Q. All right, joining me today after the second round of the FM Championship is Miranda Wang. Crazy day today. A lot of weather. You got delayed three times. Can you talk a little bit about how you were able to stay in it with such a star-stop round?
MIRANDA WANG: Well, today I started my round pretty good. Started with three birdies on the first four holes and sets me up pretty good into the round.
I didn't expect the weather because on the forecast we didn't see any thunderstorms coming in this morning. But, well, that's golf. We're playing in nature, so it's sometimes unpredictable. We just have to face it and prepare mentally, physically for the thunderstorms and just try to stay calm and every time warm up just like you didn't stop and just keep going.
Q. You finished your round with three birdies on 16, 17, 18. Can you talk a little bit about especially your birdie on 18 when you got delayed with just one hole to go? Can you talk about that final stretch?
MIRANDA WANG: Let me think. So, okay, so on 16 was -- okay, I can't remember where we got stop at, but on No. 18 definitely got stop there, so it was really discontinuous. It shows three birdies in a row, but for me it was like one shot at time, and also with all the stops in the way I was just trying to hit as good as I can. It didn't feel like a stretch with all the stops in between.
Q. Obviously the course today probably played pretty different than yesterday.
MIRANDA WANG: Yes.
Q. Yesterday it was dry and firm and today it was very wet. Can you talk about how you managed playing almost is completely different course today?
MIRANDA WANG: Yeah, so front nine was playing like yesterday, was pretty firm, was releasing quite a bit on our approach shot. But after the turn on the back nine after a little rain it definitely softened up a lot.
So from my No. 10 to 15 I didn't make any birdies because I was just trying to adjust to soft green and not releasing much. Last three holes I was able to get pretty close to the pin.
Q. You talked about trying to stay focused on every shot. Do you ever find yourself looking up at the weather or listening for the horn? If you do, how do you try and mitigate that so you can play your best golf and focus on your shots?
MIRANDA WANG: Yes, definitely. So when we walked off No. 8, that was the first thunderstorm coming in and the volunteers were telling us we were probably going to stop. At that point I knew that we were going to stop the play and I was starting mentally preparing for, okay, we might get in, go lunch and wait for the update, and then warm up on the driving range.
Just one step at a time. It's not first time we're doing that so we've had plenty of experience with weather. I was not in any panic anyway, so it was good.
Q. Very long day at the office today.
MIRANDA WANG: Yes.
Q. How do you stay mentally involved throughout the rain delays?
MIRANDA WANG: So definitely way longer day than expected. I was expecting myself to be lying in bed and get some recovery in.
But just think about the positives. We're playing in the morning wave. We were going to finish the round anyway. So there is more players just starting playing, and see how lucky you are out there. Yeah, just see the positives.
Q. Speaking of positives, sitting atop the leaderboard. What does that mean going into the weekend?
MIRANDA WANG: My first time in this position, but I'm not unfamiliar with the leaderboard. I will do my best in the weekend and this year we have really strong rookies coming in. It's really competitive.
I just want to keep up with the best.
Q. And then what did you do during your rain delays? How did you pass the time, three different times?
MIRANDA WANG: The first rain delay happened around 11:00 to 12:00 so that was lunchtime, so I was kind of happy that we could head into the clubhouse and enjoy the nice lunch this clubhouse has prepared for us. I was happy with the lunch.
So I had lunch, I took a little break in the locker room doing some stretches. There were plenty of players doing stretches in the locker room, so I just joined them.
Q. What did you have for lunch?
MIRANDA WANG: We had steak and also had roasted chicken, so I had both. And also took a sandwich so I was eating a lot. Big lunch.
Q. Congratulations.
MIRANDA WANG: Thank you.
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