Q. All right, pleased to be joined by Patty after her first round at the JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro. 7-under 65 today. Briefly talk about your round. What did you feel like was going right out there today?
PATTY TAVATANAKIT: My ball striking felt really good today. Yeah, just a solid day. Made a lot of putts. Overall I'm pretty pleased. But, yeah, still got a lot of work to do I guess.
Q. And talk a little bit about this golf course. Ball striking is at a premium this week with the elevation changes and such. Can you talk about how important it is to be dialed in with your numbers?
PATTY TAVATANAKIT: Yeah, I think that's what I find hard to adjust coming back into like full season tournament play. When you stop for a while just kind of been working on your swing and stuff, but you just kind of, you know, not think about hitting the numbers.
I feel like I've been kind of building that ever since San Francisco, when we were there. I mean, I feel like my game has always been there. Just a little bit here and there is just kind of rusty.
But, yeah, just I kept working and I kept hitting on TrackMan, quad, just to see the numbers, spin rate, to pick the right shot for the right situation.
Q. You mentioned a little bit of rust. Do you feel like tournament golf is the best way to knock off that rust?
PATTY TAVATANAKIT: Oh, for sure. There is a lot of undescribable feelings of just playing tournament golf. It's just kind of -- it's different from playing at home or playing money games at home with your friends.
There is that competitive edge, but tournament golf I feel like a lot more is at stake. Yeah, just got to go out there and do it.
Q. Last one: Obviously still a lot of golf left to play. How nice is it to get off to a hot start and have that confidence for the rest of the week?
PATTY TAVATANAKIT: I don't know. Just we'll see how it goes.
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