SOLHEIM CUP

September 6, 2021

Madelene Sagstrom

Inverness Club

Team Europe

Quick Quotes

Q. Madelene, when we talked coming into this week you said you wanted to be yourself and let yourself go out and enjoy it. Did you enjoy it out there?

MADELENE SAGSTROM: It's been a great week. The team has obviously done amazing. I haven't really contributed until today. I was saying on the range this morning, hold on a second, I need to be myself. I need to be myself out there. I can't play somebody else's game, I can't be somebody else's character. I need to be myself, and I really found that today. I grinded hard. Ally put up a really good fight, so we had a really solid game going, and I'm really proud of myself.

Q. You said the last time when you were in Des Moines, the crowds, that there was so much cheering against you and that's kind of unnerving, but you said this time you'd be a little bit more prepared. How do you think you did that that?

MADELENE SAGSTROM: Yeah, last time I was a rookie on Tour and I've had four years under my belt. It's definitely tough. I'm kind of -- they're still cheering for me, but you still hear, "good shot," when you do well, but it's quite loud out there, I'm not going to lie.

Q. How pleased are you with that victory?

MADELENE SAGSTROM: Oh, I'm very happy right now. I didn't have the best start to the week. I've been playing really well. We've been playing well, both with Nanna and with Georgia yesterday. We just couldn't pull a win through, so I'm really happy that I went out and got a point for the team today.

Q. With everything that happened, how important was it for you to come out here on singles and get that point?

MADELENE SAGSTROM: Well, I was really happy Catriona decided to put me out first thing Sunday morning, just showing that she believes in me, showing that the team has got my back, so that was really nice. We put up a great fight, and it was just nice today to be able to go out -- I played some really good golf today. Ally did, too, so we had a really good game, but I'm really happy to be on the winning side.

Q. Give us a bit of insight into how it was this morning in the team room. What sort of things did Catriona say to you? It's looking pretty good with blue on the board right now.

MADELENE SAGSTROM: I think the thing she's focused on in singles is go out, it's a new game, obviously you can see scoreboards, but your point is the only thing that matters. You go out in your match and that's all you can do, and now we're going to be there for everybody else.

She just has so much belief in us. She's said that from day one. It's such a great atmosphere to be around, and it just really fuels both my confidence and that I believe in myself so much, the fact that she believes in us.