Q. Lexi Thompson is with us now at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. Lexi, how you feeling after your third round today?
LEXI THOMPSON: With the start, I'll definitely take it. It was just a tough day with that wind; tough and long, very windy, and the pace of play was very slow.
So, yeah, but overall a lot of positives to take from the day with my start being 4-over through 2. Happy I stayed strong and put a good round together.
Q. How do you mentally reset after obviously starting out with a triple? Has to be tough.
LEXI THOMPSON: Yeah, tough to say the least. Yeah, I was on the struggle bus for the first two holes. I was like, all right, how about we just par and simmer down here.
But it's tough. If you just miss a fairway out there you have to pitch out kind of to save par, but most likely could be a bogey. With that start I was like, oh, great, let's just make some pars and a few birdies here and there if I get lucky.
Q. When did you feel settled and able to focus and lock in the way you did coming down the stretch?
LEXI THOMPSON: I would say on 3 I hit a good shot after I pitched out after missing the fairway there. Hit a good 2-iron into that green to have a 20, 25-footer. It was a hard day to really get settled because it was so windy and a lot of backing off shots because of gusts.
It was a matter of just committing to your shots as best as I could.
Q. How do you stay focused when you have to back off like that?
LEXI THOMPSON: Yeah, it's difficult. I mean, there is no right or wrong way. You just kind of stay in your routine. I don't really like to play slow. I don't like to back off shots. But with wind gusts like that you kind of have to because it's blowing your body over when you're hitting shots. It's a matter of just getting your shots done in between gusts.
Q. Did the wind actually throw you a little off balance on your second shot?
LEXI THOMPSON: My second shot where?
Q. On No. 1.
LEXI THOMPSON: Oh, I mean, it was blowing, but, no, I just cold popped it. (Laughter.)
Then the other one, I don't even know what happened. It was just compounded.
Q. Okay. So maybe that was just a --
LEXI THOMPSON: I mean, it was windy. Don't get me wrong. It was blowing me, but I don't know if that was the excuse for the top, but we can go with it if you want. (Laughter.)
Q. I want to get it right, so.
LEXI THOMPSON: Yeah.
Q. How difficult is it to -- I know normal playing I can't get my wheels back on. You're in a major championship. How tough is it to mentally flip the switch like that?
LEXI THOMPSON: Yeah, I would say it's a matter of being able to stay positive and in the moment as best you could with the start. Internally I was definitely a little boiled. You know, I leaned on James and he was very positive with me out there. That was very helpful.
So I just tried to stay in the moment, commit to my shots, make my good par saves, and just kind of keep it going.
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