Question: Take us through your day.
Nasa: It was a disappointing day. There were lots of opportunities out there with some of the par 4 tees moved up. But I was only able to shoot three under.
Question: Talk about your game off the tee on back nine in particular.
Nasa: On back nine, I was missing my tee shots sideways, which left me very few opportunities. Even on the holes where I was able to set myself up for some chances, I either had a difficult line or wasn’t able to convert them.
Question: Elaborate on the difficult lines you had on the greens.
Nasa: Sure. My putts were never simple today. I kept landing on the part of the greens where I needed to be concerned about the speed or had a difficult line to read.
Question: Nelly Korda went very low today. Was it tricky playing with her because of her score?
Nasa: Not really. I was hoping that I would catch on with her momentum and play well myself but I wasn’t able to. It felt like Nelly scooped away all the bridies from us today.
Question: Talk about the weather and how you are combating the heat.
Nasa: It felt hotter yesterday than today. I heard some caddies wasn’t feeling too great yesterday. It could easily happen to me as I am trying my best to stay as cool as possible.
Question: Talk about your tee shots on front nine. It seems you were hitting lots of fairways.
Nasa: Well, I am hitting about 10% shorter off the tee than usual. They were not on the line that I was aiming for either. I feel that I haven’t been able to fully translate my strength to the tee shots, which resulted in leaving pretty lengthy second shots. Nelly beat me in those areas today.
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