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U.S. WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPAugust 14, 2015Hannah O'SullivanPORTLAND, OREGON Q. So that was a heck of a fist bump there on 18, and you're normally pretty reserved. Was that an emotional feeling for you? HANNAH O'SULLIVAN: Well, I think on the outside I'm normally pretty reserved, but inside I'm really very competitive, and I guess I showed it a little bit there. But yeah, I really wanted to make that putt and just see it go in. It meant so much. Q. So you've built a pretty -- you built a lead early and then Lindsey came rolling right back, so you're down. What are you feeling? First time you've been down during this championship. HANNAH O'SULLIVAN: Yeah, I was 2-down, and I was getting a little frustrated out there, but I just had to collect myself and remember that it's only 2-down. That's so much golf left. It's really easy to turn a 2-down deficit around, so I just tried to take it one shot at a time. She gave me a couple openings and luckily I was able to take advantage. Q. You won, I think, three holes in a row to get yourself right back to 1-up. HANNAH O'SULLIVAN: Four holes in a row. Q. But then you're talking to 18 only 1-up. What's going through your mind? HANNAH O'SULLIVAN: I was frustrated again with 16. The three-putt on 16 was very easily avoidable. But going on to 18, I just had to remind myself, I'm still in control, I'm leading. She's the one that has to do something about it. I just tried to stay patient and one shot at a time, get it in the fairway, get it on the green, and I didn't really want to leave myself a 10-footer to win the match, but I think it was a really good experience for me to have going into tomorrow, to know that I could drain a 10-footer if I needed to. Q. About how far was your first putt? HANNAH O'SULLIVAN: It was 24, 25 feet, so yeah. Q. So bad read or -- HANNAH O'SULLIVAN: I knew it was going to be really slippery. I guess the holes before I had left -- 16 and 17 I left my putts short, so I was a little frustrated about that. Q. Maybe a little too aggressive? HANNAH O'SULLIVAN: Yes, probably. Q. Not that it ever really rained, but the conditions were changing throughout today. Does that perhaps play with your mind a little bit, too, or am I reading too much into that? HANNAH O'SULLIVAN: The course is actually playing a lot more difficult today just because of the weather. The wind was all day, and then we did have some rain out there, but I didn't really change my game plan at all. I guess the ball was going a little shorter here and there, so I couldn't go for maybe a par-5 that I normally would. But other than that, it was playing pretty similar. Q. You're going to have Mathilda tomorrow. Have you played her before in anything? HANNAH O'SULLIVAN: I have. We played in the Junior Ryder Cup against each other last year, and she's actually a really good friend of mine, so we'll have fun out there, and it'll be a good match. Q. Who won that Ryder Cup match? HANNAH O'SULLIVAN: Oh, I think she -- it was alternate-shot, and she and her partner did. But we'll see if we can do something about that tomorrow. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports |
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