Q. So a 2-under round today, 8-under total. How did it feel walking off that last green?
LAUREN HARTLAGE: Yeah, it was good. I felt like I played well today. My ball striking has been really well. Giving myself a lot of good birdie chances, so that's kind of nice out here.
Giving yourself birdie looks I think is really important.
Q. And then obviously two weeks, eight rounds, a lot of golf.
LAUREN HARTLAGE: Uh-huh.
Q. How do you stay positive through the up and downs knowing how much golf is left?
LAUREN HARTLAGE: Yeah, definitely it's a long eight days of golf over the two weeks, so you just kind of got to take it day by day and shot by shot and just realize there is a lot of golf left.
If you hit a bad shot, plenty of time to make it up and don't get in your head too much.
Q. And then obviously the goal at the end of being here is an LPGA Tour card.
LAUREN HARTLAGE: Uh-huh.
Q. What smaller goals do you set for yourself to kind of lead up to that bigger one and focus on those instead of the overarching...
LAUREN HARTLAGE: Yeah, I think for me, things that I can control are things that I want to put goals on, because I can't control at the end of the day what happens, but I can control my mindset and how I approach each shot.
Kind of staying in the present and staying in the moment are kind of the goals that I have going through this week.
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