BANK OF HOPE LPGA MATCH-PLAY

May 29, 2022

Ayaka Furue

Shadow Creek

Quick Quotes

Q. Here with Ayaka Furue coming off a 2&1 win to advance to the championship round. Congratulations. You played 61 holes this week. How are you feeling?

AYAKA FURUE: I feel like I'm playing some of my best golf right now and staying really focused.

Q. Are you fatigued at all? Is that challenging to manage on the course, having played so much golf?

AYAKA FURUE: No. I'm still feeling pretty good.

Q. All right. That's good to hear. What was the most challenging part of your round today? I know the wind was pretty strong and like I said you've played a lot of golf.

AYAKA FURUE: With those course conditions and the winds changing so much from yesterday, I've been having to really rely on the numbers that I'm getting to be able to hit the shots that I'm hitting right now.

Q. Have you found that with the wind or at all you play more conservatively today or more aggressive?

AYAKA FURUE: I think it's a little bit of both.

Q. Does it depend on your opponent? How was Lilia today? Was she challenging?

AYAKA FURUE: Yeah, Lilia was definitely making a lot of par saves out there. I felt a lot of pressure, but was luckily able to hold her off.

Q. Do you feel like the rounds get easier or harder as you play more?

AYAKA FURUE: Yeah, it's not really harder or easier so to say, but I'm just kind of playing well right now, so just relying on my game to get me through it.

Q. What about the course? Have you sort of found the course easier? Do you understand it more?

AYAKA FURUE: Yeah, being able to play the course for six days in a row now has been definitely playing to my advantage.

I know a lot of places where to hit the ball and where not to hit the ball, so it's been helping me out and helping my understanding of the course.

Q. Last question from me: Do you have any experience playing with Eun-Hee, and what do you think of her game?

AYAKA FURUE: Yeah, I've been able to play a couple rounds with her so I feel like I kind of now how she plays.