◄ Inbee Park ►

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As a person, to inspire some young girls and give them something to look at and give them something to play for, I think is such a great position to be in. I'm glad that I can follow all of the great Korean players' footsteps.

I experienced American golf courses when I was younger and played a lot of USGA and AJGA tournaments.

I feel pressure, but my emotions just don't show that much in my face.

I feel the happiest when I'm at the golf course. And I feel calm when I'm on the golf course. I think I'm just a much better person when I'm on the golf course.

I have a mental coach in Korea, and I talk to her every week before the tournament, during the tournament and try to talk to her and try to get a little bit of the pressure off.

I just like to stay a little quiet and just do my own thing. If I win a little more, I think I'll get a little bit more attention.

I just love playing in major championships.

I think I'm really good at forgetting about golf when I'm off the golf course.

Outside the golf course, I feel the pressure, and I feel what everybody else is feeling. But on the golf course, it's just the golf ball and clubs. And when I have that, it just puts a lot of pressure off of me. It just makes me very calm looking at it, yeah.

Sometimes, all the interviews, those are the toughest thing for me, but once you really start to do it a lot and start to get used to it, I can find some fun in those parts, too. Because playing golf is the easiest thing for me, and that's something I'm so used to; that's why it was always easy.

Talking to my mental coach definitely helps. I talk to her every week. Yeah, I mean, she's been helping me a lot, too.

The first win came very quick, and I didn't know what it meant to win a major championship. I was a teenager, I was very young. I didn't know what I was doing. I just needed some time to get settled in on the tour.

There are calm Korean players and not calm. There are calm Western players.

This is what I love to do. And if pressure is something that comes with playing good golf, that's something a professional golfer has to handle.

Wanting more majors, wanting more wins, almost feels like I think I'm being too greedy.

When I'm off the golf course, I feel the pressure, but I try to concentrate on the golf course.

Whenever I'd go to restaurants, the main chef came out and was cooking for me, and he's asking me how the food is. I get, like, VIP service, so it's weird.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

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