Q. All right, joined now by Esther Henseleit after her first round here at the Mizuho Americas Open. Just take us through the round. Solid 5-under from you.
ESTHER HENSELEIT: Yeah, really good off the tee. I think I actually hit all the fairways today. Not my best ball striking day with the irons, but I putted very good. Like probably the best putting day I ever had.
I really like the greens here and they just kind of feel like -- a bit like home. Really solid day.
Q. So leading to my next question, what do you think about Liberty National and how does it suit some of your strengths? Obviously you said the greens are comforting. What else about this course suits your strengths?
ESTHER HENSELEIT: Well, I think it's a ball-strikers golf course for sure. It's pretty tight off the tee on some holes and you definitely have to hit it into the right spots on the greens to give yourself some chances.
But, yeah, overall I really like it here. As I said, the greens kind of feel like home. Grass is just like we get in Germany most of the time.
So I really like it here.
Q. How much did last week kind of help maybe hone in on some of that accuracy with the lava and everything last week in Utah?
ESTHER HENSELEIT: Yeah, last week was great. I played good, and it's always fun to come off a good week and kind of keep that momentum going.
Q. Yeah. Obviously a very unique week here with the AJGA players playing. What do you think about that opportunity for them and have you gotten to connect with any of them?
ESTHER HENSELEIT: I think it's a great chance for them to kind of see how we're playing, just the course set up we play week in and week out. It's a great chance for them, especially on the weekend, to get paired with the LPGA players and hopefully learn something and hopefully we can kind of show them around a little bit.
I've not got meet anyone yet but the last two years I really enjoyed sharing some stuff with the juniors.
Q. 100%. Last one from me. Obviously we talked to you a ton last week at Black Desert. Here you are again, another solid start. What's maybe working really well for you right now?
ESTHER HENSELEIT: I mean, I think my putter is just doing really, really good at the moment. Kind of last few weeks had some bent grass greens which always suits my eye. Yeah, just trying to keep that going.
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