U.S. WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

August 5, 2020

Catherine Park

Woodmont Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Being one of the youngest golfers here, you're towards the top of the leaderboard; how was it playing out there today and yesterday and to be up there?

CATHERINE PARK: It was pretty fun. My round, actually the course was pretty hard during the practice round and my putting was a bit off yesterday, but I still played well. And today my putting was better, so I was actually happy. It was nice being out there.

Q. What's kind of been your favorite part of the week so far?

CATHERINE PARK: Well, playing. Yeah, I haven't played since January.

Q. This is your first tournament since --

CATHERINE PARK: Yeah, it was really nice playing.

Q. Has it felt different? Obviously it's going to be a little different, but when you're out there has it felt different?

CATHERINE PARK: Yeah, I'll say the vibe since I'm playing with more older people than I usually play with, and a little bit more competitive. I actually had really more fun.

Q. How did you spend some of your quarantine or some of the time?

CATHERINE PARK: Just practiced every day in the garage.

Q. Did you?

CATHERINE PARK: Yeah, just practicing and putting on the mats. That's how I spent my quarantine, just studying.

Q. Now to match play; does your mindset change, or any strategy, or is it just --

CATHERINE PARK: Just be more aggressive for match play since it's just -- it's either 1-down or 1-up, so I'm just trying to be -- since stroke play kind of goes by the stroke, but it's match play so I'm going to be more aggressive. That's my mindset right now.