Q. All right, I'm here with Jennifer Kupcho after her first round at Bradenton Country Club. Really good round today. Tell me about it.
JENNIFER KUPCHO: Yeah, I think it was pretty solid. I hit the ball pretty well. I think when I needed to not hit an iron shot as well it worked out, and when I needed to smash one, the ball went as far as it needed to go.
It kind of just was a day of everything was going right.
Q. I know we were just chatting about how you maybe didn't like this course as much last year. What were your expectations going into this week or how did you approach the course differently?
JENNIFER KUPCHO: Yeah, I think just in general I'm not as good on bermudagrass as other grasses, so I think kind of last year I learned a little bit more how to chip, how to just better course manage.
So I think I just took what I learned last year from all of the bermuda courses that I played how to play to this year.
Q. When you obviously are starting a new season, I know everybody wants to look back on the last year. How would you grade 2024 and how excited are you to flip the page into 2025?
JENNIFER KUPCHO: Yeah, I think 2024 was honestly, aside from the three wins, three-win season, it was one of my best seasons. It was the most consistent for sure of all my seasons, so I think just trying to like improve on that.
And I think really last year I kind of fell in love with the game more, so I think I'm just kind of like bringing that into this year.
Q. Where did you see that most, falling in love with it again? Was it just because of the consistency or you just enjoyed golf again?
JENNIFER KUPCHO: Yeah, I think just more enjoyment, focusing on having fun instead of like this is life or death. I mean, it kind of is, but really not, it really isn't. It's just a game, so really just trying to enjoy it and have fun.
Q. As you look ahead to this season -- obviously we're day one, round one -- as you look ahead to 2025, what are you hoping that you either improve upon or goals for the season?
JENNIFER KUPCHO: I don't really have any specific set goals. I think just continuing the consistency, continuing to be mentally strong and like improve in my mental game that I also started from last year as well.
So I think just continuing everything that I learned from the last year and bringing that into 2025.
Q. What did you see today that you liked that you'll build on over the next three rounds?
JENNIFER KUPCHO: My ball flights were all real good. I switched golf balls in the offseason, so just to see the consistency of the golf ball was really nice, especially in wind.
Q. What did you switch from and to?
JENNIFER KUPCHO: I switched to Titleist, the ProV 25, and I was the ProV 2021.
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