Q. All right, joining me today after the second round of the FM Championship is Hannah Green. You had a great round today, but something that really stood out was that you, Jeeno, and Lauren ran the entire 18th hole to try to finish. Talk a little bit about how that happened, whose idea it was, just a little bit about that hole.
HANNAH GREEN: Yeah, so the 9th hole was our last hole today. It was a par-4, so that made it a little bit easier. I don't know who kind of said let's do it. I think it was probably Jeeno, and all of us completely agreed. Like we didn't want to have to wait for one more delay.
We were all slowly jogging and Jeeno was going quicker and we're all catching up and all the caddies ran as well. I think if we didn't run on that hole we would still be putting on the 9th green.
I am just glad it was a team effort and that everyone wanted to finish after already two delays.
Q. You mentioned that you had two delays in the round today. How do you stay in it and keep your mindset right after so many disruptions throughout your round?
HANNAH GREEN: Yeah, it was definitely tricky. I think once we came back out the first time the wind was swirly as well, so judging what was going to go on there. I think it was probably a good thing that I had a bit of time for my next shot when I returned.
Again, I had kind of a tricky shot out of the rough, and I think maybe if I had to try and beat the weather I probably wouldn't have used the same club. So actually ended up making a birdie so that was helpful.
That kind of kick started the form to continue. I felt like being stop-start I had a nice flow on the front nine and I just wanted to keep the momentum. When you have a delay, whether it's good or bad, it can hurt you.
Q. You hit 15 of 18 greens in regulation today. Do you feel like your short game is a really strong part of your game right now? Is that something you've been working on, or do you feel like it's a standout at all?
HANNAH GREEN: Yeah, my ball striking has not been that good the last couple months, so I feel like I've had to rely heavy on my short game. It's nice that I actually feel like where I want the ball to go is where it's actually going.
So, yeah, I definitely feel confident around the greens. It's nice that I have been hitting more greens and actually have some opportunities to make birdies.
Q. Not only did you hit 15 greens, you hit 12 fairways. What adjustments did you make to your ball striking to really try and bring the best out of it?
HANNAH GREEN: Yeah, I've been working with my coach for many years now, and I just fall into some certain tendencies with my swing.
So I actually had a lesson with him on Tuesday. Well, supposed to be FaceTime but as maybe some people don't know, the reception here is not very good, so trying call him when he's back in Australia with a time change wasn't easy. We sent videos back and forth and he was helping me with certain things.
I almost feel like because I've been playing quite poorly I've been really technical trying to find what's going on and not really just going and playing golf. I feel like I changed that mindset of worrying about technique and just working with what I have on this day.
So that was really helpful. I put a new driver in the bag earlier in the week as well. It's nice to feel confident with that club. Once you can hit fairways you feel a lot more free on the course so that's been helpful.
Q. Have you used that new driver before? Is it something you put in your bag beforehand?
HANNAH GREEN: No, I've never used it before. Just tried it on Monday and played on Monday; hit it way better. I think it was just honestly more of a mental thing. I the old driver I was using was probably perfectly fine, but just can the attachment that I had, or the negative attachment I had with it, was kind of like I just need to see something different.
Kind of like players with putters. It's probably not the putter. It's just us. We just need something to have an excuse for.
Q. What did your breaks look like? What did you do to keep yourself mentally in it?
HANNAH GREEN: Yeah, I was lucky that the osteos that I work with, they kind of found a table earlier on in the day so I had somewhere to sit. I had some lunch luckily because I'm not sure if lunch is still on anymore. We just chat amongst -- Grace Kim was on the table in the second delay and she was looking at houses just for her to possibly buy.
We were just talking about random things. It was kind of hard to, yeah, sit around, but we kind of knew it was going to be a long delay. Those clouds out there looked pretty scary.
Q. You played so good today. Are there any tricks that you used when you were a junior golfer that you still use today?
HANNAH GREEN: I think just making sure that I'm enjoying myself when I'm out there. I can be quite tough on myself when things aren't going well, so making sure that I'm trying to keep my routine the same as when I'm actually playing good, even if I'm playing bad.
Sometimes I think when I was a kid I was really fearless and just wanted to have fun, so trying to embrace that. I think I need to do a little bit more of it and it's paid off so far.
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