Q. Kelly, 4-under today. Pretty strong front nine. Started the back nine pretty good; maybe a little disappointing finish. Talk us through it.
KELLY TAN: Yeah, steady round today. Executed better than I did yesterday. Gave myself a lot of looks. Putts decided to fall and putted really well.
Yeah, overall it's a good round.
Q. What was working well?
KELLY TAN: I think everything. Hit my driver well and hit my irons well to give myself the looks. I had six birdies today and 27 putts, so putting was good, scrambling was good.
When the game clicks obviously you can shoot low. I think that's what I did today.
Q. Your birdie putts have reached -- any long putts?
KELLY TAN: I made a long one on 14, which is nice for the Malaysian fans. That was about a 25-footer.
But I think the other were maybe 5- to 10-footer.
I think the important key for my round today was my par saves. There was a lot of -- couple times where I made huge par saves to keep the momentum. I mentioned yesterday I need to get myself going, and I think today those couple par putts that I made really helped with keeping my game going today.
Q. Do you think the weather helped, too?
KELLY TAN: 100%. I thought it was so nice. The first day was like this. Hopefully tomorrow is like this too. Yeah, it's a lot cooler. You know, it's tiring, but I think more mentally than physically.
Q. It feels good to have (indiscernible.) Last two days.
KELLY TAN: Yeah.
Q. Makes you feel good for the last day?
KELLY TAN: Yeah, I just feel like I didn't really play that much different today and yesterday. Today just a couple putts fell, kept the momentum, and you feel confidence and one shot led to the another.
I guess that's golf. You just got to keep giving yourself chances. I'm just proud that I did that today.
Q. Tomorrow you're in a good position to have a really strong finish. How important is it for you to have that in front of the home crowd?
KELLY TAN: Yeah, I think it's important for the Malaysian fans. They love golf and obviously love the LPGA. Yeah, as a Malaysian you want to do well too. It's fun. I mean, it's really fun to be able to play golf in front of my family and close friends. I'm mostly playing abroad, and it's just really nice to have everyone here.
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