U.S. Women's Open

Thursday, July 6, 2023

Pebble Beach, California, USA

Pebble Beach Golf Links

Annika Sorenstam

Quick Quotes


Q. Stepping on to the first tee today, expectations for the week? How did it feel?

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: It was great to be on the first tee. It was a little misty, a little cool, because it was an early start. Like I've said, it's great to be here and just soak up the atmosphere. Lots of friends, a lot of support. Yeah, I was excited to play.

Q. How did the course play compared to what you were expecting?

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: You know what, I think it's a great golf course. I think it's a really fair setup. It's tricky. I just made it really tricky for myself today. I really did not hit the ball well off the fairway at all. I think I hit one fairway overall, and you can't score on this course, especially with my distance, it makes it really difficult. So I'm disappointed in that, but I fought really hard. I thought I made some great saves. It sounds funny when you have this score, but I did.

Q. Big crowds with Michelle and In Gee. How was that?

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: Loved it. Appreciate the support. Nice for people to come out and be out here, and I enjoyed my pairing very much.

Q. Anything you'll work on today going into tomorrow?

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: I need to hit fairways, so I probably have to hit a few shots on the range. I've been hitting it well, I just really don't know at this point what it was, but that's golf.

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