Q. Here with Lindy Duncan who had a heck of a round today, 4-under 68 out here. Got off to like the hottest start I think of anybody today. Three birdies in the first three. What was going through your mind the first few holes?
LINDY DUNCAN: They were good iron shots. I hit them really close. Yeah, I had 15-footer; made it on the first hole. Then I had a three-footer and then a seven-footer.
So, yeah, sticking them pretty close, setting up good drives, and then having pretty short irons in. Maybe like 9-irons, 8 irons for all those.
Q. I know obviously hot start on the front, 5-under. How do you keep your patience on the back nine when things weren't really not dropping, but wasn't really there like on the front?
LINDY DUNCAN: Just didn't hit it as close so I didn't have any super gimmes. Last two holes hit them pretty far from the hole, and out here on these greens it's really hard to get it close.
So I think that's just the difference in kind of just in between numbers. Like even here on the last you're trying to land it basically where the pin is, and it wasn't a great number. Then the wind died. The wind kind of was coming and going a little.
So I just think it's a fine line.
Q. What did you see out here? What have you seen at this golf course this week that's really suited your eye? Obviously played pretty well today.
LINDY DUNCAN: Yeah, I think just hitting good drives sets me up for good approaches. Then just trying to have good feels with my approaches, and then once you get on the greens, you have to be patient because the greens are some of the trickiest greens I've played on.
Just understand and accept there will be some tough putts.
Q. What do you do in that scenario? Are you just picking quadrants, trying to find the flattest part of the quadrant where the pin is at?
LINDY DUNCAN: Yeah, that's exactly it. Totally playing for the quadrants and mostly just the middle of the quadrants. It gets tricky when you're in between. Long is super no good.
But like on a hole like this where there is trouble short you kind of don't have much of a choice. That's a shot I really want to work on over the off-season, is taking some off and still feeling like I can really control my club face.
So that's something that I definitely am going to work on. On a course like this you just have to have your distances dialed in.
Q. We saw you play some really solid golf late in the LPGA Tour this year. Coming here, to fire this kind of round today, obviously nerves will be higher on day one of week two.
LINDY DUNCAN: Yeah.
Q. Does this settle you at all? Put you in a good spot where you're like, you know what? I've seen this golf course. I've played well. Let's go.
LINDY DUNCAN: Yeah, I'm trying to convince myself of that just up to this whole point, feeling settled, like I've improved, I'm on a better track, and whatever happens, you know, just feel good.
Because I'm in such a better place than I was last year or even the year before, so know that the improvements are coming, good stuff is coming, and just be patient about it.
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