Q. All right, Lucy, welcome to Northern Ireland. Just out of curiosity, have you ever been in this neck of the woods before?
LUCY LI: No. I've only been to Scotland, which is not the same thing. But I'm very excited to be in Ireland for my first time.
Q. When you got that you were one of the sponsor invite this week, this is such a unique tournament, one of the mixed events we've had on tour, how excited were you to be able to tee it up this week here?
LUCY LI: Yeah, I was definitely super excited. I withdrew from a last week so he could get here in time. I was expecting it to be colder, but it's actually perfect weather I was surprised.
Q. As was I. My suitcase would say differently. Withdrawing from last week, you've had a stellar season so far on the Epson Tour before this event. What have the last couple months been like for you and the grind as well as the comfortability you're showing on the Epson Tour?
LUCY LI: Yeah, definitely felt good to see the results coming because I knew my game has been there for a while, so being able to put it together for two tournaments and get a couple of wins definitely felt really good. It was a great confidence booster for me.
Q. You are still quite young, but are you feeling like you're playing the best of your career, your young career so far?
LUCY LI: Yeah, probably. I'm always constantly trying to improve and be better, so definitely feel like I'm playing really well.
There is always things that I could be better at.
Q. Have you been able to see this course or have you seen the two courses that you'll be teeing it up this week?
LUCY LI: No, I haven't played this course yet. I played the other one yesterday, so I'm really excited to see this course. It's very beautiful grounds. I'm very excited.
Q. What do you think will be the key? Just saw you striping it on the range there.
LUCY LI: Yeah, I think it's just important to kind of keep doing what I'm doing, even if the stage is a little bit different.
I think that's really important, just to say in the moment and trust my game.
Q. Knowing where you are on the top of the Epson Tour race for the card right now, knowing that very most likely we'll see you out here, how much does an experience like this and past LPGA Tour experiences help when you're a sponsor exemption?
LUCY LI: Definitely, yeah, I was looking -- planning on playing a couple more Epson Tour event and looking more on the LPGA. Getting into this tournament and the Canadian in a couple weeks definitely kind of jump started that, so I'm super excited for next year and just kind of getting ready to go.
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