead?
PAULA CREAMER: That was huge. I mean, I saw her putt. I hit a great putt. It hit something. I don't know. I thought it made it like there's no way that putt goes left to right, it's right to left. But it went left to right for some reason, and, you know, I think that was a big just for myself a big momentum. You know, it just kind of died right there. I made a great save on the next hole which got it back up again, but my emotions were so much up and down.

Trying to hit under trees, it was a difficult round. I'm exhausted. I feel like I grinded so much out there. The best save ever was on 9 today, under a tree. But things like that, I just couldn't get any positive things happening near the end.

Q. How does the second place finish today set you up for the remainder of your season?
PAULA CREAMER: Well, it's good. Second is good at any tournament, you know, but obviously it's not a win. I wanted a win. But, you know, I feel very confident. You know, I'm going to my coach comes in next week, so hopefully I'll work with him off the tee with my driver and see what's happening with that.

But, you know, I feel good. I feel good going into the Major. My putting has been really good. That's something that's kind of been my nemesis for a while until I switched my putters. Now I have a lot confidence in that, so we'll see what happens but I do feel good.

Q. What again was your fairways today?
PAULA CREAMER: I was keeping track until I kept having zero, zero, zero. I had 1, 2 3 fairways on the front I hit, and I hit 3 fairways on the back.

Q. Obviously quite a contrast to yesterday.
PAULA CREAMER: 6 fairways out of 14, that's pretty bad. I think I got 14 out of 14 yesterday.

Mi Hyun Kim, 68-67-66-70=271 (-17)
Scorecard: Hole 2, 446-yard par 5: birdie – 6-iron short of green, chip to two feet
Hole 5, 449-yard par 5: birdie – 6-iron to 15 feet, two-putt
Hole 10, 364-yard par 4: birdie – gap wedge to five feet
Hole 12, 545-yard par 5: birdie – sand wedge to seven feet
Hole 14, 510-yard par 5: bogey – pitching wedge to 12 feet, three-putt
Hole 16, 310-yard par 4: bogey – second shot missed green right, chip to five feet, missed putt

PAM WARNER: Mi Hyun, thanks for joining us. You had a good round out there. A few bogeys toward the end, but 17 under and you finished second. Can you talk about the tournament this week?
MI HYUN KIM: I had good feeling this week before when I at tournament, you know, I feel like I can get win this week.
But my putter is not working today still, so I missed a lot of birdie chance. And then after birdie chance No. 14, then I have 3 putt and after that, a lot of bogeys.

And you know what, second is still good, but I feel a little sad, upset about that.

Q. Three weeks ago you came into the final round almost in the same position you were in this week. You were in second place behind a bunch of people and ended up winning that. Did you have the kind of feeling that it was almost set up the same way for you this week?
MI HYUN KIM: You know, three weeks ago, my putter is so my putter was very well, so I have at that time I had confidence when I play putting, or shots. I feel more confidence then, much confidence. But today even when I birdie at the Par 5, I have eagle chance at the No. 5, but I missed the putt. And you know I have too many birdie chance today but didn't make any putts, so I'm kind of a little upset about my putter.

Q. After the 3 putt on 14, did that kind of carry over to the rest of the round? Did that kind of put a cloud over your head?
MI HYUN KIM: Yeah. Because No. 13, you know pretty tough hole. The pin position is right side, back pin. But my second shot was very well. Every second shot was very well today. But that was only 6 feet uphill putt, but I missed after I missed that, you know, I'm kind of a little upset. And then No. 14, today it was my putting every time it was short, so even downhill putts. After 14, you know, that kind of a little downhill putt, I feel like I have to hit it. I have to hit it and then ball rolling over, over, and over, and next few putts, and next putt was short again.

Q. You talked about yesterday that you noticed your knee was feeling it. It was warm pretty much most of the day. Did your knee hold up pretty well throughout the day? Was that an issue?
MI HYUN KIM: I took the pill when I play, so it was a little help for me. But I don't know, it was lucky today in the weather was lucky.

My knee is a little bit better today.

Q. Just talk about Young went out and got her first career win today and you all went out and showered her. That same thing happened to you I think a few weeks ago. Talk about the camaraderie there is here amongst the Korean players.
MI HYUN KIM: Young Kim, she's number one practice hard player, even Korean. She was here maybe almost six years but she never win even she practice hard.

So I'm very I'm upset with my putter, but I'm happy that she win this tournament.

Q. Are a lot of the Korean players fairly close and kind of hang out together kind of root each other on?
MI HYUN KIM: Yeah, uh huh. You know, she's like kind of a little much younger than me, you know, 26, four years younger than me, so actually I'm not hang out with her. But still, like kind of we have a friendship with her.

Everybody, you know, we go to the movie theater or eat together and we go Korean restaurants. So when Korean people won tournament, we just try to do things.

Q. I'm not sure if you're aware, but yourself and Paula were the only players coming into this week who had won this season and were in the Top 10. Does that speak to the depth of the LPGA tournament, that you two were both in second and she kind of comes out and wins this tournament?
MI HYUN KIM: You know what, we never guessed who was going win, you know. We don't know who's going win. Even Paula play good; I play good. Young never has win, but we never know. Every week we never know. Everybody play so well in LPGA player, so everybody have a chance to win.

We you know, when we ceremony on 18th green Paula told me, you know, she only a few times she hit the fairway today.
So each day the condition is different and shot is different. You know, yesterday every time we can hit the fairway and next day we missed it like ten times the fairway, so we never know who's going win.

Q. Going into next week, are you going to work on your putter?
MI HYUN KIM: Yeah, I have to. I have to. Even my mind is, you know, not strong today. After missing a lot of putt my mind is like when I on the green, you know, I'm not strong with my putt.

Q. Do you think it was more mental than mechanical?
MI HYUN KIM: Kind of, because, you know, I missed a lot of slice putts, you know. So maybe mental is a problem.