Q. I've never seen 18 pars on an LPGA scorecard. Not that I've paid super close attention outside of people that I interview.
STEPHANIE MEADOW: Yeah.
Q. Let's start with the 18 pars. Have you ever done that?
STEPHANIE MEADOW: I don't think so. I can't say for sure, but I don't think so.
Q. And then I know you obviously had grand hopes of not making yourself sweat out there.
STEPHANIE MEADOW: Yeah.
Q. You seem to like to do this to yourself, and then you come home with a fervor.
STEPHANIE MEADOW: Yeah.
Q. How much of a grind was it out there even to shoot a 70 and not think about all the other factors?
STEPHANIE MEADOW: Honestly, like I hit 16 greens I think today, and I hit it really close like all day. So I had a bunch of putts that were very, very much in birdie range and didn't make any of them.
Then I missed two greens and had 10-footers for par and I made both of them. Those were stressful; the rest wasn't.
Q. You had a really good finish here last year.
STEPHANIE MEADOW: Yep.
Q. Like a Top 5, Top 3.
STEPHANIE MEADOW: 3, yeah, yeah.
Q. I would imagine you saved some putts for tomorrow and you can rest on knowing what you've done here in the past.
STEPHANIE MEADOW: Yeah, for sure. I felt like I hit some good putts and had some missed reads today. I think the main thing is I hit it really well, so, I mean, it's not like I need to go to the range and figure out how to make birdies on the weekend. I just got to make some putts drop.
Q. Have you analyzed super closely or just kind of...
STEPHANIE MEADOW: A little bit. I think it just so much depends on -- you know, it's all over the place. I feel like when it was money it was easier to figure out. I feel like points are -- it's just hard to know.
There is a lot of girls here within a chance. There is two more days of golf left; a lot can happen.
I mean, one point behind Nicole, but who knows who is coming up behind. I'm just going to try and, I don't know, go as low as I can really and not leave it to chance, yeah.
Q. 18 birdies tomorrow.
STEPHANIE MEADOW: Yeah, that would be nice. Yeah.
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