Q. Okay, here with Ruixin after the first round of the Buick LPGA Shanghai. Can you just talk about what felt like stuck out to you today in your game?
RUIXIN LIU: I mean, I think I did pretty good today overall, despite I arrived Tuesday at 3:00 a.m. in the morning. I'm still a little jet lagged.
The is swing okay. My driver wasn't the best, but luckily a lot of putts dropped today.
Overall very satisfied.
Q. Can you talk through why you arrived Tuesday at 3:00 a.m., what happened there?
RUIXIN LIU: I play Honolulu, so I depart Sunday morning. I had almost eight-hour layover in Japan and I have to switch airport. By the time I get to airport Shanghai it's 1:30 so; by the time I get to the hotel it's like 3:00.
So it is what it is.
Q. Yeah.
RUIXIN LIU: Yep.
Q. Talk about if that affected your mindset coming into this week.
RUIXIN LIU: No. I had fun on both my flight and I had a lot of good food when I was in Japan, so overall I'm not going to complain. Yeah.
Q. And the driver you mentioned too, not hitting it the best. How does this course maybe -- doesn't matter as much out here.
RUIXIN LIU: I mean, the first two driver I hit today ended up both in the bunker, and I was okay to just hit it on the green to save, but I think from the jet lag I'm a little tired. That's why my driver is going both direction, not just one way.
So hopefully tomorrow I can do a little bit better job with my driver.
Q. Anything else in your game that you've been working on or want to call out?
RUIXIN LIU: No, I think my up and down has been pretty good today. Only bogey I had was a three-putt, so my chipping has been pretty good, and two of the par-5 that I had birdie on was up and down, so pretty happy with that, too.
Q. Can you talk about the end of the back nine, that kind of...
RUIXIN LIU: Like my front nine?
Q. Yes, the birdies you had.
RUIXIN LIU: My front nine, right?
Q. Yes, your front nine, the back nine.
RUIXIN LIU: So just the putts dropped. I had ten yards putt that was on -- I think 13 yards putt that was on hole No. 11, and then both par-5 I was able to get it really close to the green.
On 18 I just hit my 7-iron to two feet, so, you know, yeah, very happy.
Q. And then lastly, can you just speak to being in China and being able to play here this week and what it means to you?
RUIXIN LIU: Yeah, I'm thrilled to come back home and have my hometown food and I have hometown fans cheering me on. I'm just very happy to be back.
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