YU LIU:
Q. Yesterday you said you focused on the putter. How did we feel we did with the putter today?
YU LIU: It didn't help that much. I still missed a couple bizarre like three-footers, so I think apparently the rabbit hole I went down yesterday didn't work.
I'm going to figure it out again for tomorrow.
Q. Still a bunch of birdies to keep you up towards the top of the leaderboard. Walking away first isn't necessarily the biggest prize. As you think about next year, what did today help you with?
YU LIU: Like I said, I felt like coming into this week my game is in a pretty good spot. I've been working hard on some things after the surgery. I am seeing a lot of good signs, which I'm very happy about. I'm excited for another good day tomorrow and for the off-season.
Q. In general, to know that you had that surgery in the summer and had to take that long break that I know you've never had that long of a break before from golf, what does it mean to you now to see the results of the last few weeks coming into fruition with a lot on the line this week?
YU LIU: Yeah, definitely I mean, it's Q-Series, everybody is playing with a lot of pressure, so I'm just like any other girl out here. But I feel like I'm just proud of myself for the way that I handled everything this year.
If anything, I feel like my game is definitely trending a lot better direction compared to late in the year where I struggled a lot with like pretty much everything.
But I'm glad things got turned around and really excited to get back out there next year. Hopefully.
Q. You don't want to jinx it and we've still got one day to go tomorrow. What will you focus on? Obviously you want to go work on the putter, like you said. Just in general knowing that it's only one day of this grind, what will you focus on tomorrow?
YU LIU: I know the weather is going to be tough, like we're going to play in the rain tomorrow, so definitely rain gear and a lot of dry towels and stuff. Also just mentally prepared knowing that it will be some new challenges tomorrow.
But at the same time be confident with my game. Just take it one shot at a time. I have Mercer on the bag and he's a good caddie. I think I just need to trust the team.
Q. Having Mercer, having worked with him before and he's worked with, you know, just in general what does his calming presence help with as you talk about a lot of pressure during Q-Series. Does he help in that instance?
YU LIU: Oh, 100%. Personality-wise he's just very low-key and very steady throughout the entire round. Like his mood never really fluctuates, doesn't matter what I do. I feel like we have the chemistry from the first two days. I played some amazing golf, something that I haven't seen myself for a long time.
But I feel like he's definitely a great help to my game where -- I feel like we get along well as a team, yeah.
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