VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA LPGA TEXAS CLASSIC

July 2, 2021

Paula Reto

Old American Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. So that was a long day.

PAULA RETO: Yeah.

Q. Most importantly, you got done.

PAULA RETO: Yes, I know.

Q. What's the feeling right now? That was a really good round. Nice way to end with a birdie, too.

PAULA RETO: Yeah, you know, I was trying to be patient. I knew it was going to play late, which is kind of nice. The afternoon, morning rounds kind of paid off for us. Usually it's the opposite.

But, yeah I wanted to finish with a birdie. I had a good 7-iron in there, hit it close, and I'm excited. I'll have a nice dinner now and relax for tomorrow.

Q. What was it like in the morning waking up and getting the email after email of another hour, another hour?

PAULA RETO: I sort of knew it was going to happen because I was looking at the radar and I was like, Oh, my gosh, there was a huge cell and I could see like the spread from the small cell to the bigger cell.

I was fine. I have my friend, trainer here, so we had a good time. Sort of killed time I would say.

Q. Were you here at the course or back at your hotel?

PAULA RETO: We stayed here for like an hour and went back to the hotel.

Q. How do you waste time?

PAULA RETO: Oh, gosh, what did we do? Drank a coffee, ate, talked, played games, stuff like that. The usual stuff everybody does.

Q. And clearly it worked out. How was the golf course? I know the crew is working so hard to save the course from the storms and now from last night.

PAULA RETO: I think it's good. It was good. It wasn't too wet, and also lift, clean, and place helped us out. The greens were good. A little bit slow, but I knew kind of going in there with practicing, warming up I knew I had to hit it a little bit harder.

Other than that, good. A little bit of wind towards the end which was expectable. It was fine, yeah.

Q. So now, you did get lucky the part of the break, but it's going to be a long day tomorrow and potentially a long Saturday and Sunday.

PAULA RETO: Yeah.

Q. What's the game plan to keep your energy up, because it's hot out there?

PAULA RETO: It's so hot. I had yesterday late, today basically late, so tomorrow late, so same routine. But just hydrate. I been doing a lot of Ultima hydration packs. Yeah, and eat and enjoy. Maybe watch a movie. Something like that.

Q. Awesome. What movie?

PAULA RETO: I want to watch the Fast 9.

Q. Okay.

PAULA RETO: Depending on the tee time tomorrow. We'll see.