KROGER QUEEN CITY CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY P&G

September 9, 2022

Jessica Korda

Kenwood Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Here with Jessica Korda. A little bit of a quiet start; all pars on the first nine. Started on the back. But really got something going there on the front. What changed?

JESSICA KORDA: I made a couple putts. The golf course is set up really weird for me personally. The par-5s are really, really long. Par-4s are really, really short. Par-3s are in between.

So it's just hard for me to gain some momentum and I just was burning a lot of edges. That's what you're going to get on soft-ish greens. They're starting to lift up on the sides with the amount of rain that they've gotten.

It's phenomenal to be able to play, and the staff has done an amazing job just getting the golf course in playable condition.

Q. We talked a lot about just having limited opportunities to be able to see the golf course. After the 73 yesterday, 67 today, obviously starting to figure some things out. What do you feel like you learned that's going to help you this weekend?

JESSICA KORDA: Definitely the speed of the greens. When we played it on Wednesday during the pro-am, they haven't had the opportunity to cut it. It was too soft to cut. So there was really nowhere to like hit kind of those long-ish putts.

I think the confidence in putting is definitely something that is important to see, especially going in. Obviously that part of the game being cut off was a little tough, but got it going on the back, which I take as a huge plus.

Q. Just a few back. 36 holes to go. What will you need to do to give yourself a chance here this weekend?

JESSICA KORDA: Make more putts. Honestly, that's just the name of the game out here, especially with the way that it's set up. It's definitely going to be who can drop the most putts.