AUGUSTA NATIONAL WOMEN'S AMATEUR

April 3, 2021

Emma Spitz

Quick Quotes

Q. Can you tell how you felt today? I know it started with a bogey but birdies came.

EMMA SPITZ: Overall I was really happy with my round. It's just amazing to get the chance to play two rounds here. I think I drove my ball really well, and I knew from last year, I was driving my ball bad and I just, you know, you just can't get to the greens if you don't hit the fairways. I was like hitting really good shots and making really nice putts, and the end, it was just a little unfortunate. I missed a really short one on 17 that was just, yeah, not great. But I'm so happy with the way I played and overall score. I'm just a little -- I was a little sad on the end but it's fine.

Q. When you got to 17, did you realize what was happening with the leaderboard?

EMMA SPITZ: Yeah, I mean, there's so many leaderboards out there. They are so big; it's almost impossible to not look at them. But it didn't really like stress me out. I think I was very confident in my game. The bunker shot on 17, it almost went in and the putt, I didn't feel 100 percent comfortable and then a plane flew over and I probably should have just stepped back and like get back and restart my routine.

But you know, you just learn out of your mistakes and maybe next time I won't do that again.

Q. What are the main things you enjoyed and learned here?

EMMA SPITZ: Just coming here and playing this course is just amazing. It's so much fun. There's just so much history, and I'm a golf nerd, so it's just a place that you want to go to.

For next year, I think I've learned more about both of the courses and I think I did a much better job here playing at Augusta National than I did last year which was great. I'm just looking forward for next year.