Q. How did it feel to make the cut ahead of a major week?
PATTY TAVATANAKIT: Just so much in life right now, and I feel like being able to do that today, these conditions, this is my job, it's my career, like doing it (through tears) I don't know what I did out there, it was pretty amazing to come back. I didn't feel like I was going to do that this morning. But you know, it's in me and I found it today. So really glad I was able to do that.
Q. 76 and 66, you found something out there. Do you know what it was or was it just sheer grit?
PATTY TAVATANAKIT: Just pure commitment. I didn't over the shot I didn't think about anything. I was just really empty. Just the feeling of letting it go and play golf and really found myself out there and I was having fun.
Q. Did you at any time think that you would make the cut -- or has that been a feeling you've had for a few weeks?
PATTY TAVATANAKIT: Sure, I had a rough stretch there but I kept telling myself to keep it going and when your golf is not going well ask your personal life is not going well, it just adds up emotionally. But to be able to do that today, really just helped with everything and it's like a lull after a storm and just to see that -- very touching.
Q. You kept really strong the whole day and kept it together till the end. What was your mindset through the round?
PATTY TAVATANAKIT: Just taking it shot-by-shot and just kind of whatever I was feeling, I remind myself that at the moment in time, either good or bad, so just really kept me going.
Q. And there's 12 Thais in the field. Do you think making the cut this week, it's very special, you have a lot of friends around you but how does that feel?
PATTY TAVATANAKIT: It's good to walk off the course with a 66 and making the cut after a rough opening round but there's still some work to do out there on the weekend. I'll probably take it day-by-day from now and see how it goes because I feel like I found myself out there but I don't know if I'm going to be able to repeat that. Just stay humble and remind myself that everything was just a moment in time, whatever I'm feeling.
Q. And is there anything you do particularly to sort of prepare and adjust to links golf?
PATTY TAVATANAKIT: Just keep doing what I've been doing. Just kept believing in myself and that was the big thing, because I feel like a lot of times I question the things I do just because of the result. But at the end of the day, you keep believing in what you're doing, and it really did show today.
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