Australia's Kevin Yuan leads American trio in Beijing

Quotable

"This is my fourth time playing the course, so I have a lot of experience. There are a couple tough par-4s, where you have to keep it in the fairway, and I just tried to focus hard on those holes." – Kevin Yuan on having played the course multiple times

"At the beginning of the year my aim was to be in contention and give myself some confidence that I can compete with some of these guys because every time I can see that players are going so low and I'm missing out by so much. I just want to be in contention and see what happens after that." – Kevin Yuan

"[Thursday], I didn't hit it as well as I did today and (I) didn't make a lot of putts, but I definitely made a lot of putts today and played pretty well." – Ryann Ree

"Today the pin positions were very accessible, and there was no wind this morning, so it was very getable." – Ryann Ree

"In the off weeks I played golf pretty much every day. Before coming to Beijing, I played 18 holes every day, and I got a lot of practice in so I think that definitely helped." – Ryann Ree

"I started off with 10 pars, so that was a little frustrating to begin with. But I stayed patient, and that really helped me. I had early opportunities but didn't convert, but then I started making some birdies." – Matthew Negri

"The pin was front-left and I hit driver and went for it and missed it a little left of the green but was able to chip in for eagle. That really started things off, and I made more birdies on the back (nine)." – Matthew Negri on his 18th-hole chip-in

"I know I can make a lot of birdies out here, and I've been driving it well so hopefully I can keep giving myself chances." – Matthew Negri

"By the end of the year I would like to be top 10 on the money list and try to win an event. This one would be nice, but there are a lot of events so a lot of opportunities." – Matthew Negri