Q. Joining me here today after the second round of the The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican is Charley Hull. Another good round today. Put yourself in contention. What are you looking forward to on the weekend?
CHARLEY HULL: Yeah, I felt like I played pretty good today. Missed one small putt but played pretty well. And then i got a flier on 17 just out of the green, but I played pretty solid; didn't really hit a bad shot there.
I hit a really nice putt on the last and thought I had it for birdie, but these greens are pretty slick. You just got to be patient.
Q. Can you take us through your travel woes to get here?
CHARLEY HULL: Yeah, so I just had to renew my visa last week because I have two passports, so we sent it off and then it just took a little bit longer than we thought. It got accepted and then so we just applied for it with my other passport but my agent didn't do it until the Sunday and I was like, surely it should've been done Friday, whatever, and it took a bit longer.
So I couldn't fly Monday and I had to fly Tuesday and I got a bit sick in the pro-am, so I just pulled out of the pro-am so I just winged around the golf course this year. It's not been too bad.
Q. When did you actually arrive?
CHARLEY HULL: Tuesday night. No. Yeah, Tuesday night.
Q. What's the key to basically starting a tournament cold without seeing the golf course and when is the last time you've done that?
CHARLEY HULL: I do practice a lot at home and I play so always keep my game kind of consistent. Like I don't come out to a golf event to practice and find my game. Like I don't ever take time off at home, so it wasn't like necessarily like I was under-prepared in that sense. It's just not getting used to the grass and stuff.
So I was playing pretty well at home and I've been playing pretty well, so it wasn't too much of a shock to the system.
Q. Charley, I know you said these greens are a little bit slick, slicker than the past couple seasons. How have you adjusted to the greens complexes?
CHARLEY HULL: I'm still adjusting, but I'm doing a pretty good job. Obviously the greens are pretty slow in the UK at the minute. But, yeah, just take a few more days, but I feel like I am putting pretty well.
Q. What mentally goes into that switch when you don't have the time to really get yourself used to the grass?
CHARLEY HULL: You just kind of just play golf. Like I go back home and play golf courses I never played before and shoot a couple under, 5-, 6-under, do you know what I mean? So it's no different.
I have played this in the past. I came second last year. It's getting used to the grass, especially with a scorecard in your hand and it's a tournament. E.
You just go out there and just trust your swing and hit good shots. At the end of the day every golf course is a fairway and a green, so just hit it down there.
Q. You mentioned you have played here a few times, so it's not like you have to learn the golf course. It's just minor adjustments.
CHARLEY HULL: Yeah, just little bits. In England at the minute it is quite slow and soft and wet, so you're just hitting aggressive chips. Where here you got to be delicate hitting chips. We don't have this grass in the UK so it takes a little bit of time to get used to that. I've done pretty good.
Q. Did the illness come about as you were traveling?
CHARLEY HULL: No, it was just literally Tuesday morning. Got up and felt a bit sick. I just think I needed to rest that day, and I did. I'm sorry, Wednesday morning in the pro-am day I felt sick and I thought you know what, go in, rest, regroup tomorrow.
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