Haeran Ryu reacts to winning first career major at KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Haeran Ryu broke down her winning performance at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship; the first major victory of her career.
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Our champion is on set.
Here she is.
And we just saw you get drowned in champagne.
I can smell it.
You smell like a champion, Hae-dan.
As you sit here right now, what are your emotions?
yeah, I was so surprised on the last hole because a lot of players waiting for me, and then a lot of champagnes for me.
And then it feels like just a little drink.
But I, I so happy to celebrate with my friends.
Mm-hmm.
So watching you today, you looked so calm.
This is your first major win.
W- were, were you calm?
Were you Or were you Was there any nerves in there?
I was so nervous.
But I try a couple times to the major champion, but it was so hard to get a win.
But today I just think about it like, this is not my win.
And then the weather is pretty hard and windy, so everybody feels same as me.
So that's why I just think about it, play on my game, and then, yeah, it works today and then pretty good.
I'm so happy right now.
It, it looked to us watching that you switched the mindset.
You struggled early, and then all of a sudden you made birdie- after birdie.
Yeah.
What did you tell yourself to do that?
yeah, the beginning of the round, it was it's bad.
It start a bogey and then a bogey and ag- bogey again.
So I just think about it, like, "Oh, again I cannot get a win for the major."
But after that, I saw the re- leaderboard, but I just stayed on the top.
So I just think like, I just thought, "Oh, I think, is it possible to get win?"
and then I just more con- and I think in more confidence and more trust my shots.
And, and I think it's a little bit lucky for me because the wind is a little bit down than the beginning of the hole.
So that's why I makes a lot of birdies after couple holes.
So, yeah.
So you're saying you, you saw the scoreboard.
Mm-hmm.
Was there a point today in your round that you thought to yourself, "Hey, I can win this.
I can be a major champion"?
Yeah, right.
So, because every tournament always I check the leaderboard because I always planning on my head, so planning on my head, and then how can I play well, and then how can I go to up.
So that's why I saw the leaderboard every round, so that it works every day.
