Imada Finishes Tied for 3rd at Turning Stone Resort Championship

Oct. 5, 2008

Ryuji Imada finished out the weekend strong with two consecutive rounds of 69 to close out the Turning Stone Resort Championship at 7-under par 281 (72-71-69-69). Imada finished in a tie for third place, marking his fourth Top-5 finish this season. He has recorded five Top-10 finishes and 10 Top-25 finished in 2008, the best numbers of his career.

The finish earned Imada a $244,714 share of the tournament's $6 million purse, bringing his season total to $2,971,690 through 24 events, also a career-high.

Following the tournament, Imada took part in a PGA Tour Media session:

Q. With AK [Anthony Kim] over in Korea this week, you're taking charge of the flashy belt. It's very pretty. Describe that for us.
RYUJI IMADA: It's nothing compared to AK's.

Q. You got things going again. This is such a game of momentum, and you had things going really early in the year and then of course when you won in Atlanta. Been in a little slump lately, but looked like you started to come out of it last week to the TOUR Championship. You feel like you're into something now?
RYUJI IMADA: Yeah, I think so. I always struggle in the summertime for some reason. I don't know why, but in June, July, and August I seem to struggle every year. You know, it's October now, and in this cold weather I feel fine.

Q. You hit a ton of greens. That's got to be encouraging, because your putter has always been something you've been able to count on.
RYUJI IMADA: Yeah, especially the last couple of weeks. I found something last week that, you know, carried on to this week. Greens are so soft out here, so it's easy to hit greens as long as you keep it somewhere in the same distance.

Q. You're into the top 30 and you're everything next year. From a goal standpoint, is it, what, you want to win again before this year is over? What are you playing for?
RYUJI IMADA: Well, that's a big goal of mine, to get another win. You know, this is still a great tournament. I love coming back here and I enjoy it. You know, I look forward to coming back here every year.