Q. Joining me today after the third round of The ANNIKA drive by Gainbridge at Pelican is Lucy Li. Great round today. You went bogey-free. Could you just talk a little bit about it?
LUCY LI: Yeah, I think I just played really solid. I was good staying in the moment, being present. Just hit a lot greens and you kind of have to do that out here if you want to stay bogey-free.
Q. Do you think there was a key to your success today? Was it your putting? Is there anything you can point to?
LUCY LI: Yeah, I think I hit a lot of greens. I hit 17 greens and the one green I missed was like by two feet, so that was really nice.
I feel like I played better yesterday but I made more bogeys -- I made eight birdies and three bogeys, so I was just like -- yesterday I was like, I wish I would stop making so many bogeys. It was nice to have a bogey-free round today.
Q. When you're bouncing back from a round like yesterday where you played well but did have those bogeys, is there something you think about to keep yourself in it and motivated and even keel?
LUCY LI: No, it's just a constant battle in golf just being present. Everyone says it but it's easier said than done sometimes.
I feel like this week I've been doing a good job of it so far.
Q. How much does it mean to you to play well when you kind of need to play well?
LUCY LI: Yeah, I mean, definitely gives me a little bit of confidence. I've been honestly playing well for the past couple months. I just got -- had some great starts in Hawai'i and China and Korea and then I got really sick during Malaysia. Almost finished TFL there.
And Japan I was still getting over it. I am honestly still getting over it a little bit right now. So lost a little bit of confidence there. I think it was really just being sick and tired. So it's nice to see the game come back a little bit.
Q. And dealing with that, dealing with some jet lag. I didn't realize you were in Japan last week. How have you been proud of your ability to take care of yourself off the golf course knowing that you need to be in tiptop shape for what you're doing on the golf course?
LUCY LI: Yeah, just trying to get as much rest as I can. I'm the type of person who I love practicing, I love grinding, and so it's always a challenge for me to kind of balance that with rest.
I've just been trying to get myself to do that the past few weeks.
Q. 18 holes to go; penultimate event of the year always brings with it some stress. For you, what's the mindset and the game plan heading into tomorrow? Obviously you figured some things out about the golf course today.
LUCY LI: I think it's really important to stay present like I said and hit each shot at a time and sort of forget about anything that's happened in the past.
Q. One fun question to take your mind off of it. Holiday season is coming up. Is there a specific golf gift you got in the past that you really loved?
LUCY LI: A golf gift? Well, my brother bought me my TrackMan a few years ago right when I turned pro, so that was really nice.
I'm trying to think of something else. I've gotten those gag golf gifts where you're in the toilet and do a putting thing. Those are always funny.
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