Q. Here with Lilia Vu after round one at the CP Women's Open. Talk about the front nine first. It seemed you had a birdie on every other hole. How did you get off to such a hot start?
LILIA VU: I feel like this is going to sound like a broken record because I tell that you every single time, but I play one shot at a time. That's all I can focus on and that's what I did today.
Q. How do you prepare I guess like before the round?
LILIA VU: Before the round, I mean, honestly I've had this thumb injury. It's been kind of some sharp pain the past couple days. I was supposed to play 18 on Tuesday, but I only played until 12 and I took off because I just didn't want to hurt my thumb any more.
So warming up this morning I was trying not to hurt it more, but it was fine today.
Q. That's good. How have you been managing that? I see you have tape on? Other than that.
LILIA VU: Yeah, I've been seeing Alex inside, just him massaging my forearm, trying to get it loose.
Q. A lot of players today have been saying the back nine was playing a little easier than the front nine, but that didn't seem to be the case for you. What were you seeing out there on the front nine and on the back I guess? What was easy or hard?
LILIA VU: Honestly, I never really evaluated like which side was harder, which side was playing easier. I was just trying to birdie every hole, and if not, move on.
Q. What kind of shots were working for you today? I hear you have longer fairway shots, smaller greens.
LILIA VU: I think my approach shots were really good today. I had a couple tap-ins, so that helped. I don't think I made a lot of long putts, and, yeah I was just hitting it really close today.
Q. The par-5s seem to be playing a little longer today, except for that one on the 9.
LILIA VU: Yeah.
Q. How were you managing the par-5s? Did you think about those?
LILIA VU: I kind of based my strategy on par-5s based off where the pin is and where I want to have a shot in from, so couple of them I was like, I know this is going to be a layup shot.
9 I went for it but blocked it way right, so almost killed a couple people, but we managed with a par.
Q. You played this event before?
LILIA VU: I have not. This is my first time.
Q. What do you think about it? Not just the course, but like this event in general? It's pretty big.
LILIA VU: I think it's super fun. There is a lot of spectators coming out to watch Brooke and the other Canadian girls. 17 was different for me with all the slamming on the boards. That was different.
Hopefully I hit a better shot tomorrow so I can get a bigger board bang.
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