Q. Andrea, stellar finish for you. Just take me through what this week has been like for you. I know your coach on the bag today on the final day. Overall the feelings you have after day four.
ANDREA LEE: Yeah, it's been incredibly special to have some of my family out here following, friends just around the South Bay and LA area. It's been great to have the home crowd. This whole week was kind of like a dream. I got in on a sponsor invite and just wanted to play the best I could.
Yeah, top 10 finish feels amazing.
Q. We've talked about over the last couple events with you, I mean that win on the Epson Tour, what that has done for your confidence, and then being able to show that in the last couple weeks. How good do you feel in your game after a round and a week like this?
ANDREA LEE: Yeah, game feels great. Feels like it's in the best spot that it's been. Last year I had a really rough year, and I think I learned and grew so much from just those experiences. In hindsight I think it was good for me and my golf game.
This week it's just a huge confidence booster, and hopefully I can continue that the rest of the season.
Q. Having your coach on the bag today, he's a head pro here, knows this place probably better than anyone. For you, how much did that help today kind of cooling any emotions or anything that you felt or helping you maybe -- I know dad was on the bag and dad is always nice on the bag, but how did that help you today?
ANDREA LEE: Yeah, super helpful. Jim knows this place like the back of his hand obviously. There were some reads out there yesterday that I felt like I just couldn't get down, so asked him to be on the bag today, and he definitely helped out there.
These greens are really tricky to read, and you got to make putts if you want to be in contention out here.
Yeah, he was a huge help. He's been a huge help the last few months, and I'm grateful to have him as a part of my team.
Q. You talked a little bit about it earlier, I think you just played your way into the Cognizant Founders Cup. That's the goal, to keep going and going. What will you focus on as you look into trying to get into the next few weeks?
ANDREA LEE: Yeah, just U.S. Open women's qualifier coming up I think in like eight days, so just preparing for that and getting ready for New Jersey I guess. I wasn't thinking about it until I saw that I was top 10.
Really excited about that. Definitely going to help in the reshuffle, which was the goal coming into this week. Yeah, the game feels great. It just shows I can be out here in contention and try to win an LPGA Tour event.
Just going to keep going.
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