Q. Is it any consolation to you now that we've added up the number to see that you bettered your age age again in this championship?
JOANNE CARTER: No, I shot my age. Added one. Not only that, I made six errors on the scorecard.
Q. What happened there?
JOANNE CARTER: We couldn't add right. (Laughter.) Had to go back and then we couldn't remember the hole.
Q. So it's officially an 82?
JOANNE CARTER: Yeah.
Q. Okay. How do you assess today as a whole then?
JOANNE CARTER: Not good. I got some back spasm out there and could not do what I wanted to do. let' see, I think I only missed like four greens.
Q. Wow.
JOANNE CARTER: So it was all putting. Three-putted a lot, and if I missed a green -- well, I made two doubles missing the green. Other than that, it was three-putting.
Q. What do you think about tomorrow? What would be a good...
JOANNE CARTER: Anything. (Laughter.)
Q. What would you be happy with tomorrow?
JOANNE CARTER: I should shoot 75 even if I putted halfway decent.
Q. When was the back first kind of becoming an issue with...
JOANNE CARTER: Before I played.
Q. Oh, it did?
JOANNE CARTER: Yeah.
Q. Okay, okay.
JOANNE CARTER: Yeah. (indiscernible) Checked me but we didn't have time.
Q. I see.
JOANNE CARTER: Then it started spasming.
Q. Do we need to let you get to some therapy right now?
JOANNE CARTER: It'll get there, yeah.
Q. What do they do for you?
JOANNE CARTER: It's out if alignment. I hardly ever get muscle spasms.
Q. All the reps before this championship, did you overdo a little bit maybe or...
You don't think so? (Laughter.) Is that possible?
JOANNE CARTER: I always say go until you die. Before the flag goes, yeah, wear yourself out.
Q. Any side bets out there?
JOANNE CARTER: No, not on this course. No.
Q. Maybe you need one for a drink. You said that usually helps.
JOANNE CARTER: Yeah, I don't know. I was so busy. Even if you got a tap-in you have to look at it. Even the tap-in can break.
Q. You made a lot beautiful putts out there.
JOANNE CARTER: I didn't make -- I made one birdie and I putted reasonable birdies, four or five holes.
Q. What was it like this trio that you had out there?
JOANNE CARTER: Oh, that was fun.
Q. Yeah.
JOANNE CARTER: Of course Ellen is hitting it the length that we would love to be. It just makes it easy.
Q. Yeah. Yeah.
JOANNE CARTER: She is 30, 40 yards ahead of us. Yeah. I'm going in with a hybrid. I'm wearing out the hybrids.
Q. How many hybrids do you carry?
JOANNE CARTER: Only two.
Q. They got a workout today.
JOANNE CARTER: Oh, every day. Every day. Every day.
Q. What are they, the hybrids?
JOANNE CARTER: I got a 4 and a 5.
Q. Is your caddie just a local caddie?
JOANNE CARTER: Yeah. Trevor, is an -- he's an Evans Scholar and he came here and worked here for two years. He just graduated from Michigan State.
Q. Oh, cool.
JOANNE CARTER: And so it was nice to have him. He can read the greens. I just didn't make nice smooth stroke. Sort of a jab and then it got weak. (Laughter.)
Q. I didn't see any cigarettes.
JOANNE CARTER: Oh, yes. Yes.
Q. Did I miss it?
JOANNE CARTER: Oh, I --
Q. I must have missed it.
JOANNE CARTER: Oh, yeah. The more I get aggravated...
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